XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO

• Index
• Introduction
• About Backstreet Ruby/ Ruby
• About this document
• Related Documentation
• New versions of this document
• Copyright and License
• Disclaimer
• Credits/Contributors
• Feedback/Bug Reporting
• Before we begin
• Known Limitations
• XFree configuration files
• Reusing Xinerama configured XFree
• Binary packages
• Installing the kernel
• Installing the Backstreet Ruby/ Ruby-2.6 kernel
• Notes on building your own kernel
• Creating needed device files
• Notes on using multiple VT's VGA console
• Keyboard numbering(order of detection)
• Setting up the X servers
• Do I need a modified X server?
• Installing and Configuring XFree-PrefBusID
• Creating symbolic links
• Using independent keyboards with XFree
• Using independent mice with XFree
• For graphic cards without DRI
• Nvidia GLX DRI
• More on configuring input devices
• Finding the real devices
• Using hotplug with input.agent and input.rc
• Using XFree with event interface support
• Using the Phys descriptor and USB devices
• Configuring display managers
• Configuring xdm and kdm
• Configuring gdm
• Tweaking it
• Using independent sound cards
• Customising the login screen
• 1st X server configuration file
• Number X servers started by Display managers
• Dynamically switching the number of X servers
• Known problems
• Hardware problems
• Software problems
• Special notes on some distributions
• Mandrake
• Red Hat
• Debian
• SuSE
• Final words
• Video Compatibility list
• Graphic card pairs/triples that work perfectly
• Graphic card pairs/triples that work, but with some glitches
• Example configuration files
• XFree86
• Display managers
• Configuration files for Input Agent
• Scripts
• hotplug: input.agent
• hotplug: input.rc
• hotplug XFree supporting event devices: input.agent
• Wrapper for starting X using Nvidia libGL.so
• For installing Nvidia drivers for parallel use with DRI
• Experimental Backstreet Ruby configuration Script/ Service
• README.ruby_init explains how to configure and use the service.
• The global configuration file /etc/sysconfig/ruby.conf
• The ruby_init service /etc/init.d/ruby_init
• Modified hotplug input.agent /etc/hotplug/input.agent