Hi,
I'm the primary author/ex-maintainer of multiseat. I'd like to request
that anyone who wants to package this for Debian, not do so unless:
* you are either part of the X Strike Force already, or plan to
collaborate very closely with them,
* you have a good understanding of how the Xorg server works, and its
configuration system.
Due to lack of time/interest, the package never really evolved beyond
'gigantic hack' status, so it would need a lot of informed work to get
it to being something maintainable.
There's also a massive driver support issue: most cards are extremely
fragile regarding resource routing in particular, and this is something
not handled well by the multiple independent server case. I had very
limited success (nVidia cards only with the binary-only nVidia driver,
and only after they fixed strange bugs; some ATI cards, but not all -- a
seemingly random selection) when testing over a range of cards.
Co-ordination with the d-i team would also be needed, as this contains a
udeb.
However, I'm happy to answer any questions anyone might have about this
package.
Cheers,
Daniel
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