On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Sudev Barar wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 09:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, Varun wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I have a server on Mandrake 9.1 and ltsp 3xxx.I want to to use > > > vmware > > > and winXPPro as guest OS. I have five user and five thin clients. > > > My clients have 2-4 MB PCI vga cards. My server has a TNT Riva 32MB > > > VGA card. What effect will have should I change my client VGA cards to > > > say 8MB cards. Similarly what effect will the same have should I upgrade > > > my sever VGA card to lets say NVIDIA Geforce 4 card. > > > I have 512MB DDR RAM on the server. > > > > The server video card doesn't matter at all. > > > > You don't even need a video card in the server, unless you > > want to also use the server as a workstation. > > > > The amount of video ram in the clients doesn't matter a whole > > lot either. > > > > It's mostly a matter of simple math. > > > > If you want 1024x768 16bit color, that's 1024 x 768 x 2 = 1,572,864 > > > > If you want 24bit color, that's 3 bytes per pixel instead of 2. > > > > If you want higher resolution, you just need to do the math, > > to see if it works out with your card. > > > > On a thin client, you likely aren't doing any fancy 3d rendering, > > so don't worry too much about the amount of ram, other than making > > sure you have enough for the resolution you want. > > > > Jim McQuillan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > As you point out about 2MB for simple 1024x768 should be sufficient. On > few i810 motherboard clients with 128MB RAM I have set AGP memory as > high as 64 MB but still anything beyond 800x600 and the workstations > refuse to run. Monitors are capable and on other clients go even higher > that 1024x768. > What gives??
What kind of error are you getting when you set the resolution beyond 800x600 ? Jim. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _____________________________________________________________________ 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
