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[max]

Hi Ken and all

the ltsp site is needing updating, rather than their software or the users 
kernel ;-)

most custom kernels are now ltsp capable - on mandrake for example you can 
type draktermserv as root to get a gui setup guide. ltsp really is simple 
when you get your head round the docs. 

but the main point is that the sound thing can be done (i don't know how 
myself), but looking at the ltsp add-on packages that do this could give us 
some clues how...

,max

On Thursday 20 May 2004 4:29 pm, Ken Hough wrote:
> Max,
>
> Just seen your comments about getting sound cards on remote X terminals
> to work. I've been wondering about this on my own trial settup. It's
> disconserting to log in at one PC and get the intro music coming from
> the next room.
>
> Have been on to the lstp site. First impressions are that a lot of ice
> packs and coffee would be needed to really get into lstp. They refer to
> recompiling kernels, but are back at v2.2.x, whereas recent distros are
> now on v2.6.4 or at least around v2.4.20. I guess that "difficult (but
> not impossible)" might be about right.
>
> My feeling is that whatever setup we go for, it should be easily
> understandable and maintainable. Bearing in mind also network bandwidth
> and that none of the machines are very powerfull, stand alone multimedia
> machine(s) would seem to be the most practical option.
>
> I've not looked at the server at the Folly, so can't comment on it. Hope
> that we can get an agreed way forward sorted out next Wednesday evening.
>
> Ken Hough
>
> max wrote:
> > On Wednesday 19 May 2004 10:54 am, Ken Hough wrote:
> >>I think that as well as the X terminals performing bog standard 'office'
> >>apps and the like, we should be able to show more interesting aspects
> >>such as multimedia and even possibly a few games. The latter two would
> >>require a reasonably powerfull PC with 256MB or more of RAM. We need to
> >>demonstrate a good (trendy and fun) image for Linux.
> >
> > it's difficult (but not impossible) to get x-terminals to use their own
> > sound cards (thus usable for sound and video (!) editing - and with video
> > editing of course there's the issue of bandwidth - if the server has a
> > 100meg connection to the hub then it should be ok-ish). The easiest way
> > of doing it is to use an ltsp type setup, and use the package they've put
> > together to enable this kind of thing. i think there's a howto on their
> > site http://ltsp.org
> >
> > also have you checked the routing to the internet? there have been times
> > that the x-terminal-server couldn't reach the www (port 80), even though
> > it could ping the internet quite happily. is this sorted?
> >
> > and is memory still an issue on the server? only had 128mb last time i
> > looked, not enough to run more than one lot of kde...
> >
> > three cheers to ken and andy and any others who've been sorting the
> > machines!
> >
> > max
>
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