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SubjectRe: linux as a minicomputer ?
* John P. Looney (john@antefacto.com) wrote:
> Sorry if this isn't the place for this question, but it's something that
> came up in general office talk today.
>
> Many many moons ago, the GGI project promised us the ability to buy a
> four-processor box, four PCI video cards, four USB mice & keyboards, and
> let four people use that machine at once, with benefits all around.

<snip>

> Are there any plans to bring this sort of functionality to Linux 2.6 ? As
> I remember, some of the problems were that the GGI code was never going to
> get into Linux proper, and enumeration of multiple keyboards and mice, but
> I would have thought that was there a need, these problems would have been
> fixed by now.

I'm not sure, but I don't think any code is needed if you run X. Bung
four USB mice, four USB keyboards in and four video cards. Write a
separate X config for each one specifying which PCI card should be used
and which mouse/keyboard device should be used. Now start an X server
for each one.

(Fun should form in the efforts to figure out which mouse is associated
with which keyboard and with which video output).

Dave
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