In a multiseat configuration, a computer can be used by multiple users at the same time, each one with his own monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Questions tagged [multiseat]
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How can I set up multiseat with only one physical graphics card?
I have an Ubuntu computer running 16.04, and I only have one graphics card.
My brother and I constantly fight over who gets to use it, so I'm trying to do everyone a favor and install multiseat.
I would be seat0, with the VGA port, a mouse, a…
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How to set up a multiseat system?
I intent to buy a new Desktop PC, but I'm wondering if I can share one machine between 2 users. I read about the subject, however I didn't find any guide for that, only some isolated answers/comentaries. Then I tried to test it with my laptop that…
Rodrigo Oliveira
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How do I configure sound with PulseAudio and Multiseat?
In the spirit of full disclosure, i just posted this question to the ubuntu forums, but i figure more heads working on it couldn't hurt.
I have a multi-seat setup working quite well. Hot plugging input devices works as expected and such. The only…
Anthony
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No GLX on Intel card with multiseat with additional nVidia card
I have multiseat configured and my Xorg has 2 server layouts. One is for nVidia card and other is for Intel card. They both work, but display server assigned to Intel card doesn't have hardware acceleration since DRI and GLX module being used is…
MeanEYE
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Multiseat on Ubuntu 18.04?
I've been reading (old) guides all day and I still know nothing about multiseat on Ubuntu 18.04.
To make matters worse, I only have one graphics card with multiple outputs.
The only thing that gives me hope is loginctl list-seats which indicates…
velis
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How do I set up multi seat?
I was hoping to have a 2 seat setup. One will be for my TV just going to run Boxee. The other is for my main Desktop.
I've been looking for a good guide to help me navigate this, I'd like to use ubuntu 10.10. I am assuming it's just a case of…
JJ Mcfly
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Virtual Terminal switching with a multiseat setup and lightdm
My aim is to have two seats for my Ubuntu machine. One of the monitors is a USB touchscreen from Mimo with a displaylink chip. I already got it working as main display just by reconfiguring xorg.conf. Even the touch interface works.
But for…
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What's the state of multi-seat in 10.04 Lucid?
Ubuntu used to support multiseat (that is multiple monitors, multiple keyboards and mice, all hanging off a single computer) pretty well once upon a time. Support wasn't an official feature but gdm and xorg both worked.
These days, gdm doesn't…
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Simple multi-seat
I've asked about multiseat before. The answer (for 10.04) involved doing it the proper way (eg through gdm, multiple server layouts). The problem was that gdm needs to be patched or reverted to 2.20 for multiseat. It's an ugly hack that, worse than…
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Can you hibernate and resume one desktop session while keeping another running?
I'm going to trample on well-travelled jargon here, so please don't get too hung up on the exact words.
I have a desktop that I use in a multiseat configuration. Two graphics cards, two monitors, two sets of peripherals and two seats. This allows me…
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Best hardware choices for multi-seat (multi-user) system?
We are building a multi-seat or multi-user system. The budget for the entire system is around $2000. The tower should be around $800. Each user will probably only use the computer for web browsing (keeping flash to a minimum), however, there can be…
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(K)Ubuntu 17.10 - loginctl Multi-Seat on 2 NVidia cards with either nouveau or nvidia-384
I have setup a machine with two NVidia video cards:
$ lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 740] (rev a1)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1)
I've then used…
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setting up multiseat on 12.04
I'm using a single nvidia Quadro FX 3700 card on my system.
This thread:
How to set up a multiseat system?
suggests that changes should be made to the lightdm.conf and xorg.conf files. When I made the suggested changes to xorg.conf and the…
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How to identify proccesses by X11 display?
I have a multiseat Ubuntu setup and I need to identify which processes of a graphical application are running in each X.Org display.
For example, I have two X.Org displays, :0 and :1, and two instances of Firefox running, one on each display. How do…
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Gnome3 Freezing / Hanging / Unresponsive - can't restart
I am running UbuntuGNOME 16.04. The Gnome3 interface is useful because of its touch support (helpful for various peripherals, as this is a desktop), but it hangs every so often - usually with specific programs (Firefox with a number of tabs open,…
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