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

[Caroline Ford]

We've noticed similar sound problems with thin clients and the  
tux4kids programs. We got it back to pulse audio. If you disable pulse  
audio the bug may go away.

Caroline

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On 8 Oct 2009, at 00:21, "tlang80 at gmail.com" <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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