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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multiseat -- LTSP?
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:24:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw32QVxZ0V8aS1bUZEgmVd9WiDMjW6UqppCgBHp2nb1QmQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120203T162636-670@post.gmane.org>

>> >> 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.  24 workstations
running from a single host....  As a note, from what I've read I would
need to patch the kernel if using a multi-headed video card with only
one PCI address.

- Grant



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-03 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-29  5:26 [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP? Grant
2012-01-29 12:02 ` Mick
2012-01-29 23:29   ` Grant
2012-01-30  9:19     ` Helmut Jarausch
2012-01-30 17:19       ` Grant
2012-01-30 10:35     ` Mick
2012-01-30 17:41       ` Grant
2012-01-31  0:49         ` Stroller
2012-01-31  2:53           ` Grant
2012-01-31 19:46             ` Grant
2012-02-03 15:34     ` [gentoo-user] " James
2012-02-03 16:32       ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2012-02-03 18:24       ` Grant [this message]
2012-02-03 18:35         ` [gentoo-user] " Michael Mol

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