Re: Slack and multihead?

[Tiago V. <tv...@c3...>]

Mikhail Kshevetskiy escreveu:
> Hello,
>=20
>> I am trying to create multiheads on a slack-based ZenWalk machine. I t=
ried
>> to follow the c3sl hack with Xephyr, but it crashes with 'no screen fo=
und'
>> message when X server is booting and hangs.
>>
>> I came across the faketty, Xnest and Xephyr than the Ruby kernel patch
>> method. Also came across userful stuff, but do not want to use because=
 it
>> is proprietary.
>>
>> Could anyone suggest me which is the best way to create a multihead in
>> slackware? Anyone has experience? Actually, I am a bit confused with
>> slackware because the init.d in debian/RH is not there and rc.d is the=
re
>> and c3sl is mainly based on the debian platform.
>>
>> I have chosen Zenwalk.org because it seemed to run faster than anythin=
g I
>> came across except kanotix (but it is woody based, not sarge). Suggest=
ion
>> solicited.
>=20
> I use it for ages. Initially it was a variation of Miguel Freitas metho=
d
> (X11 evdev support) with isolate device X11 patch from backstreet ruby
> project. It works, but require some triks during setup. Things become m=
ore
> simple with xorg-6.9 release (slackware-current). Currently it require:
>   1) change xorg configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
>   2) change X desktop manager configuration file (i use xdm, so i
>      modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers)
>   3) create 2 simlinks
>      ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg /usr/X11R6/bin/X0
>      ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg /usr/X11R6/bin/X1
>=20

Fine, but you forgot to say that this model is hardware restricted. It=20
only works with a certain combination of graphic cards (only nvidia=20
AFAIK, though I saw in your config file that Matrox works too). For non=20
dependence you may the nested multiseat (Xephyr and Xnest).

> See the the sample of configuration files in attachment.
>=20
> Mikhail Kshevetskiy
>=20
>=20

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Tiago Vignatti
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