[olug] Web kiosk

[Dave Rowe]

You can run multiple X servers on a single box, I believe.  Everything is
just much more explicit in how you tie inputs to displays, etc.  As-in,
explicitly referencing the mouse and keyboard for each display, instead of
depending on HAL or what not to handle it for you.

I'll try to find a link which references this, but I'm fairly sure I've read
about it before.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:15 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> 4 heads on a Linux box is probably feasible, but having 4 sets of
> input to one PC that aren't interfering with each other is another
> thing. You can set one PC as an X server perhaps, and have 4 thin
> clients connecting to it. But ultimately, I don't think one PC can
> handle the input from 4 people at once.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> > Hmmmm that's an interesting idea.
> > I have not tried it but in theory
> > http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html
> >
> > How does Linux handle multihead videocards?
> > In Windows ATI cards show up as 2 devices and Nvidia cards show as 1.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> > webtrekker at cox.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:43 PM
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > Subject: [olug] Web kiosk
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Looking for ideas on how to create a small (4 station/users) web kiosk
> setup
> > to allow for on-site user registration.  The idea is to have a single
> Linux
> > box that would allow 4 different users to access a specific website to
> > register for a conference.  I'm not sure how to go about attaching 4
> > keyboards, 4 mice and 4 monitors to a single computer while using a small
> > custom-locked Linux distro that only allows access to the registration
> > website.
> > I have found products like nComputing's X350 kit
> > (http://ncomputing.com/Solutions/Xseries.aspx) which looks like it would
> > work, but could this be built with standard components?
> > Worse case, we could grab 4 old laptop from a recycler but would rather
> not
> > spend money on old hardware for a single use.
> >
> > Thanks for any and all suggestions,
> > Patrick
> >
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