From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265083AbTFMAaJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:30:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265084AbTFMAaJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:30:09 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:208 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265083AbTFMAaG (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:30:06 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Real multi-user linux In-Reply-To: <20030612231942.78086.qmail@web12905.mail.yahoo.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.17-20030301 ("Bubbles") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20-xfs (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 02:43:50 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20030612231942.78086.qmail@web12905.mail.yahoo.com> you wrote: > is it possible to use several logical terminals > (=tupels of monitor, keyboard and mouse) directly > connected to _one_ system? Yes sure. > But is there a possibility to group these to allow two > users work simultanously on the same machine without > having to go via serial console or network? the main problem is the hardware. It is most often easier to have a diskless terminal connected via network, than to have a VGA cable to two workplaces. Linux supports multiple XServers (on multiple cards or cards with multiple ports), can you can configure them for multiple serial ports or usb ports for the mouse. For the keyboard you can have one ps2 and multiple usb ports (under x). I am not sure how the console handles multiple usb keyboards. Greetings Bernd -- eckes privat - http://www.eckes.org/ Project Freefire - http://www.freefire.org/