Ogra just pointed out that USE_NBD_SWAP is in fact a ltsp 4 option and NBD_SWAP is ltsp 5, though in theory they -should- be interusable...
David Van Assche www.nubae.com On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:42 PM, David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > The 2 are related... you can in fact use any of the following in > the lts.conf: > > True, true, False, false, Yes, yes, No, no > > The second part of the question is more difficult > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Uwe Geercken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi and "Moin, Moin" >> >> I am a little bit puzzled now: some documentation I found on lts.conf >> tlaks about: >> >> USE_NBD_SWAP=Y|N >> >> you and other sources talk about >> >> NBD_SWAP=True|False >> >> which one should I use in ltsp5. >> >> >> also, so far my biggest problems are on the network side. what is the >> easiest way of monitoring the traffic volume on the network between >> the server and the clients? I would like to use this to determine if >> certain changes to settings are better or worst. also I could use it >> to monitor application traffic. >> >> tks for help. >> >> uwe >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Zitat von Kai Wüstermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Moin Uwe and Ken! >>> >>> You only need NBD-swap if your client-RAM is lower than 256mB. My >>> experences on gutsy showed, that I could switch of NBD-swap on clients >>> with 128mB saving network traffic. >>> >>> It should be a dirty, but fast fix to switch off the swap with >>> NBD_SWAP = false. >>> >>> The updated documentation >>> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LtspDocumentationUpstream >>> says: >>> >>> 3.1.4. Thin Client Ram >>> The bare minimum for a thin client to work is about 48MB, but it will be >>> unusably slow, so it is recommended to install at least 128MB Ram, with >>> 256MB Ram if you can spare it. This will really help speed up thin >>> clients. >>> >>> If you have a root password in your chroot, you can lock on the terminal >>> (Alt+F1) on the client and use free -m to look if the client uses any >>> swap. >>> >>> Kai Wüstermann >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> edubuntu-users mailing list >> edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >> > -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
