dual seat ...

dual seat ...

[Sven Luther]

Hello, ...

I am in urgent need of running the X server on gdb, which is really hard
to do when one doesn't have a second computer at hand, as X starts in
gdb all right, but doesn't enable one to switch back to the console to
start the apps that cause the crash.

I have two ideas to solve this, the first one is to use a diskless
notebook i have attached to a null modem and use a serial console, i
would need a root disk containing minicom to do this, or a MS-dos
minicom like app.

The other would be to run Linux as dual-seat, with my pci matrox
millenium as the main head (with the keyboard attached to it) and
running X on the second head, with just the mouse and a dummy keyboard.

Is this already possible with 2.5.x ? Any hint on how to best go about
with this, and is the matroxfb finally ported to the new API, or do i
need to apply a patch or something.

Thanks for your help.

Friendly,

Sven Luther


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Re: dual seat ...

[Stian Hartviksen]

Hi, Mr. Luther.

I'm sorry about the delay in the answer, but I've been away for some
time.

We have modified the solution from Freitas to work with FrameBuffers on
the 2.4 kernel. This solution can be found at:

http://www.itsopen.net/projects/x-hack/

This is a very nasty hack, but it works for us.

If you need any input or want to give us a hint on how to make the hack
somewhat prettier - please give us a note !


WBR Stian Hartviksen
ItsOpen AS



On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 20:04, Sven Luther wrote:
> Hello, ...
> 
> I am in urgent need of running the X server on gdb, which is really hard
> to do when one doesn't have a second computer at hand, as X starts in
> gdb all right, but doesn't enable one to switch back to the console to
> start the apps that cause the crash.
> 
> I have two ideas to solve this, the first one is to use a diskless
> notebook i have attached to a null modem and use a serial console, i
> would need a root disk containing minicom to do this, or a MS-dos
> minicom like app.
> 
> The other would be to run Linux as dual-seat, with my pci matrox
> millenium as the main head (with the keyboard attached to it) and
> running X on the second head, with just the mouse and a dummy keyboard.
> 
> Is this already possible with 2.5.x ? Any hint on how to best go about
> with this, and is the matroxfb finally ported to the new API, or do i
> need to apply a patch or something.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven Luther
> 
> 
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Re: dual seat ...

[Sven Luther]

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 01:09:44PM +0200, Stian Hartviksen wrote:
> Hi, Mr. Luther.
> 
> I'm sorry about the delay in the answer, but I've been away for some
> time.

No problem, i solved the problem in another wise (using an older
borrowed laptop as serial console with minicom).

> We have modified the solution from Freitas to work with FrameBuffers on
> the 2.4 kernel. This solution can be found at:
> 
> http://www.itsopen.net/projects/x-hack/
> 
> This is a very nasty hack, but it works for us.

Ok, i will have a look, altough i am lacking time right now.

> If you need any input or want to give us a hint on how to make the hack
> somewhat prettier - please give us a note !

Ok.

Friendly,

Sven Luther


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