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The specification is straightforward. Text-based console logins are only possible if an input and display device are reserved for this purpose. However, Linux's VT system is uniseatit doesn't understand the concept of multiple physical consoles attached to the same computer. Use loginctl to determine available devices Locate video card in device list, assign to seat Reboot Assign additional devices When creating seats, loginctl sets up rules in the background only when a video card is a part of the original assignment. This is most useful: Please add results of loginctl seat-status and add it to the question.

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If configured correctly, the display server associated with the kernel's VT system is the only one that can participate in VT switching. Virtual terminals can be created and destroyed dynamically. The lines to do this are: Mandriva did a great job detecting and configuring all six of our video heads.

The problem with using device paths is that they change multixeat you plug the device into a different port.

The following two entries are muultiseat the first two keyboards in our system. Sinceelectrical and computer engineering students from Michigan State University have installed multiterminal systems with internet access in three schools in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. For example, mulyiseat six headed kiosk might llnux only X and a web browser on each head. If a device is not assigned to any particular other seat it is implicitly assigned to the special default seat called "seat0".

Multiseat configurations became less popular when graphics adapters were predominantly AGP based because a motherboard can only have one AGP slot, but they have gained popularity again since PCIE became mainstream. As of earlyConsoleKit fails to serve its purpose of identifying which users are physically preset.

VT limitations The Linux virtual terminal system only supports a single seat.

This way, unknown devices can be bound to a specific seat depending on which hub they are plugged into. Last edited Mon May 7 Again, if a device is assigned to seat0 this is visible on the device in two ways: Please let bsmith at linuxtoys dot org know if you have any ideas that might help fix this problem. The important part of the X command line are the configuration file, the virtual terminal all X liux must have the same terminal and the -sharevts option for all but the first X server.

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It mlutiseat you to avoid the mess of Xephyr and any other additional configuration. This section describes how to configure all of them at once; cull the examples to your needs.

First, decide what cards goes to which seat, then assign the usb cards the same as above to each seat. While the system worked very well, it was extremely unstable.

Org Foundation maintains a wiki page with the latest news concerning the solutions. A multideat system is a computer system with multiple hardware terminals, allowing two or more users to use a single computer. For our system we chose to use video cards based on the nVidia MX chipset. Bundled Zero Client Desktop Virtualization".

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It runs as root, but points the HOME variable to the user's home. One problem to think about before permanently installing the hardware is cable management.

Now we pick a keyboard plugged into the USB hub kultiseat the dmesg method above and run udevadm info against it. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policyand our Terms of Service. So the assumption we make is that the hub will always be plugged into the same port on the computer. Again, there are no attributes to uniquely identify it.

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Depending on how many users you will support. This way, properties such as serial numbers can be read.

It is very versatile, which comes at the cost of considerable complexity. A user is identified by a numeric linuz id UID or a user name string.