From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RtO0W-0006oo-5Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:37:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFA2AE07B2; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD10BE077E for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bke11 with SMTP id 11so3687864bke.40 for ; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3z/yyhyDZrn1Na23lBcZLwzYH4NdUCLWguapPb4Cu80=; b=aDfQCWJ557lgHMLxLt0OfFs1Mh4LLXOWn2duvnWJYPaV+pO88ZoVeFHdlRpfKDicoF zS7pw9iiLL2xUVlz7wJ/msuBmkfxetyXdUlcehLgifaW25BEkrerUfHThp3MApMP20dQ yjY1dckiC0h1vI0FnMw1zz3vVci0cFF6foKgs= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.152.219 with SMTP id h27mr4164931bkw.40.1328294142013; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.124.129 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:35:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201201291202.41092.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:35:41 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multiseat -- LTSP? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: d2a6484b-3e6f-402e-9c65-f2c1316905e6 X-Archives-Hash: 9ad7cfb2383d8f77205beca8ede17969 On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Grant wrote: >>> >> I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, >>> >> keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. >>> >> The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and >>> >> power requirements would also be minimized. >> >> ATI make quad head video cards. If you do not need fancy graphics, >> the cost is very reasonable. the easiest thing is to get a multi >> head card, with keyboard and mouse ports for each monitor port, >> if they are still manufactured. If not, get dual head cards complete >> with mouse and keyboard ports. > > Quad-headed video cards would be pretty amazing. =C2=A024 workstations > running from a single host.... =C2=A0As a note, from what I've read I wou= ld > need to patch the kernel if using a multi-headed video card with only > one PCI address. Used to be, multi-head cards would list each head as a separate sub-device. I was surprised to find my GeForce 210 (which can support up to three outputs. One DVI, one {VGA|DisplayPort} (don't remember) and one HDMI) only shows one device. I know I saw it on some old AGP and PCI cards which had S-Video out. Strange. Anyway...if looking to drive more than one head off the same video card, keep in mind that DVI and HDMI are only an adapter apart. I've got a bunch of DVI<->HDMI adapters, and some are attached to the DVI port on a monitor (allowing me to use a computer's HDMI output with that monitor), and some are attached to the DVI port on a computer (allowing me to use an HDMI-only monitor with the DVI port on a computer). It's really not hard to find triple-head cards with DVI, HDMI and one of VGA or DisplayPort. Pretty sure I've simultaneously used all three outputs on a DVI+HDMI+VGA card, but I don't remember which card. Some only support driving two of those outputs at a time. /me pines for his 5-display HTPC+desktop setup. --=20 :wq