[Ltsp-discuss] Subject: Thick clients
I'm a big fan of LTSP (run it at home), but based on your description of what you want, sounds like Thinstation (thinstation.sourceforge.net) would be more appropriate, since you are basically running a Metaframe session, nothing else. You still (can) use a thin client, but you basically build an image that gets downloaded via tftp, as you say, boots from RAM image/disk... the local thin client runs X, and yes, you can even have it run Firefox (though you can also include a Citrix client). I'm not sure about using Firefox with only 64 meg RAM though, which is why I think you should look at the Citrix client running on Thinstation - there is no login per se, but you can configure each thin client to automatically start the Citrix session. Good luck, Greg Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:38:45 + From: Derek Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Thick clients To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I need to run 60-100 kiosks (firefox on xfce or icewm) but have only one server available to push tftpd etc. The browsers will then connect to a Citrix Metaframe so the processing power of the server is not material in that sense. [snip] I would be happy to serve a thick client so that each workstation essentially runs a RAM image instead of a hard disk image if that is the required alternative but where can I find information about building the image so that it will auto-boot in RAM (the local workstations have only 64Mb and can't be upgraded)? Thanks in anticipation. -- Best wishes, Derek - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV_ 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
Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp and mythtv
I have a PC (in the basement) that runs MythTV and LTSP. Specifically, it runs mythbackend and mythfronted, and provides LTSP services. I run S-video plus audio cables running to my living room TV upstairs to watch recorded shows. I do not watch TV on the LTSP clients (have 2-3) - no desire to, really. I do not run mythfrontend on the LTSP clients either. Yes to your last two statements/questions... I would think sound is the trickiest part... has been for me. Sometimes ESD works fine, esp. for certain apps (e.g. Gnome desktop running amarok, rhythmbox, xmms, flash). Sometimes it does not (e.g. Gcompris, tuxpaint) - then the sound comes out of the TV ;) Not much help, probably, but there you go. Greg Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:37:13 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Wambsganz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp and mythtv To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net HI, I have a question about mythtv and ltsp. I'm planning to watch both NTSC and HDTV on multiple client, mythfrontends. Has anyone done this with ltsp? Do you run mythfrontend as a local application on the client ltsp? Or do you run multiple mythfrontend clients on the ltsp server and have the X display exported back to each client. I know for HDTV, I'll need a good graphics card and fairly fast client computer that supports XvM... Any pointers? Ideas? Thanks, Kevin - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV _ 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
[Ltsp-discuss] decent graphics card on thin client?
Have been playing with SLED10... have to admit, it's one of the better desktop efforts I've seen, I like the interface and the xgl cube effects, etc. - and so have been thinking how I might be able to support that in a thin-client environment. And perhaps the answer is you cannot, but even getting better 3D performance would be good. Could you run a thin-client with a decent video card and get better graphics performance (think glx and dri)? Use an nvidia binary driver? Is XGL/AIGLX (Fedora) going to be out of reach, even if you run just a few on the server (since gnome/kde are pretty heavy anyway)? Greg - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV _ 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
[Ltsp-discuss] LTPS co-existing with MythTV
Background - have two PCs in basement, one is LTSP server (for just 1 terminal), one is running MythTV (in a nutshell, an open-source TiVo). I would like to combine them, basically move LTSP onto Myth box (it has beefier hardware anyway). My main concern is about sound/ESD - basically, the Myth box has 1 sound card, along with a TV capture card, and Myth needs that sound card all to itself (input of cable-signal audio, output to TV). So, I would need to add a 2nd sound card, and make sure that ESD only uses that card. Problems foreseen? ESD is not wonderfully documented, and although there seems to be some indication that you can (in the esd.conf) point to a specific card, just messing around with it, I could not get the right syntax. Could also start ESD daemon with a specific card, I suppose. Anyway, looking for suggestions or gotchas or I've done that. Thanks, Greg PS - doing my homework, since my wife is a big user of the LTSP terminal, so I don't want to screw it up ;) --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _ 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
[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Term 150e - won't boot
I have a Term 150e at home... my wife uses it in the office. Well, yesterday we had a brief power outage. Now, the 150e won't boot. It starts up just stays at searching for DHCP server... I've verified that an actual IP address is being offered (both server dhcpd logs and tcpdump), but the 150e never acknowledges/accepts and moves on. It's not a problem with the server... I swapped in a homebrew VIA as a replacement, works fine, using PXE. Any ideas? Options? I wondered if the Bootrom is messed up... could try a flash disk to boot. Can't seem to get into the 150e's BIOS and poke around, but I think Etherboot is my option, right? Can't remove teh bootrom and have it use PXE? It just doesnt' seem like a paperweight yet, I'd like to try try salvage... I have a kid who will be using a computer soonish, so I want to be able to use/revive this for him, if I can. Thanks, Greg --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects Teams * Testing QA Security * Process Improvement Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _ 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
