It feels hard to admit this, but LTSP may NOT be a solution for a Kenyan hospital and 62 thin clients. I've been unsuccessful in building a test system for the last week or so. During any of the dozen OS loads, not once has there been any real error in any log file. This is surprising and does not bode well for such a promising technology. I know that LTSP has been around for many years and is mature. I am now guessing that my thin client, a HP 5720 (windows thin client) is at fault. But, that's another of a half-dozen guesses I've made. I'm shooting blanks in the dark.
I'd love to praise this project. Someone PLEASE tell me how to get a thin client working. By working I mean a windows manager to display. No apps, just a desktop. So, while I stew over this apparent failure - Allz I can see upon boot is an xterm logged into my server, a splash screen background and a spinning cursor - I am contemplating another technology. Something less appropriate but which may be work-able. Stand-alone Arm based set top boxes. Hp makes one called T50 for 200 bucks. Wyse makes one called T5325 - no pricing yet. They boot stand-alone and present a browser. That's my minimum requirement. And it get's more interesting, media players are offering browsers for $80! brand new - at the local Best buy store. No need for a terminal server. Please don't flame me, I'm just not seeing ANYTHING out of LTSP. I so wish it was otherwise, and I'll buy another thin client to see if it is the current thin client at fault. -- Yudhvir Singh Sidhu CEO MediGrail LLC MediGrail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
