2 questions - ltsp sound and unreliable booting

[Rob Shugg]

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From: Rob Shugg <rob at kinetic.com.au>
Date: 15-Nov-2006 21:01
Subject: Re: 2 questions - ltsp sound and unreliable booting
To: Edubuntu Users Group <edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>


> > 1. Start a terminal.
> > 2. Type:
> >         echo $ESPEAKER
> >    if it replies <thinclientip>:<portnumber> it's correct,

yep looks good
~$ echo $ESPEAKER
192.168.0.150:16001

but I did plug my headphones into the server and tested alsa from the
sound preferences - and yes the sound was comming out of the server
sound card...
Next I tried xmms from the command line and surpisingly it worked, i
could hear the mp3 playing from the client. So I thought Id give totem
a go- that worked too... but after closing these down and restarting
them I get nothing again :-(
totem gives me :
video_out_xshm: received X error event: BadAccess (attempt to access
private resource denied) and no sound
So I am not sure where to go with this now.

on the other issue- this seems to be the last point the boot gets to
before the hang. I have googled a few references to it but so for
nothing definitive for edgy:
RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5)

Any leads most appreciated

rob