On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Paul Glanville wrote:
> Alex, > Thanks for your response. I only have a few comments. > 1) Regarding the converter �not converting too well�, I thought I > covered that base when I booted up the iPaq under Knoppix (proving > that the iPaq/converter/Linux combo *does* work) and also with the > converter on my server (proving that the server/target OS combo will > accept the converter). This only leaves the LTSP software - which is a > Red Hat variant (as is the Fedora running on the server) - as the > source of the problem. It intrigues me that my server (under Fedora > Core 1, a Red Hat variant) has *no* difficulty with the converter, the > iPaq running Knoppix 3.4 (a Debian variant) has *no* difficulty with > the converter, but my iPaq *does* have problems with the converter > under LTSP 4.1 (a Red Hat variant)... Just to clarify something here. LTSP-4.1 is NOT a redhat variant. LTSP-4.1 is a package that can sit on top of ANY distro, redhat included, but the binaries that are in LTSP-4.1 have NOTHING to do with Redhat. We build all of the binaries from source, and we get the source directly from the official downloads for each of those packages. In fact, the LTSP-4.1 packages were all built on a Debian Sarge box. > 2) I agree that in the best of all worlds I would have USB > peripherals, but I live in the real world and cannot afford to burn > money. I`ve got plenty of PS/2 keyboards and mice around here, but the > only unit around here that *requires* USB is the iPaq, so it`s > difficult for me to justify spending money on USP stuff at present. > (side note: my wife wasn�t terribly pleased when I bought the > USB<>PS/2 converter and it was far cheaper than a PS/2 mouse alone - > it�s not as though this personal project is likely to put any food on > the table any time soon). Any chance you could try a real USB keyboard and mouse, to see how they behave? Also, when you run Knoppix, did you boot a 2.4 or a 2.6 kernel? Once it booted with Knoppix, could you do a 'lsmod' to list all of the modules being used? Then, try booting as a LTSP client, and check which modules are loaded. I'm guessing that the mouse just isn't being auto-detected properly, and that we need to force something. And, it could be that a 2.6 kernel will help. I've been running a 2.6 kernel on my LTSP client (which happens to be an HP/Compaq T-5500) for the past 5 or 6 weeks. I haven't packaged the 2.6 kernel for LTSP yet, because we're still working out how to handle NFS swapping for the low-memory machines. See what you can find from the above questions, and let me know. Thanks, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
