On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 05:53:11PM -0400, Jeff Siddall wrote: > Anyone know why the clients run pulseaudio in system mode? Here's an > excerpt from the client system log: > > Aug 9 09:12:06 client-192 pulseaudio[1740]: main.c: OK, so you are > running PA in system mode. Please note that you most likely shouldn't be > doing that. > Aug 9 09:12:06 client-192 pulseaudio[1740]: main.c: If you do it > nonetheless then it's your own fault if things don't work as expected. > Aug 9 09:12:06 client-192 pulseaudio[1740]: main.c: Please read > http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode for an explanation > why system mode is usually a bad idea > > I did read http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode and sure > enough they say it is there for stuff like thin clients.
the short answer is it is what we got to work at the time... > However, the > reasons for it are really not that good: we _do_ have a real user, and > things like home directories typically _aren't_ flushed on each session > termination. > > I realize that not all real users exist on the client but at least in > LTSP5 some magic happens behind the scenes and a custom /etc/passwd > containing the real user is mounted as a tmpfs file on the client. we only have a user and home directory on the thin client if localapps or fatclients are enabled. and it's a pretty ugly hack that enables them. > Further, since PA is really designed to be run as a user, could some > headaches be removed by not having it run in system mode (ie: not have > to fixup permissions etc.)? if someone has patches to improve the situation, they'd surely be considered- but they need to take into account genuine thin clients vs. localapps vs. fatclients. live well, vagrant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
