Task for everyone with a Jaunty /LTSP installation

[Jordan Erickson]

THIS is how open source software gets done.

Through the awesome collaboration with various devs & users, we 
pinpointed that the 'libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio' package cures the 
issues in https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/tuxmath/+bug/269082 
. Thank you ALL for your work in getting this done!! This enables 
everyone with LTS versions of *buntu to use SDL apps on thin clients, 
with sound, and without high CPU utilization and without lockups. This 
is so awesome - I can't wait to show the techs and teachers at the 
schools. Now I'm off to write a wiki page regarding this.

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jerickson at Fibonacci:~$ apt-cache show libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
*snip*
Description: Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and PulseAudio options)
 SDL is a library that allows programs portable low level access to a video
 framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard.
 .
 This version of SDL is compiled with X11 graphics and PulseAudio sound.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu
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Cheers,
Jordan/Lns




Ace Suares wrote:
> Great work David!
>
> Very precise description of your experiences.
> That will help the devs to move on.
>
> I hope someone can confirm this. My son went to bed and I can't use the 
> Thin Client now :-)
>
> Cheers,
> ace
>
> David Groos wrote:
>   
>> Just starting and stopping the programs worked fine as mentioned above.  
>> John and I played the game a bit and after a few minutes of playing 
>> tuxmath the sound went out.  Also, it became non-interactive after a 
>> minute more of playing.  I was able to knock it out by the killall 
>> command at the same thin client--no need to go to another.  I was able 
>> to restart and play it, but sound never came back.  I was able to play 
>> the tuxtype, but no sound.
>>
>> I logged out then back in, still no sound AND got this message upon 
>> logging in (see attachment).  I restarted the thin client and sound 
>> returned.  Need any log file? 
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Patrick McKnight <pem725 at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:pem725 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I had the same experience with the same setup.  TuxType and TuxMath
>>     both work as expected with no lockup on Jaunty.
>>
>>     On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Ace Suares<ace at suares.an
>>     <mailto:ace at suares.an>> wrote:
>>      >
>>      > Hi Jordan,
>>      >
>>      > results:
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >>
>>      >> To clarify what you should do, simply start tuxmath/type/paint
>>     from the
>>      >> menu after installing, and exit. It *should* lock up and not
>>     allow you
>>      >> to exit (you need to do a 'killall -9 tux<math/type/paint>' from a
>>      >> different terminal to get it to go away without simply turning
>>     off the
>>      >> client).
>>      >
>>      > Tuxmath and tuxtyping both started, with sound and everything
>>     working,
>>      > and when I exited, it worked fine, no problems, no lockup.
>>      >
>>      > Of course only one user here.
>>      >
>>      > Hope that helps,
>>      >
>>      >
>>      > cat /etc/lsb-release
>>      > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
>>      > DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
>>      > DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
>>      > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
>>      >
>>      > ace
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >>
>>      >> I also updated the bug with strace info, so check it out if
>>     you're a dev
>>      >> willing to spend a bit of time helping to troubleshoot. I got
>>     straces
>>      >> for each program when it locks up. Hopefully that info is of
>>     some use.
>>      >>
>>      >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/269082
>>      >>
>>      >> Sincerely,
>>      >> Jordan
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >> Ace Suares wrote:
>>      >>> Hi,
>>      >>>
>>      >>> on IRC today, Lns asked:
>>      >>>
>>      >>> Does anyone here have an Ubuntu Jaunty LTSP setup they can test
>>      >>> tux4kids apps on with sound? We need to figure out whether the
>>     issues
>>      >>> in
>>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/269082 are
>>      >>> still present in Jaunty...it would be much appreciated!!
>>      >>>
>>      >>> So, if you have that setup, and a little time on your hands, please
>>      >>> send us your test results!
>>      >>>
>>      >>> Cheers,
>>      >>>
>>      >>> ace
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >
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>>     --
>>     Cheers,
>>
>>     Patrick
>>     ------------------------------------------
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