[Techtalk] Multiseat(Multi-X) automating scripts.

[Digital Era]

--- On Mon, 6/16/08, Conor Daly <c.daly at met.ie> wrote:

> From: Conor Daly <c.daly at met.ie>
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Multiseat(Multi-X) automating scripts.
> To: "Techtalk" <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:56 AM
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 09:27:09PM -0700 or thereabouts,
> Digital Era wrote:
> > Thanks for the pointer, but tht is not what am looking
> for, am looking for
> > solution where 10 users can use one PC and each user
> has his/her own
> > keyboard/mouse/monitor but all connected to one PC,
> example is Desktop
> >
> Multiplier(http://www2.userful.com/products/userful-multiplier)
> which is a
> > commercial software. I know it can be done through
> editing xorg.conf and
> > gdm.conf/custom.conf files, but like i said before,
> mapping 10
> > keyboards,10 mice, 10 VGA card/monitors is not an easy
> thing especially
> > for a first timer like me(i ave never done it before)
> That is why am
> > looking for script/scripts to automate the said
> configs.
> 
> I can't help with the config but I'm just wondering
> why you want to go this
> route rather than setting up as a thin client terminal
> server?  This can be
> done either with old hardware for the client machines or
> with dedicated thin
> client appliances.  Generally easier to set up and use
> though it would
> require more power (to supply the client machines) and
> maybe more expense
> (if you're getting appliances).  However, X has been
> able to do this stuff
> for years and years now.


The main issue is power and hardware costs. With multiseat i will save abt 80% on power and hardware, plus office space. I really need multiseat to work, if only i could get automating scripts.


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