[gentoo-user] Howto compile Xgl on Gentoo (to have dual seat box)

[gentoo-user] Howto compile Xgl on Gentoo (to have dual seat box)

[noro kamen]

Hi,

I have dual head nvidia card and like to make dual seat gentoo box.
(i.e. two people can work simultaneously, using their own monitor+mouse+kbd)

I met these problems:
1. one X window server can work only with one mouse, kbd and VGA card
2. nvidia driver doesn't allow to run  two X servers on single dual head card

I configured Xorg.conf for two semi independent screens (signed as
:0.0 and :0.1),
but didn't succeed to attach extra kbd/mouse to them.
(I can run e.g. mplayer on one screen in "fullscreen" mode and work on
the other,
but still using one mouse+kbd.)

I got inspired by this link:
 http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/~jori/page/index.php?n=Misc.DualSeatX

So I have to compile Xgl, run it on both screens and then attach extra
mouse + kbd to them via  XevdevServer.

Does anybody know how to compile Xgl on Gentoo box ?

TIA.
noro

I found these outdated links, but nothing useful:

http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/XGL
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-641342.html
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xgl

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto compile Xgl on Gentoo (to have dual seat box)

[b.n.]

noro kamen ha scritto:
> Hi,
> 
> I have dual head nvidia card and like to make dual seat gentoo box.
> (i.e. two people can work simultaneously, using their own monitor+mouse+kbd)
> 
> I met these problems:
> 1. one X window server can work only with one mouse, kbd and VGA card
> 2. nvidia driver doesn't allow to run  two X servers on single dual head card
> 
> I configured Xorg.conf for two semi independent screens (signed as
> :0.0 and :0.1),
> but didn't succeed to attach extra kbd/mouse to them.
> (I can run e.g. mplayer on one screen in "fullscreen" mode and work on
> the other,
> but still using one mouse+kbd.)
> 
> I got inspired by this link:
>  http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/~jori/page/index.php?n=Misc.DualSeatX
> 
> So I have to compile Xgl, run it on both screens and then attach extra
> mouse + kbd to them via  XevdevServer.
> 
> Does anybody know how to compile Xgl on Gentoo box ?

Xgl has been discontinued:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xgl

Can't you do the same with AIGLX in Xorg?

m.

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto compile Xgl on Gentoo (to have dual seat box)

[noro kamen]

2008/11/12 b.n. <brullonulla@gmail.com>:

>>> Does anybody know how to compile Xgl on Gentoo box ?
>
> Xgl has been discontinued:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xgl
>
> Can't you do the same with AIGLX in Xorg?
>

So it seems to be funny now ...
there is too many obsolete projects Xnest, Xephyt, Xgl,  Xegl
(probably never finished).
From experience I can say, if there is too many solutions for the same
purpose, no one is perfect :-(.

Thanks for suggestion, I'll try it.

noro

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto compile Xgl on Gentoo (to have dual seat box)

[noro kamen]

2008/11/12 b.n. <brullonulla@gmail.com>:
> Can't you do the same with AIGLX in Xorg?

it's RH/Fedora project, but on project  page
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx

there is  no valuable info ...it's for managers only :-)

noro