Hi, I'm a little new to this list and libsdl but am involved a little with edubuntu. One of the main technologies in Edubuntu Linux is LTSP thin clients which basically means a bunch of low spec computers running X sessions (usually gnome) on a powerful server with the display tunnelled back over ssh.
Among the applications commonly installed are tuxmath, tuxtype, tuxpaint and gcompris. We owe you guys considerable thanks for libsdl which these are built on. We've had a few reports of thin clients "crashing". At least two people have been saying that these programs fail to close properly and at that point you have little choice but to restart the X session. One report suggests that if he disables sound on his thin client, the problem goes away which I guess might indicate some issue with how the sound gets released at shutdown? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/2007-August/thread.html#1777 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/2007-December/thread.html#3025 Both reports are for feisty which uses libsdl so the versions should be as mentioned at the end of this mail. Beginning with fiesty, for local sound, the thin clients run a PulseAudio server so that the application (running on the server) can send sound across the network to it. Previously, esound had been used. I'm not sure if the problem existed prior to this change. Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing these issues? Is there any better info we could pass on to help understand this? Mayn thanks in advance, Gavin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~> apt-cache policy libsdl1.2debian libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl1.2debian: Installed: 1.2.11-7ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.2.11-7ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.2.11-7ubuntu1 0 500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libsdl-mixer1.2: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.2.6-1.1build1 Version table: 1.2.6-1.1build1 0 500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
