Yes, I am running PAE kerenel on all three ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Arkiletian <robark@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 13:12 Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Urgent help needed catching up- Angry & Frustrated Users! To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn@redhat.com> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Anthony Luscre > <mo_luscre@mogadore.net> wrote: > > Our district has been running three LTSP labs with 20 to 30 > client each > > since way back in the version 3 days, six years ago. > > > > Recently I have updated all three servers and OS for all three. > > Currently we are running Fedora 10 with LTSP-5. Each server is > a a quad core > > xenon with 7 to 13 gigs of RAM. > > your server is good. Make sure your kernel sees all the ram. run top. > if running 32 bit OS make sure you are running a pae kernel > > > We are still using our original client terminals - Compaq iPAQ > Desktop> Computers- 500MHz PIII with 64 to 128 RAM with > hard drive removed. > > > > 500mhz is good enough. But if you can add more ram to clients. 256 > should be fine. > > > > This year we have been experiencing a number of issues with varying > > frequencies: > > 1. Failure of whole lab to be able to log on simultaneously > > 2. FireFox slow or constantly freezing > > 3. OpenOffice slow or freezing > > 4. Failure of client terminals to get boot from server if > restarted after a > > freeze. > > > > My questions: > > 1. Will upgrading the client terminals to Dell GX240's with > Pentium 4 1.5 > > GHz processors with 256mb RAM make a significant improvement > on their own? > > > > 2. Do I need to utilize "Local Apps" to make it all work reliably? > > > > 3. If utilizing Local Apps will it help my current IPAQ do the > job or will > > the Dell GX240s be necessary to see an improvement? > > > > 4. I am not really sure what I need to do to run Local Apps > with LTSP 5, is > > their a good source of recent information? > > > > 5. Are used computers with HD removed still a viable option > for terminals > > and if so what are suggested requirements? > > > > Thanks for any help you can give me on these issues as I would > not like to > > see our 6 years experiment with LTSP come to an end due to > teacher/student> frustration and would be hard pressed to buy > and maintain 80 new windows > > computers. > > > > Anthony > > > > > > Anthony A. Luscre - Director of Technology > > > > Mogadore Local Schools > > 1 S. Cleveland Ave. > > Mogadore, OH 44260 > > > > mo_luscre@mogadore.net > > PH--- 330-628-7255 > > FAX- 330-628-6661 > > _______________________________________________ > > K12OSN mailing list > > K12OSN@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn > > For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> > > > > > > -- > Robert Arkiletian > Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > K12OSN@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn > For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> > Anthony A. Luscre - Director of Technology Mogadore Local Schools 1 S. Cleveland Ave. Mogadore, OH 44260 mo_luscre@mogadore.net PH--- 330-628-7255 FAX- 330-628-6661