XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO
Svetoslav Slavtchev
Aug 2004
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 1.4 | 2004-08-14 | Revised by: SS |
| add some info on the new IsolateDevice XFree/X.org, drop some stalled comments about ruby-2.6 (a lot more must be removed - linux-2.6 is table now) | ||
| Revision 1.3 | 2003-11-11 | Revised by: SS |
| Ruby-2.6 is working :) , sync to new BRuby, add config file paths for Gentoo | ||
| Revision 1.2 | 2003-09-17 | Revised by: SS |
| Lots, lots of stuff. the most major things: XFree-PrefBusID v3, input.rc (and exp. service ruby_init), add "Known Limitations" | ||
| Revision 1.1 | 2003-07-14 | Revised by: SS |
| sync input agent with examples, a bit more about ruby, less Fix-Me's, additions to video compatibility | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 2003-05-13 | Revised by: TP |
| Initial release, reviewed by LDP. | ||
This HOWTO explains one of the ways to get a working, multiple, local X user-capable PC system for up to 16 users. It is based on using a modified Linux kernel with support for multiple independent users . The second way is not covered here, but on the web page of it's author, the pioneer Miguel Freitas.
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Before we begin
- 3. Installing the kernel
- 4. Setting up the X servers
- 5. More on configuring input devices
- 6. Configuring display managers
- 6.1. Configuring xdm and kdm
- 6.2. Configuring gdm
- 7. Tweaking it
- 8. Known problems
- 8.1. Hardware problems
- 8.2. Software problems
- 9. Special notes on some distributions
- 10. Final words
- A. Video Compatibility list
- B. Example configuration files
- B.1. XFree86
- B.2. Display managers
- B.3. Configuration files for Input Agent
- C. Scripts
- D. Experimental Backstreet Ruby configuration Script/ Service
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| Introduction |