8.04 is an LTS release, so that would be why it's lacking these bugs. I can't say for sure whether karmic has them fixed or not, at this point there's no harm in trying. As for backing up your account info, just backup /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:21 -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I hope this is the right list for this. I'm an 8th grade teacher and > have been trying to get an Ubuntu server with thin clients set up in > my classroom for the last 2 to 3 weeks. It's to the point that > technical goofs and problems are driving me crazy :) > > First, I think this might be a huge issue. On 9.04 with the default > installation with 2 ethernet cards, everyone works fine EXCEPT that > when thin clients in firefox begin to watch something in flash the > sound works for about the first minute and then cuts off. The sound > usually goes back to the server. I have updated the latest flash > according the the Wiki, along with updating the pulse audio package, > and countless other things. No matter what I do, (even playing a > movie in another player not based in flash) the sound will just stop > from the thin client after 1 to 3 minutes of playing. I've tried > everything!!! I even tried running firefox locally. The only thing > that worked was installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and the sound works > flawlessly. > > BUT with that, it looks like I'm not able to run applications locally > on the 8.04 version, and I will have 6 or 7 students watching tutorial > flash videos all with sound. This is a big strain on the server and > was really hoping to be able to run applications locally. Am I able > to run applications locally on the thin client with version 8.04? > > Also, with 9.04 on laptops the thin client image would be backwards > (all the letter would be reversed) but with 8.04 I don't have that > problems. It certainly seems like 8.04 has all the bugs out of it, > but it's lacking being able to run applications locally on the thin > client? > > I've looked all over google and just can't believe that no one else is > having the problem with the sound or the reverse image on laptops as > thin clients with 9.04. Is 9.10 fixing these problems? > > Also, now that I have all my student user date in the Users and > Groups, is there anyway I can backup this (user name and password > info) so that if I need to reinstall my system I don't have to retype > all the username and password info again? > > Thanks so much, > > Tim -- Stefan Nuxoll <[email protected]>
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