2 people using pc at sametime
Hi All, How is it possible to allow 2 people to use the same pc at the same time? What do i need to purchase to allow 2 monitors 2 keyboards and 2 mouse to work on one pc at the same time? Regards ______________________________________________________________ http://www.webmail.co.za the South African FREE email service
Yes it's possible... You need a second graphic card, A second screen, a USB KeyBoard/Mouse Or you can use an old pc with a network card to get the same effect more efficiently... Jerry On Friday 25 February 2005 08:38, it clown wrote:
Hi All,
How is it possible to allow 2 people to use the same pc at the same time? What do i need to purchase to allow 2 monitors 2 keyboards and 2 mouse to work on one pc at the same time?
Regards ______________________________________________________________ http://www.webmail.co.za the South African FREE email service
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done ----------------------------------------------- Sent by freemail.servebeer.com Signup for your free 100mb Mail account today! Full pop3/smtp accounts available!! ----------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Westrick [mailto:jerry@westrick.com] Sent: 25 February 2005 06:48 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] 2 people using pc at sametime Yes it's possible... You need a second graphic card, A second screen, a USB KeyBoard/Mouse Or you can use an old pc with a network card to get the same effect more efficiently... Jerry On Friday 25 February 2005 08:38, it clown wrote:
Hi All,
How is it possible to allow 2 people to use the same pc at the same time? What do i need to purchase to allow 2 monitors 2 keyboards and 2 mouse to work on one pc at the same time?
Regards ______________________________________________________________ http://www.webmail.co.za the South African FREE email service
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El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 08:55, Stephen Furlong escribió:
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done
And more than two people, what hardware to exploit the multiuser S.O.? jose
On Friday 25 February 2005 10:38, jose wrote:
El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 08:55, Stephen Furlong escribió:
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done
And more than two people, what hardware to exploit the multiuser S.O.? jose
HP have a product that has 4 screens/keyboard/mouse on one workstation using linux and it is not that expensive See http://h40058.www4.hp.com/products/desktops/441/prod_info.html PAul -- Paul Hewlett (Linux #359543) Email:`echo az.oc.evitcaten@ttelweh | rev` Tel: +27 21 852 8812 Cel: +27 72 719 2725 Fax: +27 86 672 0563 --
El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 10:58, Paul Hewlett escribió:
On Friday 25 February 2005 10:38, jose wrote:
El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 08:55, Stephen Furlong escribió:
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done
And more than two people, what hardware to exploit the multiuser S.O.? jose
HP have a product that has 4 screens/keyboard/mouse on one workstation using linux and it is not that expensive
See
http://h40058.www4.hp.com/products/desktops/441/prod_info.html
PAul
-- Paul Hewlett (Linux #359543) Email:`echo az.oc.evitcaten@ttelweh | rev` Tel: +27 21 852 8812 Cel: +27 72 719 2725 Fax: +27 86 672 0563 --
Thanks Paul. I see in that address, an equipment for four users and the hardware to obtain it is: 4 graphic cards for monitors, and 2 Ps/2 and 6 usb/2 connectors para the keyboards (3 keyboars with usb) and mouses (3 mouses with usb), althought is not given the lenght of the cables or if it is wireless. jose
This howto maybe of interest to you. I don't know if there are any updates to this article available, but it is a starting point. HOWTO: Multiple local XFree users under Linux http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/print/3100/ -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
On Friday 25 February 2005 20:02, Graham Smith wrote:
This howto maybe of interest to you. I don't know if there are any updates to this article available, but it is a starting point.
HOWTO: Multiple local XFree users under Linux http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/print/3100/ --
HP has a four-headed system called 441 they're selling in South Africa. http://www.hp441.com/news/index.jsp It is based on Mandrake, but since it is Linux then whatever they're doing is probably adaptable to SuSE. And I found a mention on google of a similar 4 headed linux project in Brazil. The translated page didn't work on google, but here's another site that talks about it: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/03/1923255&tid=106 I suspect both the HP 441 and the FourHead are the same thing and they probably use the XFree Local Multi-User strategy: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/
Thanks for the links. On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:21:59 -0500 Synthetic Cartoonz <synthetoonz@bellsouth.net> wrote:
This howto maybe of interest to you. I don't know if
On Friday 25 February 2005 20:02, Graham Smith wrote: there are any updates
to this article available, but it is a starting point.
HOWTO: Multiple local XFree users under Linux http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/print/3100/ --
HP has a four-headed system called 441 they're selling in South Africa.
http://www.hp441.com/news/index.jsp
It is based on Mandrake, but since it is Linux then whatever they're doing is probably adaptable to SuSE.
And I found a mention on google of a similar 4 headed linux project in Brazil. The translated page didn't work on google, but here's another site that talks about it:
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/03/1923255&tid=106
I suspect both the HP 441 and the FourHead are the same thing and they probably use the XFree Local Multi-User strategy:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/
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On Friday 25 February 2005 12:58 am, Paul Hewlett wrote:
On Friday 25 February 2005 10:38, jose wrote:
El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 08:55, Stephen Furlong escribió:
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done
And more than two people, what hardware to exploit the multiuser S.O.? jose
HP have a product that has 4 screens/keyboard/mouse on one workstation using linux and it is not that expensive
See
http://h40058.www4.hp.com/products/desktops/441/prod_info.html
PAul
Not clear that is really available anywhere except south africa. I can't find it on HP's main site and no price anywhere...? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Saturday 26 February 2005 05:21, John Andersen wrote:
On Friday 25 February 2005 12:58 am, Paul Hewlett wrote:
On Friday 25 February 2005 10:38, jose wrote:
El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 08:55, Stephen Furlong escribió:
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done
And more than two people, what hardware to exploit the multiuser S.O.? jose
HP have a product that has 4 screens/keyboard/mouse on one workstation using linux and it is not that expensive
See
http://h40058.www4.hp.com/products/desktops/441/prod_info.html
PAul
Not clear that is really available anywhere except south africa. I can't find it on HP's main site and no price anywhere...?
I saw an advert for this (Somewhere, I do not remember) for R13884 in South Africa Paul -- Paul Hewlett (Linux #359543) Email:`echo az.oc.evitcaten@ttelweh | rev` Tel: +27 21 852 8812 Cel: +27 72 719 2725 Fax: +27 86 672 0563 --
can buy 4 pc's for that price. On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:58:51 +0200 Paul Hewlett <hewlett@netactive.co.za> wrote:
On Friday 25 February 2005 12:58 am, Paul Hewlett wrote:
On Friday 25 February 2005 10:38, jose wrote:
El Viernes, 25 de Febrero de 2005 08:55, Stephen Furlong escribió:
I saw a windows-based program called magictwin do it, with one video card (dual output) and y-splitters on ps/2 so it should be able to be done
And more than two people, what hardware to exploit
On Saturday 26 February 2005 05:21, John Andersen wrote: the multiuser S.O.?
jose
HP have a product that has 4 screens/keyboard/mouse on one workstation using linux and it is not that expensive
See
http://h40058.www4.hp.com/products/desktops/441/prod_info.html
PAul
Not clear that is really available anywhere except south africa. I can't find it on HP's main site and no price anywhere...?
I saw an advert for this (Somewhere, I do not remember) for R13884 in South Africa
Paul -- Paul Hewlett (Linux #359543) Email:`echo az.oc.evitcaten@ttelweh | rev` Tel: +27 21 852 8812 Cel: +27 72 719 2725 Fax: +27 86 672 0563 --
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On Thursday 24 February 2005 23:38, it clown wrote:
Hi All,
How is it possible to allow 2 people to use the same pc at the same time? What do i need to purchase to allow 2 monitors 2 keyboards and 2 mouse to work on one pc at the same time?
Regards
Am I mistaken or ignorant or something, or is this not really a problem at all for Linux? Apart from making sure that the keyboard, mouse and monitors are properly associated with each other, there's no particular problem with attaching multiple sets of them to a single system, right? Naturally, you can only attach a single PS/2 mouse and keyboard, but you should be able to attach multiple USB keyboards and mice, right? Anyway, I'd be interested in learning what actual issues arise when attaches multiple sets of monitor+mouse+keyboard to a single system. Randall Schulz
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