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Daniel Abel =) Check the bug reports for details, and updated packages in his PPA for Hardy! https://bugs.launchpad.net/libxcb/+bug/277069 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17868 Cheers, Jordan P.S. I just installed and will be testing. I'll report back success/failure. jyo...@oreillyauto.com wrote: > Not sure what it's worth, but I've been following this thread, and I wanted > to compliment you on your hard work towards this issue. Keep it up. > > > Jeremy D. Young > Systems Analyst > O'Reilly Auto Parts > (417) 862-2674 x1858 > > Nicholas Metsovon <nmets...@yahoo.com> wrote on 02/21/2009 12:59:34 PM: > > >> My brother and I worked for about a week and a half, trying to come >> up with a test program or programs to help get to the bottom of the >> problem of Java (and other) apps running slowly on LTSP terminals. >> >> I'm sorry to say that we do not have a test program to offer you. >> However, we do have a possible solution for you. >> >> Try the following steps, please: >> >> 1. Update your LTSP server. >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get autoremove >> sudo apt-get upgrade >> >> (I don't know that the autoremove is necessary, but we did it.) >> >> 2. Install a font server to your LTSP server. Apparently, this is >> not done on Ubuntu 8.04 by default. >> sudo apt-get install xfs xfstt >> >> 3. Put the following line in your lts.conf file in the "default" >> > section. > >> XFS_SERVER = [Your LTSP Server IP Address] >> We have two network cards in our server - one for our primary >> network, and one just for the LTSP network. I put the IP address >> for our LTSP network here. >> >> 4. Reboot your *thin clients*, and test. >> >> >> We looked at all sorts of things over the past week and a half. At >> one point, early on, we had a test program showing a 13-14% >> performance difference when run on an LTSP terminal vs. the same >> machine as a full Linux workstation running ssh -X. I'm sure >> Netbeans had a much larger difference than this, but this is what we >> could quantitatively show with our test program. However, when we >> updated our server, the performance difference on that test program >> mysteriously went away. I don't know what changed, but something >> apparently started working better or differently. >> >> For a while, my brother thought it might be a file system or >> networking problem. Then came the font theory... >> >> All I know is that this works for us. I'd be really curious to hear >> if it helps any of the rest of you. I hope it does. >> >> With this, Netbeans runs very nicely on all of our thin clients >> we've tested -- even on our LTSP Term 170 DVI, which it used to run >> dog slow on. >> >> Glory be to the God of Demetrios... and St. Nicholas of Metsovon! >> >> Ciao. >> >> Nico >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, >> > CA > >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >> > Enterprise > >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >> > participation > >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: >> > SFAD > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> 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 message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean (mailgw2:CFAA2408F94.2F91B). >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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