[K12OSN] XKB and sound problems with 4.2

[Jim Kronebusch]

> I just upgraded our 3.1.2 to 4.2.0 and mostly everything is 
> ok, except for the following:
> 
> 1.  Error activating XKB  configuration
> 
> Clients get this message in a small window during login.  I 
> understand this is a known bug.  I tried adding the following symlinks
> 
> ln -s /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86 /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg
> ln -s /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst
> 
> as per recommendations of RedHat, but still get errors.  I 
> even made the same symlinks in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules 
> and in the comparable locales under /opt/ltsp/i386.
> 
> 2.  Sound no longer works.  Before I had sound with 
> everything using nasd.  I tried nasd and esd, added the 
> /tmp/.esd/socket and still no sound. Not just in flash, but 
> in Tuxpaint, Tuxtype, etal.
> 
> Neither of the above are world shakers in our Library setup.  
> Still, I like to get things working correctly . . . something 
> about being anal rententive . . .
> 
> My search of the archives failed to bring up any fixes.  Did 
> I somehow miss a posting that addresses these problems?

I have not had much luck at all with sound since versions 4.x of
k12ltsp.  I used to have full sound support with a LTSP term 150 and
nasd in the default of Gnome.  Now it is hit and miss.  I get some
things to work if I switch to IceWM, but still very buggy.  

I wish that there was some sound project that everything could be
standardized on.  I think some trouble is that every software developer
picks a different sound platform.  

I have pretty much written of sound as a no go at this point.  If I get
it to work, great, but I am not promising anything to anyone at this
point.  I wish I knew more on how to troubleshoot sound in Linux and
ltsp.  

Anyone have any good tutorials or extra info on this?


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