XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO
Svetoslav Slavtchev
<svetoslav (at) users.sourcefourge.net >
Nov 2003
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 1.3 | 2003-11-11 | Revised by: SS |
| Ruby-2.6 is working :) , sync to new BRuby, add config file paths for Gentoo | ||
| Revision 1.2 | 2003-09-17 | Revised by: SS |
| Lots, lots of stuff. the most major things: XFree-PrefBusID v3, input.rc (and exp. service ruby_init), add "Known Limitations" | ||
| Revision 1.1 | 2003-07-14 | Revised by: SS |
| sync input agent with examples, a bit more about ruby, less Fix-Me's, additions to video compatibility | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 2003-05-13 | Revised by: TP |
| Initial release, reviewed by LDP. | ||
This HOWTO explains one of the ways to get a working, multiple, local X user-capable PC system for up to 16 users. It is based on using a modified Linux kernel with support for multiple independent users . The second way is not covered here, but on the web page of it's author, the pioneer Miguel Freitas.
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
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- 1.1. About Backstreet Ruby/ Ruby
- 1.2. About this document
- 1.3. Related Documentation
- 1.4. New versions of this document
- 1.5. Copyright and License
- 1.6. Disclaimer
- 1.7. Credits/Contributors
- 1.8. Feedback/Bug Reporting
- 2. Before we begin
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- 2.1. Known Limitations
- 2.2. XFree configuration files
- 2.3. Reusing Xinerama configured XFree
- 2.4. Binary packages
- 3. Installing the kernel
- 4. Setting up the X servers
- 5. More on configuring input devices
- 6. Configuring display managers
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- 6.1. Configuring xdm and kdm
- 6.2. Configuring gdm
- 7. Tweaking it
- 8. Known problems
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- 8.1. Hardware problems
- 8.2. Software problems
- 9. Special notes on some distributions
- 10. Final words
- A. Video Compatibility list
- B. Example configuration files
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- B.1. XFree86
- B.2. Display managers
- B.3. Configuration files for Input Agent
- C. Scripts
- D. Experimental Backstreet Ruby configuration Script/ Service
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| Introduction |
