On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:23:12 -0500, Francis Giraldeau wrote > Hi, > > We are aware of this problem for years now. It does affect Firefox, but > other major applications like OpenOffice.
You are absolutely correct Francis, I see similar problems with OpenOffice, just not near as often. > So, Firefox 3 may fix the problem? I'm open to redo my experiments with > it to see if it does. We should look to OpenOffice also, and probably > other applications as well I'm not aware of yet. >From what I understand the default Firefox3 will be much improved and more >stable in this regard, but still not an end all solution by default. But they are at least including user configurable options now in about:config that will make it easy to customize for a perfect fit into LTSP. However Xorg is still the biggest problem in that they allow this too happen. They say that the problem really lies in the OS and that it is too hard to have Xorg figure out how to set priorities on RAM usage. I think what needs to happen is a larger company (such as Ubuntu or Redhat) needs to get some major Xorg developers to attend their next developers summit. I would think if there was a group of programmers sitting together with a few savvy Xorg developers it could be pointed out why this is a problem and hopefully a fix could be put into place. But I think awareness needs to be broadened, then this can get a higher priority. Unfortunately as Jim McQuillan and Scott Balnaeves have said, this largely only affects those running thin clients, so the voice needing to be heard is smaller than the desktop guys. But there is enough of a user base for thin clients I would think the right people could get this taken care of, I just don't know who they are :-) Jim -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
