Re: [Cooker] Simple Mandrake Terminal Server question
On Wednesday 06 November 2002 09:37 pm, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Thursday 07 November 2002 11:01 am, Stew Benedict wrote: > > You should be able to drop [Cooker] drakTermServ into 9.0 with no > > issues. It's really the only thing that changed to support the thin > > client approach. > > Thanks++ > > Cheers; Leon yea thanks Stew, your awsome ;+)
Re: [Cooker] Simple Mandrake Terminal Server question
On Thursday 07 November 2002 11:01 am, Stew Benedict wrote: > You should be able to drop [Cooker] drakTermServ into 9.0 with no > issues. It's really the only thing that changed to support the thin > client approach. Thanks++ Cheers; Leon
Re: [Cooker] Simple Mandrake Terminal Server question
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Thursday 07 November 2002 12:20 am, Stew Benedict wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Leon Brooks wrote: > >> What is the easiest way to flip TS clients between running their apps > >> (WM?) locally or on the server? > > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean here, aside from modifying the > > client config in drakTermServ. > > Ah, the new one, I presume? The one in 9.0 doesn't seem to do that. > Yes, the cooker one. The whole issue of thin clients didn't appear until post 9.0. > I'll snatch a new drakTermServ from Cooker for the test machine and see how we > go. I'd like to be able to retrofit whatever I achieve to 9.0 as well as > getting it Cookered if I need to make changes. > You should be able to drop drakTermServ into 9.0 with no issues. It's really the only thing that changed to support the thin client approach. Stew Benedict
Re: [Cooker] Simple Mandrake Terminal Server question
On Thursday 07 November 2002 12:20 am, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Leon Brooks wrote: >> What is the easiest way to flip TS clients between running their apps >> (WM?) locally or on the server? > I'm not sure I understand what you mean here, aside from modifying the > client config in drakTermServ. Ah, the new one, I presume? The one in 9.0 doesn't seem to do that. I'll snatch a new drakTermServ from Cooker for the test machine and see how we go. I'd like to be able to retrofit whatever I achieve to 9.0 as well as getting it Cookered if I need to make changes. I note that Knoppix is chasing this particular set of tail-lights. Cheers; Leon
Re: [Cooker] Simple Mandrake Terminal Server question
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Leon Brooks wrote: > What is the easiest way to flip TS clients between running their apps (WM?) > locally or on the server? > I'm not sure I understand what you mean here, aside from modifying the client config in drakTermServ. > Is it possible to have some clients running as Xterminals and some as thin > clients (ie no disk but local apps)? > Yes > Is it possible to run most apps from the server but some (e.g. xterm-ishes, > for ssh'ing) locally without enormous effort? > Both remote and local at the same time? Not sure how you'd do that. > I'd like to butcher the Terminal Server GUI thingy a bit when I have > best-of-breed answers to these questions. > I've already updated it for thin-client setup. Should be in the latest drakxtools releases, but if you have some better ideas that's fine too. > Cheers; Leon > > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
