Op zondag 8 mei 2005 20:28, schreef Jim McQuillan: > There is no documentation to modify the ltsp-wireless kit to include new > drivers. �The ltsp_wireless package was a quick hack to get something > working. �
Ah, that's nice to know. > When I did it, I stumbled upon a problem. That is, the > wireless package as it stands just barely fits on a floppy. �newer > kernels with more drivers won't fit. I never had the time to go back and > re-engineer it to fit better. �In addition, at the time that I built the > wireless package, there was VERY little interest in it. �A few people > played with it, some successfully, but at 11mbit (6-7mbit in reality), > it was just too slow to be generally useful for everybody. > > The problem with newer cards is that most of them require firmware for > the card, and we are UNABLE to re-distribute that firmware, which makes > the wireless package that much harder to manage. > > Somebody, given enough time, could design a wireless package that allows > you to easily integrate new drivers and proprietary firmware into a > wireless kernel image. �That's not likely going to be me, as we're knee > deep in working out issues with local devices and local sound. �Plus the > help we'll be giving to the Ubuntu developers, to integrate LTSP into > the next release of Ubuntu. I wouldn't mind if the image would boot from a CD. I played with knoppix and while doing so, I wondered whether it would be an idea to alter knoppix in such a way, that it act as a thin client for ltsp... Knoppix has some wireless drivers built in, so it could be a start. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r _____________________________________________________________________ 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
