Re: [PLUG] Brighter plans: energy efficient, reliable firewall hardware

[CJ Fearnley <cjf@LinuxForce.net>]

I see: what I'm looking for is called Multiseat configuration:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX

The challenge with the fitlet's in this configuration will be USB mice
and keyboards. With only 2 USB 3.0 ports and 3 USB 2.0 ports, I'd use
all but one USB port with 2 mice and 2 keyboards for a total of 4 USB
devices. I guess that's sufficient, but it would be nice to have more
spare USB ports.

Unless someone sells a keyboard-mouse combo device that uses just 1 USB
port? That doesn't seem to be available??

I see a USB hub (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hub) would
address my concerns (though I'd need to be wary of power issues:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/74770/usb-hubs-and-linux).

I don't play with hardware much. The world has changed from PS/2 and
serial cable days :)

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 07:43:39PM -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
> OK, this is getting interesting again. Both my monitors have DVI-D.
> 
> The unit on Amazon I mentioned
> https://www.amazon.com/fitlet-FITLET-R-GX-C67-FLAN-W-CompuLab-fitlet-RM-XA10-LAN-Barebone/dp/B01HXXRRAC
> 
> has 2 HDMI ports. I'm wondering if I can run both my monitors on that?
> 
> Of course, I'm sure that works.
> 
> But I want to run a separate username/password login session for each
> monitor. Something like
> startx Display1 and then in a separate login
> startx Display2.
> 
> Are there resources for configuring multi-headed displays like this? Can
> the Fitlet do it?
> 
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 08:46:25PM -0400, Charlie Li wrote:
> > On 14/07/17 19:18, CJ Fearnley wrote:
> > > But neither monitor in my office has HDMI. Damn.
> > > 
> > If your monitors have a DVI-D input, all you need is a DVI-D to HDMI
> > passive cable. This is what I use between my old Dell monitor with only
> > VGA and DVI-D inputs and Raspberry Pi.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Charlie Li
> 
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