Dual X servers?

From: Peter Arremann (loony_at_loonybin.org)
Date: 02/13/05

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:46:50 -0500

    Hi,

    has anyone on this list managed to run two X servers on one system? I repaired
    the backlight on an older 17" display and hooked it up to a PCI ATI card. I'm
    running to 20.1" flatpanels in xinerama mode as my primary display and I
    don't want to add the 17" into the xinerama setup. Instead I would like to
    run a separate X server so I can have logfiles and stuff scrolling by on the
    small display and use the larger ones for work.

    Of course I would like to use the same mouse and keyboard on both displays but
    that's not going to work out I guess - so I installed a USB mouse and
    keyboard. I mocked around with my xorg.conf to make the new entries and while
    I use startx to run the xinerama setup I run "X -layout Addl :1" for the 17"
    one. Unfortunatenly as soon as the second X server comes up, the first one
    suspends - when I kill the second display, the xinerama one immediately comes
    back...

    Any ideas?

    And yes - I got nothing better to do on a Saturday evening - my gf is visiting
    her family :-)

    Peter.

    My xorg.conf file:
    Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier "Dual"
            Screen "Screen0" 0 0
            Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
            InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
            InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
            Option "Xinerama" "on"
            Option "Clone" "off"
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier "Addl"
            Screen "Screen2" 0 0
            InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
            InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    EndSection

    Section "Files"
            RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
            FontPath "unix/:7100"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
            Load "dbe"
            Load "extmod"
            Load "fbdevhw"
            Load "glx"
            Load "record"
            Load "freetype"
            Load "type1"
            Load "dri"
    EndSection

    Section "ServerFlags"
            Option "Xinerama"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Keyboard0"
            Driver "kbd"
            Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
            Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Mouse0"
            Driver "mouse"
            Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
            Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
            Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
            Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Keyboard1"
            Driver "kbd"
            Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
            Option "XkbLayout" "us"
            Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
    EndSection
    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Mouse1"
            Driver "mouse"
            Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
            Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
            Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
            Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
            Identifier "Monitor0"
            VendorName "Dell"
            ModelName "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
            DisplaySize 410 310
            HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0
            VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
            Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
            Identifier "Monitor1"
            VendorName "Dell"
            ModelName "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
            DisplaySize 410 310
            HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0
            VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
            Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
            Identifier "Monitor2"
            VendorName "MicroTek"
            ModelName "C783"
            DisplaySize 350 260
            HorizSync 60 - 75
            Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "Videocard0"
            Driver "nvidia"
            VendorName "Videocard vendor"
            BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
            BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
            Screen 0
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "Videocard1"
            Driver "nvidia"
            VendorName "Videocard vendor"
            BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
            BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
            Screen 1
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "Videocard2"
            Driver "radeon"
            VendorName "Videocard vendor"
            BoardName "ATI Radeon (generic)"
            BusID "PCI:0:7:0"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
            Identifier "Screen0"
            Device "Videocard0"
            Monitor "Monitor0"
            DefaultDepth 24
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1600x1200"
            EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
            Identifier "Screen1"
            Device "Videocard1"
            Monitor "Monitor1"
            DefaultDepth 24
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1600x1200"
            EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
            Identifier "Screen2"
            Device "Videocard2"
            Monitor "Monitor2"
            DefaultDepth 24
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1280x1024"
            EndSubSection
    EndSection 

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