Am Sonntag, den 21.05.2006, 17:36 -0400 schrieb Leonid Dubinsky: > 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...
SunRays are said to have local sound and USB storage support (and for the integrated TFT ones, serial and parallel port forwarding), but that is only true for Solaris-based Servers, the Linux SRSS package (SunRay SystemService or whatever) is a bit behind. I didn't manage to make that work, although I have to admit I didn't try too hard. Anselm ------------------------------------------------------- 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&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
