Setting up multiseat the easy way on Ubuntu 16.04
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I have two monitors and want two users to be able to use my computer at the same time with different keyboards and mice.
I have an Nvidia GTX 970 Graphics card and Intel processor and integrated graphics in the motherboard.
I have been trying to understand the different tutorials but am unable to understand them.
I'm not able to edit all those config files and run those commands.
Is there an easy way like with a GUI or a script to set up multiseat in Ubuntu?
I'm using GDM and Gnome BTW.
scripts gdm nvidia-geforce multiseat
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I have two monitors and want two users to be able to use my computer at the same time with different keyboards and mice.
I have an Nvidia GTX 970 Graphics card and Intel processor and integrated graphics in the motherboard.
I have been trying to understand the different tutorials but am unable to understand them.
I'm not able to edit all those config files and run those commands.
Is there an easy way like with a GUI or a script to set up multiseat in Ubuntu?
I'm using GDM and Gnome BTW.
scripts gdm nvidia-geforce multiseat
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
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asked Mar 21 at 4:01
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Unfortunately the requests for multiseat seem less and less common and thus no easy to use graphical tools. The arch wiki is most up to date - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg_multiseat . The Debian and Ubuntu specific documentation seems older. wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO and help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX . Give it a read , take a deep breath, and ask more specific questions if you get stuck.
– Panther
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Possible duplicate of How to set up a multiseat system?
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I have two monitors and want two users to be able to use my computer at the same time with different keyboards and mice.
I have an Nvidia GTX 970 Graphics card and Intel processor and integrated graphics in the motherboard.
I have been trying to understand the different tutorials but am unable to understand them.
I'm not able to edit all those config files and run those commands.
Is there an easy way like with a GUI or a script to set up multiseat in Ubuntu?
I'm using GDM and Gnome BTW.
scripts gdm nvidia-geforce multiseat
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
3,53611132
asked Mar 21 at 4:01
user3620828
24626
I have two monitors and want two users to be able to use my computer at the same time with different keyboards and mice.
I have an Nvidia GTX 970 Graphics card and Intel processor and integrated graphics in the motherboard.
I have been trying to understand the different tutorials but am unable to understand them.
I'm not able to edit all those config files and run those commands.
Is there an easy way like with a GUI or a script to set up multiseat in Ubuntu?
I'm using GDM and Gnome BTW.
scripts gdm nvidia-geforce multiseat
scripts gdm nvidia-geforce multiseat
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
3,53611132
asked Mar 21 at 4:01
user3620828
24626
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
3,53611132
asked Mar 21 at 4:01
user3620828
24626
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
3,53611132
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
3,53611132
edited Mar 21 at 6:05
Chai T. Rex
3,53611132
3,53611132
asked Mar 21 at 4:01
user3620828
24626
asked Mar 21 at 4:01
user3620828
24626
asked Mar 21 at 4:01
user3620828
24626
24626
Unfortunately the requests for multiseat seem less and less common and thus no easy to use graphical tools. The arch wiki is most up to date - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg_multiseat . The Debian and Ubuntu specific documentation seems older. wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO and help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX . Give it a read , take a deep breath, and ask more specific questions if you get stuck.
– Panther
Mar 21 at 4:10
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Possible duplicate of How to set up a multiseat system?
– karel
Mar 21 at 6:11
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Unfortunately the requests for multiseat seem less and less common and thus no easy to use graphical tools. The arch wiki is most up to date - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg_multiseat . The Debian and Ubuntu specific documentation seems older. wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO and help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX . Give it a read , take a deep breath, and ask more specific questions if you get stuck.
– Panther
Mar 21 at 4:10
1
Possible duplicate of How to set up a multiseat system?
– karel
Mar 21 at 6:11
Unfortunately the requests for multiseat seem less and less common and thus no easy to use graphical tools. The arch wiki is most up to date - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg_multiseat . The Debian and Ubuntu specific documentation seems older. wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO and help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX . Give it a read , take a deep breath, and ask more specific questions if you get stuck.
– Panther
Mar 21 at 4:10
Unfortunately the requests for multiseat seem less and less common and thus no easy to use graphical tools. The arch wiki is most up to date - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg_multiseat . The Debian and Ubuntu specific documentation seems older. wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO and help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX . Give it a read , take a deep breath, and ask more specific questions if you get stuck.
– Panther
Mar 21 at 4:10
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1
Possible duplicate of How to set up a multiseat system?
– karel
Mar 21 at 6:11
Possible duplicate of How to set up a multiseat system?
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The different tutorials make multiseat more complicated than it has to be. I wrote a GUI which simplifies the seat assignment process and called it EasySeats.
https://github.com/ezst036
You will need to change your display manager to LightDM. The 3.x branch of GDM does not support multiseat to my knowledge.
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
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Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
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The different tutorials make multiseat more complicated than it has to be. I wrote a GUI which simplifies the seat assignment process and called it EasySeats.
https://github.com/ezst036
You will need to change your display manager to LightDM. The 3.x branch of GDM does not support multiseat to my knowledge.
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
– Rinzwind
Aug 18 at 23:47
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up vote
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The different tutorials make multiseat more complicated than it has to be. I wrote a GUI which simplifies the seat assignment process and called it EasySeats.
https://github.com/ezst036
You will need to change your display manager to LightDM. The 3.x branch of GDM does not support multiseat to my knowledge.
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
– Rinzwind
Aug 18 at 23:47
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
The different tutorials make multiseat more complicated than it has to be. I wrote a GUI which simplifies the seat assignment process and called it EasySeats.
https://github.com/ezst036
You will need to change your display manager to LightDM. The 3.x branch of GDM does not support multiseat to my knowledge.
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
The different tutorials make multiseat more complicated than it has to be. I wrote a GUI which simplifies the seat assignment process and called it EasySeats.
https://github.com/ezst036
You will need to change your display manager to LightDM. The 3.x branch of GDM does not support multiseat to my knowledge.
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
edited Aug 18 at 22:32
Stephen Rauch
1,1546716
1,1546716
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
answered Aug 18 at 22:07
ezst036
365
365
Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
– Rinzwind
Aug 18 at 23:47
add a comment |Â
Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
– Rinzwind
Aug 18 at 23:47
Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
– Rinzwind
Aug 18 at 23:47
Sorry? launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1 " It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users."
– Rinzwind
Aug 18 at 23:47
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Unfortunately the requests for multiseat seem less and less common and thus no easy to use graphical tools. The arch wiki is most up to date - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg_multiseat . The Debian and Ubuntu specific documentation seems older. wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO and help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX . Give it a read , take a deep breath, and ask more specific questions if you get stuck.
– Panther
Mar 21 at 4:10
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Possible duplicate of How to set up a multiseat system?
– karel
Mar 21 at 6:11