Introduction

This is a simple wizard to install multiseat systems. A multiseat refers to multiple users using one personal computer, each with their own console, consisting of a keyboard, a mouse and a monitor.

You can see an example of multiseat here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration

This wizard lets you to configure:

• Screens resolution
• Keyboard and mouse per seat
• USB ports per seat

It uses Xephyr in order to get multiseat. Then it is focused to one video card with two or more outputs. See Hardware wiki:

http://code.google.com/p/multiseat-wizard-bicefalo/wiki/Hardware

Install

• Install Ubuntu in your computer. Ubuntu, neither Kubuntu nor Lubuntu.
• Download this wizard from http://code.google.com/p/multiseat-wizard-bicefalo/downloads/list
• Connect your hardware, screens, keyboards and mices. Reboot your computer.
• Then run this asistant from your terminal:

sudo python main.py

• Follow asistant:

Assistant should detect number of screens (seats) connected:

Select resolution of each screen:

Select keyboard and mouse for each seat. Suggestion, press next:

Connect a pendrive in each USB port (or same pendrive several times) and press refresh. Select a seat and use add to add this USB port to this seat:

• Then press apply and reboot your computer.
• There is a new user multiseat, select multiseat user, password multiseat. Select Multiseat session:

• Multiseat will start, be patience.
• User seat1, password seat1. User seat2, password seat2...
• That's all.

In order to shut down a multiseat computer. Close all seats sessions and press physical power off buttom (only one click). Computer will shut down normally.