Brian, think via eden board and casetronic case. 12V power supply. haven't fried it yet in my van where voltage varies between 10.6V and 16.3V. total cost as an ltsp terminal: $181 + delivery. i bought enough to get them shipped free of charge. the sound is awful in ltsp (and great when you run windoze :-( ) julius
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Brian Fahrlander wrote: > > I'm getting to the point I might be able to afford/jury-rig a single LTSP >workstation. It's part of a whole project I'm working on. > > I'm getting my gear together to spend the rest of my life from the road- parking >wherever business convenience dictates, and sometimes where asthetics dictates: near >mountain streams, wide pastures near the purple mountains, or silent, nameless >streams along a stretch of lonely highway. > > Onboard will be a GPS module, a single-board-computer running Linux (OfCourse >TM) keeping track of my travels a minute at a time and always powered on. Another >'main' computer acts as my TV, Radio, Ogg/Mp3, and satellite TV director, as well as >an LTSP server. One more computer, of some kind, will be the workstation, perched on >a nice, comfy 'cubicle' kinda situation. > > The project, and some pictures, too, are online at http://www.CounterMoon.com >and you can see them, now. More pictures will be available soon. > > My question, though is this: > > I've had a LOT of trouble getting LTSP 3.x installed, though 2.x worked just >fine. I keep getting the "Must pass NIC information to the kernel" messages, even >though I'm doing so, accurately. Part of the problem is using a Plug-And-Ploy card, >not PCI. I think. > > So I'm looking for suggestions on how to do this one workstation, where sound >isn't an issue, neither is local execution- I'm looking for a nice, smooth working >environment and the server's gonna be playing the sounds over surround-sound >speakers, anyway. (Isn't that a rare combination?!?!) > > Has anyone here truly had better luck with PCI cards? > > As I'm staying in a no-tech town to take care of Mom (72), I have little control >over getting new computers, and will have to barter or trade-for-work to get the >parts....I can't buy a $325 Jammin 125. :( ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm _____________________________________________________________________ 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.openprojects.net