On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:58:27PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A terminal, like any PC, has at least two kinds of RAM: internal > memory and video memory. They each serve different purposes. > > If a terminal solely acts as a terminal then it only needs an amount > of internal memory that accomodates for the kernel and a RAM disk. > Usually 16-24 Mb will suffice. Please remember that all applications > run on the server. > > If you want or need high resolutions with lots of colors on such a > terminal then you have to add more memory to the video card. That > kind of RAM is solely used to store video output. > > On the other hand, if (and *only* if !) you decide to run so called > *local* applications then you will need lots of internal memory in > your terminal. That's because a *local* application is transferred > over to the terminal and executed there. > > IMHO that kinda sums it up.
I must be missing the place where you account for the RAM X requires (and I'm not talking about just the fb like you suggest). Please remember that X runs on the terminal. Besides, I have presented proof of memory usage, not some false assumption like you have done. > On 05-Feb-03 Cameron Lerch wrote: > > I would suggest more RAM. This completely depends on what you're > > doing, > > but for comparison purposes: I use P133 machines with 48MB ram and > > an > > 8mb PCI video card. I run them at 1024x768/16 bit in a Gnome 1 > > environment. I have s/w glx enabled, and use TTFs which are > > provided > > through XFS running on the server. I use gimp, StarOffice, mplayer, > > etc. I have found that memory gets low very often, and have since > > had > > to create some swap to solve lockup problems (NFS swap is slow, so > > it > > should be avoided). On one of the machines, I ended up taking out > > the > > 48MB and put 80MB in instead, and it now appears to be running much > > better. > > > > X4 uses a lot of memory (especially if you're running at a decent > > resolution with glx, ttf, etc). I would say that most workstation > > memory estimates I've seen are a little low for a full blown > > desktop. > > > >> Yes, your *old* Pentium will make for an excellent workstation. > >> > >> <nutshell> > >> At first, leave it as it is. If it hasn't got a NIC already then > >> just > >> plug in a spare one. Download the appropriate boot image for the > >> NIC > >> from rom-o-matic and write it onto a floppy. Setup a Linux distro > >> and > >> configure LTSP on it as per the documentation. Boot your Pentium > >> from > >> the floppy and ... enjoy LTSP. If everything works to your > >> satisfaction then remove the HD and the CD drive from the > >> workstation. If the NIC in your Pentium has room for a boot EEPROM > >> then return to rom-o-matic and download the appropriate image. > >> Have > >> that burned into an EEPROM and plug it into the NIC. Your Pentium > >> should boot from the code in the EEPROM without the presence of > >> any > >> floppy. Which makes the floppy drive redundant too. Et voila, > >> there's > >> your *diskless* workstation. > >> </nutshell> > >> > >> Success > >> > >> > >> On 31-Jan-03 ricarte m. lapuz wrote:A > >> > Greetings! > >> > > >> > We would like to ask for your help regarding our problem > >> > if it's possible and how to migrate our old PCs into a > >> > diskless workstation. Here are some specs about our old > >> > PCs: > >> > > >> > Processor: Pentium 133 > >> > Memory: 32 MB > >> > Video Card RAM: 4 MB > >> > > >> > We will appreciate your immediate response regarding our > >> > problem. > >> > > >> > Thank you very much. > >> > > >> > Ric > >> > _________________________________________________________________ > >> > ___ > >> > ** Get your free E-Mail account at WWW.DIGITELONE.COM ** > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- > >> > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >> > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 > >> > See! > >> > http://www.vasoftware.com > >> > _________________________________________________________________ > >> > ___ > >> > _ > >> > 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.freenode.net > >> > >> -------------------------------------------- > >> Wouter DeBacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> 03-Feb-03 22:10:01 (SuSE Linux Xfmail) > >> -------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 > >> See! > >> http://www.vasoftware.com > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> __ > >> 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.freenode.net > > > > -- > > Cameron Lerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 > > See! > > http://www.vasoftware.com > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > _ > > 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.freenode.net > > -------------------------------------------- > Wouter DeBacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 05-Feb-03 13:58:27 (SuSE Linux Xfmail) > -------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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.freenode.net -- Cameron Lerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
