Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: > Am Freitag, den 12.05.2006, 22:12 +0200 schrieb Pål Arne Hoff: >> I'm pretty sure you won't be able to use Sunrays with LTSP. They use >> proprietary technology to send video signals from the server. The >> technician said the box was essentially just a network card and a video >> output card, and the actual image was created by Sun's terminal server >> software on the server and sent through the network over a proprietary >> protocol that was more efficient than X. They also installed their own >> hacked version of gdm on the server. > > The trick is to run their Sun software, which allows them to work > alongside any LTSP clients you might have connected. > > A caveat: You need to use either _their_ gdm or patch a so-called "wdm", > which looks like a pimped-up xdm, so that SunRay clients are supported. > > At that point, the login screen on both SunRay and LTSP terminals looks > identical, and they work very much the same from the user point of view.
If they really are "just a network card and a video output card", they probably do not support things like local devices - maybe not even sound... In which case, it does not make sense for me to buy them: I want *more* local device support than LTSP gives me, not less... When will somebody make a 1600x1200 DVI thin client? -- Leonid Dubinsky ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
