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On 7/12/21 2:21 PM, antlists wrote: |
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> Two problems - I would like to run without X, but it seems that the |
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> greeters need X to run ... |
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I'm not familiar with the term "greeter", but I assume that you're |
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referring to the display manager that functions as the GUI login screen. |
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> Also I want to run a multi-user system. I know you can put multiple |
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> monitors on one graphics card, and that gives you a multi-head system, |
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> but I've got TWO graphics cards. I want to plug in two keyboards, two |
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> mice, and have two users sitting there. |
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I would naively assume ~> expect that this is possible. |
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I would expect that you would probably need two different graphics cards. |
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I'm guessing no more than one set of PS/2 keyboard & mouse and that the |
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other (if not both) will be USB. |
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Configuration may be ornery, but I would assume ~> expect that this is |
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possible to do. After all, you're really talking about having the |
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system function as two independent X11 servers, one for each set of |
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keyboard, mouse, monitor. This is imminently doable with external X11 |
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servers. I see no reason other than ornery configuration that you |
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shouldn't be able to do this. |
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I'm thinking old school X11. My expectations may not translate to |
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contemporary systems. But I would be shocked if not flabbergasted if it |
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was not possible to do what you want. |
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Word to the wise: USB devices, especially multiple of the same type, |
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can be annoying to deal with. You may want to look at a udev (et al.) |
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rule to create custom device names (likely based on device serial |
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number) and use said custom device names in your configuration files. |
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> From what I can make out, this isn't possible with sddm. Lightdm looks |
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> like it might be possible, but there isn't a man page, and I haven't |
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> installed it so I can't find out what's what. |
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I have no idea about configuring Display Managers (XDM, sddm, Lightdm, |
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etc.) to do this. |
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> Or can I fire up two instances of greetd? One on eg vt7 and the other on |
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> vt8? If so, how do I configure vt7 and vt8 to be my two different |
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> screen/keyboard/mouse combos? |
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My expectation is that the various display managers run in relation / |
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within the context of a given X server. |
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> Lightdm also says it will do vnc, but again, the lack of documentation... |
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Which VNC? x11vnc or Xvnc? |
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Unless you're wanting x11vnc to share a physical console, I doubt that's |
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what you want. As Xvnc will be a purely virtual X11 server. |
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> I know I'm asking a lot, but I tend to find documentation makes sense |
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> only after you already know what it's saying ... :-) I'm hoping for a |
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> "cookbook" style approach, but I don't expect much of that because I |
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> know what I'm doing isn't very common ... |
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Ya. I find that man pages and O'Reilly books are good /reference/ |
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material but not good /introduction/ material. |
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Grant. . . . |
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