I'm trying to get separate X sessions on separate monitors, as the
title suggests. I can get the two monitors setup as a single display,
but what I want is to have separate logins on each monitor, and switch
between them via ctrl-alt-F#, as you would do with multiple X sessions
on a single monitor (or something similar in functionality, I want the
two displays to be separate from each toher at least). From what I've
read this should be possible, but I can't seem to figure it out. Here
is my xorg.conf so far, which just results in one monitor being a
mirror of the other:


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

....

Section "Monitor"Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:3:0:1"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

On 7 May 2006 15:02:48 -0700, "masked.slacker@gmail.com" <masked.slacker@gmail.com> wrote:

>but what I want is to have separate logins on each monitor, and switch
>between them via ctrl-alt-F#

You need to bind the second X session to Alt-F8 somewhere as well as
change the X display numbers.

Grant.
--
Memory fault -- brain fried

Grant wrote:
> On 7 May 2006 15:02:48 -0700, "masked.slacker@gmail.com" <masked.slacker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >but what I want is to have separate logins on each monitor, and switch
> >between them via ctrl-alt-F#
>
> You need to bind the second X session to Alt-F8 somewhere as well as
> change the X display numbers.
>
> Grant.
> --
> Memory fault -- brain fried

Yes....that's not the problem.

I can switch X sessions that way just fine. What I want is to have the
separate sessions displaying on separate monitors. Thats what I can't
get to work. Or to have separate screens in the same login. What I
don't want is one screen spread across both monitors.

On 7 May 2006 16:08:14 -0700, "masked.slacker@gmail.com" <masked.slacker@gmail.com> wrote:

>I can switch X sessions that way just fine. What I want is to have the
>separate sessions displaying on separate monitors. Thats what I can't
>get to work. Or to have separate screens in the same login. What I
>don't want is one screen spread across both monitors.

Sorry, I hoped a vague hint would trigger your memory, I read about
this being done recently, but I've not done it myself so have no
detail.

Grant.
--
Memory fault -- brain fried

On Mon, 08 May 2006 10:26:20 +1000, Grant wrote:

> On 7 May 2006 16:08:14 -0700, "masked.slacker@gmail.com" <masked.slacker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I can switch X sessions that way just fine. What I want is to have the
>>separate sessions displaying on separate monitors. Thats what I can't
>>get to work. Or to have separate screens in the same login. What I
>>don't want is one screen spread across both monitors.
>
> Sorry, I hoped a vague hint would trigger your memory, I read about
> this being done recently, but I've not done it myself so have no
> detail.
>
> Grant.

Yes indeed there was a recent post related to multiple head systems - not
only separate X sessions, but separate keyboards and mice as well. Try
this link.


http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html

Grant wrote:

> On 7 May 2006 15:02:48 -0700, "masked.slacker@gmail.com"
> <masked.slacker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>but what I want is to have separate logins on each monitor, and switch
>>between them via ctrl-alt-F#
>
> You need to bind the second X session to Alt-F8 somewhere as well as
> change the X display numbers.
>
> Grant.

I've done that using "startx -- -layout blah" (or something similar) but I
can't get both monitors to display the content at the same time. It seems
to only want to display the active tty(?). Not sure if that's useful info
for you.

-Miguel

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ray wrote:
> On Mon, 08 May 2006 10:26:20 +1000, Grant wrote:
>
>
>>On 7 May 2006 16:08:14 -0700, "masked.slacker@gmail.com" <masked.slacker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I can switch X sessions that way just fine. What I want is to have the
>>>separate sessions displaying on separate monitors. Thats what I can't
>>>get to work. Or to have separate screens in the same login. What I
>>>don't want is one screen spread across both monitors.
>>
>>Sorry, I hoped a vague hint would trigger your memory, I read about
>>this being done recently, but I've not done it myself so have no
>>detail.
>>
>>Grant.
>
>
> Yes indeed there was a recent post related to multiple head systems - not
> only separate X sessions, but separate keyboards and mice as well. Try
> this link.
>
>
> http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html

A few years ago Stone Microsystems had a card that did exactly that.

On the card, it had 4 modules with each module being a Trident SVGA
controller, 8250 serial, and keyboard controller.

Are these still available, or have they morphed into something else?