That's fantastic Malcolm! I will follow the instructions you have pointed to on Monday and see if we can get five of those machines up and running as part of the pilot.
Thanks for your time spent on this. Andy On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 20:13 +0100, Malcolm Hunter wrote: > On Fri, May 9, 2008 10:21 am, Phil Thompson wrote: > > Having done a bit more reading the X-server graphics problem seems > > fairly common. When 7.10 came out the default colour depth had increased > > to 32 and there are multiple postings of previously functional setups > > dying. > > > > It isn't helped by the changes to where / how one adds an ltsp.conf file > > with the revised default setting, but I've got that narrowed down now > > and will have a crack at it when I've got this paying work stuff out of > > the way ! > > > > It's highly likely it will be better in 8.x and I'll try that over the > > weekend too. > > I've installed Ubuntu 8.04 server in LTSP mode (following the instructions > at https://wiki.edubuntu.org/HardyClassroomServer) and it works flawlessly > using the RM PC as the thin client. The display even comes up in 1400x1050 > mode on the client. The "Edubuntu" part is literally just a package which > you install after building the server. > > The client seems quite responsive using Firefox and Open Office Writer - > even with its meagre 64MB RAM. > > Malc _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
