The colored imacs (clamshell, right?) had a lot of trouble booting to anyhting but hte hard drive. I tried without success to load yellowdog on one for ages.
Casey Mynott wrote: >Hey All, > >Okay, I did a search that didn't come up with much. I have a colored imac >and when I hold down the "N" key to boot from the K12LTSP server it skips >past it and starts booting the hard drive. Their is no firmware lock so I am >not sure what the problem is. > >Like this one here: > >http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_400_indigo.html > >I also have an old G3 power pc. Is their a SUPER easy way to get these to >boot off the K12LTSP server? I couldn't find much. > >Like this one here: > >http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/stats/powermac_g3_266_dt.html > >So, ANY info is greatly appreciated. ;) > >Casey > > > >>From: Petre Scheie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: "Support list for open source software in schools." >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] GLX Not Working? >>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:09:36 -0500 >> >>I don't have any experience with those particular apps, but it sounds like >>you may be having network bandwidth/contention issues. I'm guessing that >>you don't have as many of the computers at home as you have in the club. >>Are you using a gigabit network connection between the server and the >>clients? That is, a 100Mb card in the server and in each of the clients, >>all connected via a 100Mb switch, is adequate for up to six clients when >>graphically intensive apps (such as you are using) are involved; and >>depending on exactly what you're doing, perhaps fewer than that. Above >>that, put a gigabit card in the server, and get a switch with a bunch of >>100Mb ports and one or two gigabit ports. For each client, 100Mb is >>sufficient, but the server needs to be gigabit. You could also be cheap >>and buy a 5-port Gbit switch, plug the server into it, and then daisy chain >>some 100Mb switches into it, and plug the clients into those 100Mb >>switches; it's a bit clumsy, but may be a cheap way to test to see if it >>solves the problem. >> >>Petre >> >>Steven Perks wrote: >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>I have a system of computers at my school. We also have a computer club >>>and I have the same computers as in the computer club at home. The problem >>>is the ones at school (computer club) do not work. But the ones at home do >>>work. >>> >>>And by work I mean the following programs do not work properly on >>>Terminals >>> >>>Blender >>>Starcraft >>>Odd time Firefox will die when visiting websites >>>Most other games that use extensive graphics. >>> >>>But GLXGears does work, and the gears spin. >>> >>>When we start blender we get a error than it logs us out and we have to >>>restart terminals in order to log back in. >>> >>>Also driftnet does not work, shows a black screen >>> >>>Any ideas? >>> >>>- Steve >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>K12OSN mailing list >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn >>>For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>K12OSN mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn >>For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_____________________________________________________________________ >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 > > > > -- joe auerbach systems administrator pcb / rossman and co 614-523-4150 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
