We have a node with XP as the display machine and 2 RHEL3 WS boxes and the audio and video machines. Things are working well, the install required a couple of packages off of the "unsupported" cd for the hauppage video support but everything installed pretty well. We do have a problem with the rat taking 99% of the cpu on the audio machine but 2.3 may fix that with the ALSA support although I haven't tried it yet.
I am _supposed_ to get RHEL3 rpms built but was having some difficulty getting them to build and then got pulled to some other projects. Perhaps with 2.3 I can get them built. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov]On > Behalf Of Patrick Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:50 PM > To: jud...@mcs.anl.gov; ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov; ag-i...@mcs.anl.gov > Subject: [AG-TECH] RE: AGN OS > > > Thank you for the information. > > Is RedHat Enterprise Linux WS Version 3 supported? > > Thanks, > > > Patrick Johnson > Integrated Media Systems > 1260 N. Fee Ana > Anaheim, CA 92807 > office: 714-579-4100 > cell: 714-225-0666 > pjohn...@imsav.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivan R. Judson [mailto:jud...@mcs.anl.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:57 PM > To: Patrick Johnson; ag-i...@mcs.anl.gov > Subject: RE: AGN OS > > > Hi Patrick, > > You should probably not consider building a node with 4 computers as is > described in that document. Notice the document should be dated sometime > in > 1999/2000, in four years hardware has significantly changed. > > The typical configuration that seems to work well for most people these > days > is two compuers, one running XP and serving the display (and sometimes > audio) functionality, and the other running some variant of linux > providing > the video capture (and more commonly also the audio) functionality. > There > are choices for which linux to run, the supported variants (also on the > agtk > website you found) are Fedora Core, Slackware, Gentoo, and Debian. > > The reason the video capture box is still better to build as linux these > days has to do with the driver support in the software we use to capture > and > transmit video. It works more reliably and with less use configuration > and > tweaking on linux systems than windows. > > For "support building this system" you're on your own. This is an open > source project, we give you the software, documentation, manuals and > access > to a community (via the ag-tech mailing list) for free. We can't really > afford to offer you more than that ;-). > > --Ivan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ag-i...@mcs.anl.gov > > [mailto:owner-ag-i...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Patrick Johnson > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:48 PM > > To: ag-i...@mcs.anl.gov > > Subject: AGN OS > > > > I've been tasked with building an Access Grid Node. Reading > > the Access Grid Hardware Specification by Robert Olson, it > > recommends building a Display computer running windows 2000 > > pro, a Video Capture computer running an AG distribution of > > Red Hat Linux, an Audio Capture computer running the AG linux > > distribution, and a control computer running windows 98. > > > > > > > > I was looking a the website > > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/do > wnload.html and notice that there was support for Windows XP. > > > > > > > > My questions are . Is there any reason I shouldn't use > > Windows XP and can I use XP in place of Red Hat? > > > > > > > > Whom should I contact for support building this system? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Patrick Johnson > > > > Integrated Media Systems > > > > 1260 N. Fee Ana > > > > Anaheim, CA 92807 > > > > office: 714-579-4100 > > > > cell: 714-225-0666 > > > > pjohn...@imsav.com > > > > > > > > >
