Configuring A System For Multiple Xservers; 3, Service Pack 4 Or Later) - Silicon Graphics Prism Hardware User's Manual

Configuring a System for Multiple Xservers (ProPack
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Multiple Xservers allows specific subsets of the keyboards, pointing devices, and
monitors attached to a Silicon Graphics Prism system to each be managed by a different
Xserver.
Note: This section only applies to systems with ProPack 3. For systems with ProPack 4,
Service Pack 2 or later, use the configuration described in "Configuring a System for
Multiple Xservers (ProPack 4, Service Pack 2 or Later)" on page 144. (To determine which
ProPack version a system is running, look in the /etc/sgi-release file.)
Note: The use of multiple Xservers requires ProPack 3, Service Pack 4 or a later release
of the software.
This section describes a relatively simple configuration. Much more complex
configurations are possible, however, and may be accomplished by extending the
instructions provided here.
Note: When configuring multiple seats, the best method is to first attach all devices
(keyboards, pointing devices, and monitors) and configure the system with a single
Xserver. Once this is done, the configuration may be modified to assign individual
subsets of these devices to be managed by separate Xservers.
Configuring a system for multi-seat operation involves the following steps, each
described in a separate subsection below:
1. Identify the correct event devices (that is, keyboards and pointing devices) for each
seat.
2. Create and edit an XF86Config.Nserver file for the desired configuration.
3. Point X to the newly-created XF86Config.Nserver file.
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XF86Config File Changes
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