[K12OSN] Problems with Firefox, OO and KDE apps start up speed with SMBLDA

[David Trask]

Julian....are you running gigabit between the samba/ldap server and the
k12LTSP server?  If not you really should.  Remember....you'll need to use
gigabit switches too so nothing has to "negotiate" down to 100baseT.

"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>try simply 'oowriter' or 'oocalc' or 'ooimpress' at the commandline?
>
>any faster?
>I've just about completed a 6.0 install with IceWM as the default/only 
>window manager...and it's FAST...MUCH faster than
>my old K12LTSP server that is getting upgraded this summer!
>
>Julian Yap wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're having problems with the start up speed of Firefox, OO and KDE
>> apps on our K12LTSP servers and was wondering if anyone could help.
>>
>> More background info:
>>
>> I've recently installed a SMBLDAP server for a local school.
>>
>> We freshly installed a K12LTSP 6.0 server and set it up to authenticate
>> off the SMBLDAP.  Home directories are also mounted off the SMBLDAP
>> server via NFS.
>>
>> Certain apps seem to hang and take a long time (around 10 minutes) to
>> start up.  I can't seem to figure it out.  However, once Firefox, for
>> example, starts up, it's very responsive and works fine.  The apps with
>> problems are Firefox, OpenOffice suite and KDE apps (like Kalcium).
>>
>> Other large apps such Blender and Scribus work fine as do the smaller
>> Gnome apps.
>>
>> One minor breakthrough is that when spawned through the command line,
>> OpenOffice Writer starts up (and fast too) via:
>> /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/program/swriter.bin -writer
>>
>> However, this from the command line causes a hang:
>> /bin/sh /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/program/swriter.bin -writer
>>
>> This has also been tested on K12LTSP 5.0 with the same problems.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100