[olug] Web kiosk

[Dave Rowe]

Heh.  Aric's link was the one I had seen (just not from that post).  GMail
fail for hiding the message, and Dave fail for not reading...

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com> wrote:

> 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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