[olug] Web kiosk

[Rob Townley]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM, John Hobbs <john at velvetcache.org> wrote:
> Big Brain in the old market used to have multi-head, multi-input Fedora Core
> setup for browsing their designs.
> They're pretty nice down there, you might ask where they got it from and who
> set it up.
>
> http://www.bigbrainomaha.com/
>
> - John Hobbs
>
> john at velvetcache.org
>
> http://www.velvetcache.org/
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Jay Swackhamer <Jay at reboottheuser.com>wrote:
>
>> yes, you can have multi-head multi-input.
>>
>> We setup a dual-headed workstation when I was working with the
>> Mavradio at UNO.
>>
>> I used to get email/calls from a mobile kiosk/web center setup in
>> Israel that had four heads and input setup on each machine in a
>> Semi-Trailer so that they could get the maximum amount of revenue from
>> a smaller PC/Power footprint.
>>
>> You can run multiple X servers or just have one X server with each
>> screen being addressed separately. i.e. :0.0 :0.1 and assign the
>> keyboard/mouse dev to each screen.
>>
>> My truck has a multi-head setup with each display having it's 'mouse'
>> being the touchscreen attached to that display.
>>
>> The display I had at the shop was setup similar, one desktop but
>> discrete displays so I could put pictures/ads/etc on the lcd built
>> into the wall, and demo mythtv on the other screen, using an Nvidia
>> dual-display card.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jay Swackhamer
>> Reboot The User
>> 402-933-6449
>> http://www.reboottheuser.com
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>> http://www.hotr.com
>>
>>
>> Quoting Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com>:
>>
>> > 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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Try the MultiDisplayManager mdm live cd.

The mdm package from Ubuntu is supposed to be good for this.  Due to x
changes, there are many older outdated non working anymore docs on how
to setup a multiseat / hydra  on one cpu system.

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