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Subject: Re: Adding an xserver to xorg.conf?
From: Simon Roberts <simon () dancingcloudservices ! com>
Date: 2016-11-02 2:56:22
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So, I'm not having success yet, but I discovered that the Xnest package
that's part of the Ubuntu distribution isn't the driver you pointed me at.
So, I have:
1) cloned the git repository
2) ran ./autogen.sh
3) ran make
... and it seems to be successful to this point, but I'm clueless about how
to install these drivers. I tried "make install" and it didn't like that,
and I don't see anything in readme or similar.
Can anyone offer any guidance or research pointers?
Many thanks!
Simon
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Simon Roberts <
simon@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this Alan, I can't report success yet, but after trying to
> build it but failing to install it, I discovered it's available as a
> pre-built package for Ubuntu, and then managed to build an xorg.conf.d
> entry that totally trashed my GUI! Ah, thank goodness I always carry a
> bootable USB drive for just such emergencies. So, I'll try more with this
> later (when it's less critical if I lock myself out more permanently ;)
>
> In the meantime, is there a resource somewhere that might tell me more
> about the startup order (which I presume is the purpose of the various
> numbers on the individual files in xorg.conf.d...?) and it's significance?
> I'm inclined to think that by putting my efforts at "position 20", after
> the primary display (at 10) but before all the input devices (at 50
> something) I killed all my inputs because I had a bad config element. Is
> that plausible? I got a login screen, but no input devices, mouse,
> keyboard, external USB mouse / keyboard, touchscreen, would generate any
> input (I couldn't even change to the other text-based virtual terminals!)
>
> Thanks again for the direction!
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Alan Coopersmith <
> alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/30/16 04:13 PM, Simon Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I want to add an external XServer (running on a tablet device as it
>>> happens,
>>> though I doubt that's significant) to the configuration of my windowing
>>> system,
>>> and hopefully have it visible to xrandr, so I can use it as another
>>> display
>>> alongside my regular laptop screen.
>>>
>>> I assume that I'd need to add, for example, 192.168.2.44:0
>>> <http://192.168.2.44:0> into my xorg.conf, but I'm drawing a complete
>>> blank on
>>> how I might achieve this.
>>>
>>
>> In theory you can do this with the xf86-video-nested driver, but I've
>> never tried it:
>> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nested/tree/README
>>
>> Other options would be using a multiplexer/proxy such as Xdmx (FOSS) or
>> XBIGX
>> (commercial software from X-Software).
>>
>> --
>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith@oracle.com
>> Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Simon Roberts
> (303) 249 3613
>
>
--
Simon Roberts
(303) 249 3613
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<div dir="ltr">So, I'm not having success yet, but I discovered that the Xnest \
package that's part of the Ubuntu distribution isn't the driver you pointed \
me at. So, I have:<div><br></div><div>1) cloned the git repository</div><div>2) ran \
./autogen.sh</div><div>3) ran make</div><div>... and it seems to be successful to \
this point, but I'm clueless about how to install these drivers. I tried \
"make install" and it didn't like that, and I don't see anything in \
readme or similar.</div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone offer any guidance or research \
pointers?</div><div><br></div><div>Many \
thanks!</div><div>Simon</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Simon Roberts <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@dancingcloudservices.com" \
target="_blank">simon@dancingcloudservices.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for this Alan, I can't report \
success yet, but after trying to build it but failing to install it, I discovered \
it's available as a pre-built package for Ubuntu, and then managed to build an \
xorg.conf.d entry that totally trashed my GUI! Ah, thank goodness I always carry a \
bootable USB drive for just such emergencies. So, I'll try more with this later \
(when it's less critical if I lock myself out more permanently \
;)<div><br></div><div>In the meantime, is there a resource somewhere that might tell \
me more about the startup order (which I presume is the purpose of the various \
numbers on the individual files in xorg.conf.d...?) and it's significance? \
I'm inclined to think that by putting my efforts at "position 20", \
after the primary display (at 10) but before all the input devices (at 50 something) \
I killed all my inputs because I had a bad config element. Is that plausible? I got a \
login screen, but no input devices, mouse, keyboard, external USB mouse / keyboard, \
touchscreen, would generate any input (I couldn't even change to the other \
text-based virtual terminals!)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for the \
direction!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Simon</div><div><br></div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 30, \
2016 at 5:26 PM, Alan Coopersmith <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:alan.coopersmith@oracle.com" \
target="_blank">alan.coopersmith@oracle.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 10/30/16 04:13 PM, Simon Roberts wrote:<br> \
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><span> Hi all,<br>
<br>
I want to add an external XServer (running on a tablet device as it happens,<br>
though I doubt that's significant) to the configuration of my windowing \
system,<br> and hopefully have it visible to xrandr, so I can use it as another \
display<br> alongside my regular laptop screen.<br>
<br>
I assume that I'd need to add, for example, <a href="http://192.168.2.44:0" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">192.168.2.44:0</a><br></span> <<a \
href="http://192.168.2.44:0" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">http://192.168.2.44:0</a>> into my xorg.conf, but I'm drawing \
a complete blank on<span><br> how I might achieve this.<br>
</span></blockquote>
<br>
In theory you can do this with the xf86-video-nested driver, but I've never tried \
it:<br> <a href="https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nested/tree/README" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cgit.freedesktop.org/x<wbr>org/driver/xf86-video-nested/t<wbr>ree/README</a><br>
<br>
Other options would be using a multiplexer/proxy such as Xdmx (FOSS) or XBIGX<br>
(commercial software from X-Software).<span \
class="m_-4341688746361410825HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>
-- <br>
-Alan Coopersmith- <a \
href="mailto:alan.coopersmith@oracle.com" \
target="_blank">alan.coopersmith@oracle.com</a><br>
Oracle Solaris Engineering - <a href="http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc</a><br> \
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span \
class="">-- <br><div class="m_-4341688746361410825gmail_signature" \
data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Simon Roberts<div><a \
href="tel:%28303%29%20249%203613" value="+13032493613" target="_blank">(303) 249 \
3613</a></div><div><br></div></div> </span></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div \
class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Simon Roberts<div>(303) 249 \
3613</div><div><br></div></div> </div>
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