[K12OSN] thin client with s3 unichrome slow

Jean Phil genfil at gmail.com
Thu Sep 15 13:37:58 UTC 2005


On 9/15/05, Jean Phil <genfil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay.
> I did a little experiment. I added a hard drive to the thin client(the
> one with the S3 Unichrome) and installed k12ltsp. In effect I turn the
> thin client into a server. Actually it worked great(the display of the
> server). The drivers of Fedora work great on the S3 Unichrome.
> How can I take the kernel/modules/drivers of Fedora and make it work
> on the thin client?
> 
> On 9/15/05, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/13/05, Jean Phil <genfil at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Do you think it will be best to compile kernel 2.6.13 and use it to
> > > replace of the older kernel? Unfortunately, I am not too familar with
> > > compiling kernels. Anyone can point me to a good tutorial?
> >
> > No I don't recommend that. Partly because I would be afraid to use a
> > non-redhat kernel with a redhat distro. Also because you may also need
> > an updated X server from Xorg. I would say wait for the next release
> > of k12ltsp (about 4-6 months) or buy yourself some cheap supported
> > video cards. I would also suggest doing some googling on this problem
> > since you are probably not the only person who has this hardware and
> > problem. Maybe someone has figured out an easy solution.
> >
> > --
> > Robert Arkiletian
> > C++ GUI tutorial http://fltk.org/links.php?V19
> >
>




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