> Mind sharing the exe_remote script. I myself have been StarOffice > remotely since my client only has 64MB. When the StarOffice run locally, > it took more than 1 minute. However, running remotely using rsh, causes > StarOffice to be in a zombie state. When the user quit StarOffice, the > process is still running at the server in that zombie state..and it hogs > lots of CPU resources.Maybe your script can help me.
*** I've had a couple requests and I'll be happy to share. Just give me a few days to write a quick & dirty how-to then I'll post a URL to the list. I've had the same problems described above with Star Office and it's even worse with Corel's Photopaint. Since exe_remote was put into place those problems ahve appeared to go away. > > Thanks in advance. > > regards > duan > > John F Cuzzola wrote: > > >>John, > >> > >>Just wondering, what do you have installed locally on the > >>workstation, in terms of Linux? Anything? > >> > > > > > >*** We have some decent client machines (Pentium 266-350 w/64-128MB > >ram) so we run almost everything locally. We have a wide range of > >programs such as Star Office & CorelPhotoPaint 9. All programs run locally > >currently except for Star Office & PhotoPaint which run remotely on the > >server (Server is dual pentium 1000 w/ 4GB ram,ltsp ver 2.07)-things seem > >to work pretty well so far. I like local app configuration because it's > >easier to handle local floppy, sound, etc. Also this configuration is > >easier to set up which programs run on the clients and which ones run on > >the server. I have written a simple program to launch applications > >on the server instead of using rsh/ssh to do it(exe_remote). You configure > >your system for local apps then (for example) if I type this on the ltsp > >client: > > > >bash> netscape (runs locally on the client) > >bash> exe_remote "netscape" (runs on the server) > > > >The exe_remote program keeps a connection open with the client and > >periodically sends a very small amount of traffic to the server. If the > >server doesn't receive that keep-alive traffic withing about 20 seconds it > >assumes the connection was terminated and kills all the programs running > >remotely on the server for that user. This really helps in preventing > >runaway processes eating up cpu/memory because users dont shut down their > >client machines/programs properly. Right now everything is very new > >(running for about 6 weeks) but seems to be working - time will tell. > > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > >For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > > > > -- > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
