On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:36:34 -0400 Eric Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim: Well, fortunately I did have the thought to check that this > weekend while I was with the server, and it did infact say ati. > > :( Eric, Any chance you have the hardware acceleration line uncommented in ltsp.conf? X_DEVICE_OPTION_01 = "NoAccel" Using hardware acceleration will usually improve performance considerably. I've had to turn it off in the past to get rid of mouse droppings but always use it otherwise. Jesse McDonnell > > --Eric > > > > > Jim McQuillan wrote: > > Eric, > > > > It would be interesting to see which video driver is being used. Setup > > shell screen, and look at the XF86config file and see which driver it's > > using. > > > > If it's using 'vesa', it probably gonna be slow. In that case, you'd > > want to force 'ati' by setting "XSERVER = ati" in the lts.conf file. > > > > Jim McQuillan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Eric Holt wrote: > >> Hey guys, got a problem. I recently re-built a server for a client, and > >> in the process upgraded from Slackware 10 to Slackware 11, and from LTSP > >> 4.1 to LTSP 4.2. Everything has worked great, except for I'm having a > >> little bit of a problem with the screen not refreshing as fast as before. > >> > >> Background: Our thin clients run Firefox in a full-screen (kiosk) mode > >> and can only view our php-based application. We are still using the > >> exact same version/install of Firefox on the upgraded server as we were > >> before (its an older version, but it works perfectly for us, and I dont > >> feel like taking the time and modifying a newer version of Firefox to be > >> a full kiosk like we need). > >> > >> Before, the users could scroll with the scroll wheel on the mouse and > >> the screen moved very nicely, very smooth. Now, when the user scrolls, > >> there is some "lag" to the screen, its not as smooth, its more jerky. > >> > >> When scrolling on the server itself, the screen moves nice and smoothly. > >> > >> The thin clients are HP/Compaq t5300's. I believe they have ATI > >> graphics, but I am not positive of that. I ssh'd into one of the > >> clients and CPU usage is virtual zero, and RAM usage is normal (using > >> about 34mb of the 56mb the client has available to it). None of the > >> 64mb of nbd swap is being used at all. > >> > >> The server isnt being taxed, either. RAM usage is low (over a gig of > >> free ram), and CPU usage is low as well ... at the same levels the > >> server was at before doing the re-build. > >> > >> Sooooo, any thoughts? I was thinking of installing LTSP 4.1 in a > >> separate tree on the new server, and testing one or two clients on the > >> old build, to see if video is still laggy, or not... to rule out an LTSP > >> issue or a Slackware issue... but any thoughts would be appreciated. > >> > >> > >> THANKS! > >> --Eric > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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