Re: Best strategy for multiple terminals connected to one server
NIS/NFS (that is nis not nis+ btw)
At 06:09 AM 8/30/2005 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>> I plan to implement a system similar to a cybercafe, the basic being
>> the following:
>>
>> <> A central server.
>> <> Several end points with terminals, keyboards (no sound), with
>> access to programs running from the server, which output to the
>> terminals.
>> <> The end points are connected to the central server by ...
>> (Suggestions are sought).
>>
>> Suggestions, pointers to howtos, implementations, etc, will be
>> strongly appreciated.
>>
>>
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>I have a system like that:
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>1 PC with 2 monitors, keyboards, mice.
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>EPOX EP-8VTAI mobo and XP 2700+ Thoroughbred with an TNT2 AGP videocard
>and an MX-440 PCI videocard.
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>I run the closed source NVidia driver on 2 XFree86 servers.
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>Runs Multi-seat Linux Ruby:
>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/
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>It runs all Debian Sarge but Ruby is a kernel patch. Although I run only
>2 monitors, you can run many.
>
>Project:
>http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=5379
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>I have run that setup for a couple of years now and I could not get
>myself to implement it with a PC for each monitor.
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>I would like to try it with Matrox cards because with my setup you have
>vc's just with the primary monitor, but reported is that with 2.6.9 Ruby
>and matrox cards you get vc's on all monitors.
>
>That capability reportedly broke post 2.6.9 Ruby.
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>HTH
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