problems with 9.04 that seems to disapper with 8.04 and am I able to run applications on thin client locally on 8.04

[Stefan Nuxoll]

8.04 is an LTS release, so that would be why it's lacking these bugs.  I
can't say for sure whether karmic has them fixed or not, at this point
there's no harm in trying.  As for backing up your account info, just
backup /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:21 -0700, tlang80 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I hope this is the right list for this.  I'm an 8th grade teacher and
> have been trying to get an Ubuntu server with thin clients set up in
> my classroom for the last 2 to 3 weeks.  It's to the point that
> technical goofs and problems are driving me crazy :)
> 
> First, I think this might be a huge issue.  On 9.04 with the default
> installation with 2 ethernet cards, everyone works fine EXCEPT that
> when thin clients in firefox begin to watch something in flash the
> sound works for about the first minute and then cuts off. The sound
> usually goes back to the server.  I have updated the latest flash
> according the the Wiki, along with updating the pulse audio package,
> and countless other things.  No matter what I do, (even playing a
> movie in another player not based in flash) the sound will just stop
> from the thin client after 1 to 3 minutes of playing.  I've tried
> everything!!!  I even tried running firefox locally.  The only thing
> that worked was installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and the sound works
> flawlessly.
> 
> BUT with that, it looks like I'm not able to run applications locally
> on the 8.04 version, and I will have 6 or 7 students watching tutorial
> flash videos all with sound.  This is a big strain on the server and
> was really hoping to be able to run applications locally.  Am I able
> to run applications locally on the thin client with version 8.04?
> 
> Also, with 9.04 on laptops the thin client image would be backwards
> (all the letter would be reversed) but with 8.04 I don't have that
> problems.  It certainly seems like 8.04 has all the bugs out of it,
> but it's lacking being able to run applications locally on the thin
> client?
> 
> I've looked all over google and just can't believe that no one else is
> having the problem with the sound or the reverse image on laptops as
> thin clients with 9.04.  Is 9.10 fixing these problems?
> 
> Also, now that I have all my student user date in the Users and
> Groups, is there anyway I can backup this (user name and password
> info) so that if I need to reinstall my system I don't have to retype
> all the username and password info again?
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Tim


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Stefan Nuxoll <stefan at nuxoll.eu.org>
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