Chris' XFree86 stuff [was: Re: [plug] usbkeybd device under Debian?]

[James Devenish]

Hi,

Is this related to your previous message about your LTSP XFree86
project? I wasn't really paying attention at the time. What is the
aim/advantage of this project? I tried Googling for information about
the XFree86 patches but I kept getting results about using multiple
keyboards, multiple mice, etc. I assume you're looking for some sort of
user-switching capability like with Windows and Mac OS? I've never tried
this under UNIX without using VNC, but with Linux you can get a few
users out of the virtual consoles. I can't come up with a really good
example, but if you become root and run `startx -- :1`, you will get a
second X environment that is accessible via Alt-Ctrl-F8 (I think that's
correct for Intel architectures). Not quite "perfect" for user switching
because a user might forget to lock his/her screen before stepping away
from the machine, and you will presumably only be able to support a
small number of simultaneous users, but it sounds better than having
multiple keyboards, at least. Not quite sure what your project needs,
though.