Stew Benedict wrote: > On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Buchan Milne wrote: > > >>>The server is providing nfs services only. The other side of the coin is >>>running the apps on the server side generates quite a bit of network >>>traffic. >> >>New 24-port 100mb switch is much cheaper than replacing the 22 desktops >>that could run on such a network ... >> >>And I think starting up OpenOffice over NFS would be much more traffic >>than via X. >> >>Surely it can't take too much to change this. The ?dm client >>configurations just need to be changed to use query, and the server just >>needs to allow XDMCP requests? >> > > > Sure, anything is possible. The problem is you're beta testing it now, > post 9.0 release, when the package has been available since July. This > whole discussion doesn't even really belong on cooker now.
Assuming Mandrakesoft wants to leave it as is, rather than make a few changes now, leaving a bit longer to test the setup, so that both setups work in 9.1. Things like this aren't the easiest to test, since you need more than one machine, and you need to make changes to an existing network (if you don't have spare network hardware or virtualising software) to test it. When I did try and test it, I didn't have much time, and that was all taken up by broken init scripts. I don't know if anyone else had the chance. But, I was under the impression that it was a Terminal Server (a la LTSP), not a diskless machine boot server. Nothing in any of emails regarding this led me to believe that it was not aimed at terminals on low-end boxes with the majority of the software running on the terminal server itself, which is exactly what LTSP does. So, I will have to hack this, or use LTSP, but I can only do that once I have played with winbind (which I couldn't do recently since my laptop is in for repairs). Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
