Peter, I'm almost certain that your crash problems with the client are related to the video driver. You are using the nsc driver, but it's buggy and it's known to cause problems.
Changing the kernel probably won't make any difference. We recently had a problem where setting 'XSERVER = vesa' seems to have resolved it. As for whether you need network swap. I'd say with only 28mb of ram, it won't take much before you need to swap. Firefox places a huge burdon on the Xserver for allocating memory for pixmaps. Browse around and look at lots of images, and with 28mb you'll crash the Xserver for sure. Building a 2.6 kernel for ltsp is already in the LBE. In fact, if you check out the LBE from cvs, and do a complete build, you'll end up with both a 2.4.26 and a 2.6.9 kernel package. The 2.6.9 doesn't have any network swap capability, but you should be able to apply what you know about NBD, and make it work. In fact, I'd be greatful if you did, so I could start incorporating that into the kernel package. You'll also end up with other goodies, like Xorg 6.8.2, if you build the current LBE. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Peter Childs wrote: > I'm sorry to harp on about my Thin Clients but I need a fix, and I feel as > though I've tried everything. > I'm thinking that a 2.6 LTSP kernel might help so I'd like to make one up, > I've tryed using the instructions for making a 2.4 one but these don't seam to > work, I know others have managed it so whats the trick? If a 2.6 kernel fixes > my problem (which I some how doult it will) > I don't know wether 2.6 will fix my problems but anything is worth a > try. > Oh my thin clients are ST320s from Optomia, Intel Geode Based with 28Mb of > memory. The nsc graphics drivers work well and sound works too (sb drivers) > They are mean to be the same as the Jammin 125s but have slightly less memory. > I've been using Swap over NFS but I also have Swap of NBD working but its also > boarderline as to wether the swap is stricktly nessessary unless I start > running local apps. > Any ideas would be most helpful. Its not heat related I've had computer > freeze at 17C (Server Room) and at 45C (On top of CCTV moniter) > > Peter Childs > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Demarc: > A global provider of Threat Management Solutions. > Download our HomeAdmin security software for free today! > http://www.demarc.com/info/Sentarus/hamr30 > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Demarc: A global provider of Threat Management Solutions. Download our HomeAdmin security software for free today! http://www.demarc.com/info/Sentarus/hamr30 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
