On Monday 07 October 2002 06:53, Buchan Milne wrote: > 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 I would like to do similar, have the hardware, just not a real intimate knowledger (yet), would be willing to work on this with you and other to make it happen for mdk.
Whear does one begin?
