[K12OSN] Sound on Mac Thick Clients [SOLVED!!!]

Jim Kronebusch jim at winonacotter.org
Fri Jul 2 14:11:51 UTC 2004


Thanks, I'll go check the inittab now.  If you could get me those files
that would be awesome, there is no substitution for a line by line
comparison.

Jim Kronebusch
Cotter Tech Department
507-453-5188
jim at winonacotter.org 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Powers
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:03 AM
> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Sound on Mac Thick Clients [SOLVED!!!]
> 
> 
> Off the cuff -- you mentioned that you put the X -query stuff 
> in there, 
> but did you comment out the line with "prefdm" etc in it?  
> (You must do 
> that I think... we don't want it to start a local X session...)
> 
> I'll get the files to you ASAP.
> 
> -Shawn
> 
> Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> 
> >>woo hoo!
> >>
> >>The key was, in Eric's advice the command to put in the inittab was:
> >>
> >>esd:5:once:/bin/esd -nobeeps -tcp -port 16001
> >>
> >>and it needed to be:
> >>
> >>esd:5:once:/usr/bin/esd -nobeeps -tcp -port 16001 -public
> >>
> >>so that others can connect.  No environment variable manipulation
> >>required.  weeee!
> >>
> >>directly after that is where the X -query command goes.  I'll try to
> >>wiki this today, since it's working well.  Truly amazing.  
> >>Thank you to 
> >>everyone involved with LTSP, it's amazing how nice these old 
> >>5500s are 
> >>as thick clients!  They have:
> >>
> >>800x600 resolution
> >>16 bit color
> >>integrated *working* speakers
> > 
> > 
> > I finally had time to go back and revisit this problem.  
> Still doesn't 
> > work for me.  However I am trying with the iMac Bondi Blue 
> machines as 
> > I have more of these than 5500's.  Any idea why the same 
> process won't 
> > seem to work on these?  I have made the change in lts.conf for 
> > SOUND_DAEMON = "esd" and added the esd:5:once:/usr/bin/esd -nobeeps 
> > -tcp -port 16001 -public to the /etc/inittab along with the 
> X -query 
> > stuff. I get sound when running the local YDL but not when 
> running X 
> > -query from the server.  Could you shoot me a copy of your lts.conf 
> > and inittab just to be sure I am not doing something 
> stupid?  All of 
> > our crappy Bondi iMacs have 160MB of RAM in them as well 
> and just fly 
> > as thin clients, with sound they would be awesome, plus the 
> color is 
> > great.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
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