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From: Kelly Clowers on 6 Jan 2010 14:10 On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 09:03, Stan Hoeppner <stan(a)hardwarefreak.com> wrote: > John Hasler put forth on 1/6/2010 10:21 AM: >> Stan writes: >>> What about sound? >> >> Two sound cards. Â Sound is handled entirely seperately from video. > > No kidding? Â (sarcasm) > > The question is how do you configure the 2nd user session to use a secondary > sound device? Â That is what the original OP needs to know. Each user runs PA per-user as normal, and simply selects the sound device they use in pavucontrol. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 6 Jan 2010 14:10 > I honestly don't know if what you want to do is possible, or if so > how. Â It wouldn't surprise me if Debian can support two monitors > on the same workstation. Â It would surprise me if Debian can support > two different keyboards on the same workstation. Â But I really don't > know. Â But here's something that I know is possible. Â If you have > a real ASCII terminal, such as a VT100, a serial port on your CPU > case, and a "crossover" serial cable (or a "straight" serial cable > and a null modem), it is possible to connect the ASCII terminal > to the serial port and use it to login to your system. Â Of course, > this won't provide you with a graphical user interface, only a > full-screen ASCII terminal. > > I actually have a couple of ASCII terminals, and I've always > wanted to hook one up to one of my Debian boxes, but I've never > gotten around to it; so I won't be of much practical, step-by-step > help. Â If you decide to go that route, and you get it working, > please let me know what you did and how you did it. > Thanks, Stephen, but I do need a GUI system. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 6 Jan 2010 14:20 > Just get one of these and install Debian via USB thumb drive netinst: > > http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page > > It's only 4" x 4.5" x 1.05" Â I just measured and it's smaller than my hand. > That looks pretty good, but it is very short on RAM (1 GB) and the FAQ is very clear that it cannot be upgraded. Bummer. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 6 Jan 2010 14:20 > The question is how do you configure the 2nd user session to use a secondary > sound device? Â That is what the original OP needs to know. > That looks like something that Pulse Audio should be able to handle. I understand that sound routing is native in PA. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 6 Jan 2010 14:40
2010/1/6 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo(a)kalinowski.com.br>: > Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> Just get one of these and install Debian via USB thumb drive netinst: >>> >>> http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page >>> >>> It's only 4" x 4.5" x 1.05" Â I just measured and it's smaller than my hand. >>> >>> >> >> That looks pretty good, but it is very short on RAM (1 GB) and the FAQ >> is very clear that it cannot be upgraded. Bummer. >> > > Since the only thing running on it will be the OS and an X server > (applications are run at the "server" computer), 1Gb should be more than > enough. > > Use it as a thin client? That might work... -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |