From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/10] vnc: update docs/multiseat.txt
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:53:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1421067237-6955-7-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1421067237-6955-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com>
vnc joins the party ;)
Also some s/head/seat/ to clarify.
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
---
docs/multiseat.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/multiseat.txt b/docs/multiseat.txt
index 67151e0..b963665 100644
--- a/docs/multiseat.txt
+++ b/docs/multiseat.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ host side
First you must compile qemu with a user interface supporting
multihead/multiseat and input event routing. Right now this
-list includes sdl2 and gtk (both 2+3):
+list includes sdl2, gtk (both 2+3) and vnc:
./configure --enable-sdl --with-sdlabi=2.0
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ or
./configure --enable-gtk
-Next put together the qemu command line:
+Next put together the qemu command line (sdk/gtk):
qemu -enable-kvm -usb $memory $disk $whatever \
-display [ sdl | gtk ] \
-vga std \
-device usb-tablet
-That is it for the first head, which will use the standard vga, the
+That is it for the first seat, which will use the standard vga, the
standard ps/2 keyboard (implicitly there) and the usb-tablet. Now the
-additional switches for the second head:
+additional switches for the second seat:
-device pci-bridge,addr=12.0,chassis_nr=2,id=head.2 \
-device secondary-vga,bus=head.2,addr=02.0,id=video.2 \
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ in a separate tab. You can either simply switch tabs to switch heads,
or use the "View / Detach tab" menu item to move one of the displays
to its own window so you can see both display devices side-by-side.
+For vnc some additional configuration on the command line is needed.
+We'll create two vnc server instances, and bind the second one to the
+second seat, simliar to input devices:
+
+ -display vnc=:1,id=primary \
+ -display vnc=:2,id=secondary,display=video.2
+
+Connecting to vnc display :1 gives you access to the first seat, and
+likewise connecting to vnc display :2 shows the second seat.
+
Note on spice: Spice handles multihead just fine. But it can't do
multiseat. For tablet events the event source is sent to the spice
agent. But qemu can't figure it, so it can't do input routing.
--
1.8.3.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-12 12:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-12 12:53 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] vnc: add support for multiple vnc displays Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] vnc: remove vnc_display global Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/10] vnc: remove unused DisplayState parameter, add id instead Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/10] vnc: add display id to acl names Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/10] vnc: switch to QemuOpts, allow multiple servers Gerd Hoffmann
2015-02-13 18:25 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-02-17 8:50 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-02-17 8:58 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-02-17 12:15 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-02-13 18:30 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/10] vnc: allow binding servers to qemu consoles Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/10] vnc: track & limit connections Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/10] vnc: factor out qmp_query_client_list Gerd Hoffmann
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/10] monitor: add query-vnc-servers command Gerd Hoffmann
2015-02-13 19:44 ` Eric Blake
2015-01-12 12:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/10] monitor: add vnc websockets Gerd Hoffmann
2015-02-13 19:45 ` Eric Blake
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