libflashsupport is not even installed. I installed flashplugin-nonfree and it just worked. No messing with nspluginwrapper or anything. In fact, I didn't even know what libflashsupport was until just now, but I can confirm it's not installed.
My server is running ubuntu 8.04 x86_64 and my client terminals are pxe-booting the i386 image. db On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Michael Blinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you've got flash sound on i386 terminals served from an amd64 8.04 > server? Can I assume you used libflashsupport, and it Just Worked? > -Michael > > On Tue, 20 May 2008 11:01:45 -0600, "David Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> The slowness I was referring to has been reported with the non-himem >> desktop kernel (see the link in my previous response), so if you're >> already running the server kernel then I'm at a loss. The reference to >> lacking support is based on claims from the same forums thread stating >> that the kernel server has fewer hardware modules compiled in. I >> haven't played with it myself. >> >> As for flash and nswrapper, I've had issues in older versions of >> ubuntu x86_64, but install was surprisingly painless (and required >> nothing more than "apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree"). Flash was >> somewhat unstable in hardy beta, producing greyed-out squares where >> the applet should be and requiring a FF restart, but that appears to >> much less common since the release of 8.04. >> >> And no, I wouldn't give up my 8GB of RAM either. >> >> In summary, since you're already using the server kernel, I don't know >> why your load would go up. I would however recommend that you do a >> limited test with ubuntu 8.04 x86_64 release version, if you haven't >> already. I run about 16 users on 4 thin clients plus the server, and >> while I've had my share of issues with flash and sound in the context >> of the x86_64 architecture and ltsp, these have been nonexistent >> issues for me in ubuntu 8.04. >> >> db >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Michael Blinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Thanks for the reply David. >>> >>> Yes, I assure you we're of course running the i386 -server kernel, >> allowing >>> all 8GB to be seen and accessed. The reason we chose 32-bit was because >> of >>> that all-encompassing piece of bloat called flash, and others' inability >> to >>> get sound working when running the amd64 variant on the server. I know >> all >>> about ndiswrapper and its pros and cons, and it would take a lot to >>> convince me that my users would be happier/more stable with the current >> FF3 >>> (beta!) running through ndiswrapper. And, returning to 3GB RAM is not >> an >>> option, as this server .. well.. serves quite a few purposes. >>> >>> If you have references for the 'slowness and other issues' or 'hardware >>> support issues' I'd love to see them. I've not found any quantitative >>> analysis of i386+PAE vs. x86_64/amd64 performance. I have to assume that >>> while there is necessarily some some slowdown in rewriting memory >> addresses >>> to access +3GB RAM, it's not so significant that it causes the measured >>> load average to go up 400%. >>> >>> -Michael >>> >>> On Tue, 20 May 2008 10:30:56 -0600, "David Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Michael Blinn >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> My company recently switched to an i386 Ubuntu 8.04 LTSP server (2 >>>>> quad-core CPUs, 8GB RAM, hardware SCSI RAID) from a K12LTSPv6 x86_64 >>>> server >>>>> (2 dual-core CPUs, 8GB RAM, hardware SCSI RAID). >>>> >>>> Are you really using the i386 version? Because that's the 32-bit >>>> version, which is known to cause slowness and other issues on systems >>>> with lots of RAM (3+ GB). Install Ubuntu x86_64 and try again. >>>> >>>> If you insist on running a 32-bit server then you should consider >>>> dropping to 3 GB of RAM or install the server kernel, which is >>>> configured to use more RAM, although less effectively than a 64-bit >>>> OS, and with potential hardware support issues. >>>> >>>> Peruse this thread on the Ubuntu forums for lots more info and helpful >>>> links: >>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=751479 >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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