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 1RtNpo-0004Qk-TF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:26:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82712E05F9; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E598E0565 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eeke51 with SMTP id e51so1276659eek.40 for ; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:19 -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; bh=ZCd4YyxHfND+OqYgc0oAXzii1zlsLvoW96E+g/vbxUM=; b=Ves+/6U5ANuUXGK1YpW+IjlG3heshTmrKxUEXph8Ix+9TGki+TvEuLxCm5LAjGDVZf hosmbkap/jaE/mBdSsi3sAKp1GhO1ZRzcg+f6uChMIgbZZTch9QQUm+9OFRSXa+hTM0F Zs9r6vZwTNXPepHVz85LbXCLtWBK8NCBSwveg= 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 10.14.119.16 with SMTP id m16mr2612256eeh.124.1328293459334; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.106.20 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:24:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201201291202.41092.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:24:19 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multiseat -- LTSP? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 4f4d9ec6-a524-4dd4-bc82-e2344026bca6 X-Archives-Hash: 9997ee2e867e74c205a8322da789fa6e >> >> 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