[K12OSN] Xconfigs-lowest common denominator?

Jonathan Carter jonathan at shuttleworthfoundation.org
Wed Mar 10 08:13:04 UTC 2004


anthony baldwin wrote:
> 
> 
> This has been bugging me for a while...
> (remember, I'm the nut who has simply been using K12 as a desktop OS at 
> home for two years)
> It's just that, if you have a lab with mixed clients, different 
> monitors, how does X handle all the differences?  I'm supposing that 
> your XF86configs are going to be created in compliance with your video 
> card and the lowest common denominator amongs the monitors.
> Is this correct?

No, it's not. The PC's that have lower specs can be specified in your 
dhcp file, and are identified by their mac addresses. The 
specifications, such as lower res screens, serial mice, etc, are 
specified in your lts.conf file.

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