Re: [K12OSN] Slow Performance

[Stefan Furtmayr <sf pfaffenhofen de>]

Hello,

> I've got a LTSP Server PIV 2.4, 1GB RAM, 
> 20 GB HD, 10/100 NIC and 30 clients.
> It works OK with 10 clients 
> but it is painfully slow with 30. 

your hardware bottlenecks may be:
- RAM(!)
- IDE HDD
- maybe network?
-> also see http://www.k12ltsp.org/faq.html#bottlenecks

Do you use IceWM as Windows Manager?
If you're using KDE or Gnome now that could be a big difference in
memory usage.
http://www.k12ltsp.org/faq.html#windowmanager

> The stations boot with a high screen 
> resolution 1024x768, I would like to change it to 
> 800x600. How can I do it?

/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf.readme
/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf

> How can I upgrade to OpenOffice 1.0.2 on the server?

it would be best to wait for the new release based on RedHat 9

-- 
Stefan Furtmayr <sf pfaffenhofen de>