Re: [Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-26 Thread Krsnendu Dasa
I had the experience that if I used the server as a workstation and it freezes as happened to me occasionally I needed to reboot the machine hosing all other terminals. If I had the same problem on the client I could just restart the client and everyone else kept running fine. Using Tomcat but nee

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-22 Thread Jan Kunder
Jan Kunder wrote: > Krishna Murphy wrote: >> Jan- >> >> I recommend AGAINST using the server for a terminal - not because it can't >> be done, but SO many others with years of experience in the field are so >> emphatic about it. You can get a nice terminal-serving system (the client, >> not the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-22 Thread Jim McQuillan
On a small network, with a few clients, I think it's very practical to use the server as one of the workstations. But, I prefer to leave the server alone, and NOT run X on it. The reason for that is, when X is running, you will never see any kernel messages, indicating any problems. Although ove

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-22 Thread Michael George
Jan Kunder wrote: > Krishna Murphy wrote: >> Jan- >> >> I recommend AGAINST using the server for a terminal - not because it can't >> be done, but SO many others with years of experience in the field are so >> emphatic about it. You can get a nice terminal-serving system (the client, >> not the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-22 Thread Scott Balneaves
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 09:44:53AM +0200, Jan Kunder wrote: > Can anyone confirm/negate that terminal server shoud *NOT* not be > physically used "as a station" = like terminal? > Why? The best reason is simply this: All other LTSP terminals can simply be "turned off", with no repercussions. T

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-22 Thread Ben Green
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:44:53 +0100, Jan Kunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone confirm/negate that terminal server shoud *NOT* not be > physically used "as a station" = like terminal? > Why? > I know good terminal can be for $50+ (in my areas), but: > * we can save electricity on 1T > *

[Ltsp-discuss] do NOT use terminal SERVER as station??!! *was* Re: chipset / VGA for terminal server JKJK

2006-06-22 Thread Jan Kunder
Krishna Murphy wrote: > Jan- > > I recommend AGAINST using the server for a terminal - not because it can't > be done, but SO many others with years of experience in the field are so > emphatic about it. You can get a nice terminal-serving system (the client, > not the server) out of virtually