krempel@pacrat.npac.syr.edu (Henry B.J. Krempel) (01/04/89)
I believe the indication in the config file for multiple screens and keyboards only indicates that the kernel will support these devices. The problem is, all of the current software supports only a single user. SunView, for example, will allow you to hook up multiple screens, but the effect will be an enlarged Sunview desktop that spans two screens. This is done with the adjacentscreens command. NeWS and X support multiple mice, but this is to use the second mouse for some special purpose, such as attaching a digitizing tablet to window software. I don't know of any way to make any of these window systems support multiple independant "root" windows, perhaps someone else may have heard of something? Henry B. J. Krempel <krempel@pacrat.npac.syr.edu> Syracuse University 250 Machinery Hall Syracuse, N.Y. 13244
wilkins%wilkins.cs.uiuc.edu@a.cs.uiuc.edu (David C. Wilkins) (01/04/89)
Henry
The need to support multiple "root" windows is not needed. My
understanding is that there would be only one "root" window, Just as with
adjacent screens, the root window would span all the console screens.
Independent windows (e.g., shelltool) can of course be opened up on any of
the screens. The only restriction is that there can only be one "console"
cmdtool window (as is also the case with adjacent screens).
The way I envision this working is that the initial window system is
brought up under the "guest" user login. Then each of the actual users on
each of the different consoles does an "su" to their own account.
David