[K12OSN] OT - Many displays/remote control

[Keith Olson]

Les Mikesell wrote:

>This doesn't quite relate to normal k12ltsp use but some of the ideas
>might apply so I'll ask here anyway.  I have a wall of displays
>monitoring a lot of remote network devices and services.  These
>are currently mostly running on multi-headed windows boxes.  Some
>of the software needs windows but quite a few are just browser
>screens and some are already java applications under Linux.  There
>is a massive tangle of keyboards and mice underneath and it is
>painful to sort out which goes to which display.  So, is there
>a better way?  Can thin terminals run X multiheaded?  Is there a
>way to do VNC per screen on multiheaded boxes so an operator sitting
>at a desk within sight of these monitors could yank the one he
>wants to his own screen?  I have enough old PC's to use one per
>display but would prefer not to deal with the space or power needed.
>
I have one acronym for you: KVM.  (If I have misunderstood your 
situation, then I apologize.)

Keith Olson
K-Soft Consulting