We have a number of desks in a showroom environment and wished to have a energy efficient, compact thin client, with a flange for fixing underneath desks. To that end, I bought from linitx.com a Packbox Mini-ITX case with a Jetway J7F2 1.2Ghz Eden CN700 mainboard and a passive PSU. End result a 7-watt ultra compact thin client...
Booted into LTSP 4.2 first time, although as normal with the CN700, the video falls back to vesa (as the quality is perfect, I just stipulate that in lts.conf to avoid the error message). Unfortunately, whilst the sound started, it immediately chopped off. Same behaviour every time I booted. Thought this could be an IRQ conflict, but reconfiguring in the BIOS made no difference. Tried unmuting PCM, Master Mono, although given that the sound was starting I felt this was an unlikely fix. Googling suggested switching off the IEC958 Playback device, but no better. Tried setting SMODULE_01 to "snd_via82xx dxs_support=0", then 1, then 2, then 3, then 4 and 5 - no joy. Finally, more in desperation than from any real expectation, I set the device to pick up an older Kernel (2.6.17.8) and miraculously the sound sprung into life (the usual kernel is 2.6.20.9). My LTS.conf for this client is simply: XSERVER = vesa SOUND = Y SOUND_DAEMON = esd VOLUME = 90 MIC_VOLUME = 0 CD_VOLUME = 90 So the good news is that these J7F2 boards do seem to make good LTSP thin clients, the bad news is that they may not work with Kernels above 2.6.17.8! Given that we will be upgrading to LTSP5 in the next 12 months or so, this is a concern, and before I order another 5 of these, it would be great to try and fix this problem. Is there anything I could compare in the two kernels to try and determine what has changed in respect of this device? Thanks. -- Chris Roberts LTSP Version : 4.2 Distribution : Debian Etch Windows Manager : KDE 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _____________________________________________________________________ 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
