problems with 9.04 that seems to disapper with 8.04 and am I able to run applications on thin client locally on 8.04

[tlang80 at gmail.com]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the reply.  I'll try karmic and see if it helps.  I would hope
the beta version has fixed those bugs from 9.04.  I looked at the
/etc/passwd file and didn't find any passwords in there, though I saw the
home directories and usernames -- so if I restore users, how will the
passwords be restored?  The /etc/groups file was also empty. I'm assuming to
restore the home directories all I do is backup the home directory, and then
restores the .etc.passwd file once the home directory with all the user
subdirectories are in place.  I'm just concerned that the passwords won't be
there.

Do you know if there's anyway to run local apps on 8.04, or is it just on
Jaunty and  higher?

Tim

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Stefan Nuxoll <stefan at nuxoll.eu.org> wrote:

> 8.04 is an LTS release, so that would be why it's lacking these bugs.  I
> can't say for sure whether karmic has them fixed or not, at this point
> there's no harm in trying.  As for backing up your account info, just
> backup /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.
>
> On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:21 -0700, tlang80 at gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I hope this is the right list for this.  I'm an 8th grade teacher and
> > have been trying to get an Ubuntu server with thin clients set up in
> > my classroom for the last 2 to 3 weeks.  It's to the point that
> > technical goofs and problems are driving me crazy :)
> >
> > First, I think this might be a huge issue.  On 9.04 with the default
> > installation with 2 ethernet cards, everyone works fine EXCEPT that
> > when thin clients in firefox begin to watch something in flash the
> > sound works for about the first minute and then cuts off. The sound
> > usually goes back to the server.  I have updated the latest flash
> > according the the Wiki, along with updating the pulse audio package,
> > and countless other things.  No matter what I do, (even playing a
> > movie in another player not based in flash) the sound will just stop
> > from the thin client after 1 to 3 minutes of playing.  I've tried
> > everything!!!  I even tried running firefox locally.  The only thing
> > that worked was installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and the sound works
> > flawlessly.
> >
> > BUT with that, it looks like I'm not able to run applications locally
> > on the 8.04 version, and I will have 6 or 7 students watching tutorial
> > flash videos all with sound.  This is a big strain on the server and
> > was really hoping to be able to run applications locally.  Am I able
> > to run applications locally on the thin client with version 8.04?
> >
> > Also, with 9.04 on laptops the thin client image would be backwards
> > (all the letter would be reversed) but with 8.04 I don't have that
> > problems.  It certainly seems like 8.04 has all the bugs out of it,
> > but it's lacking being able to run applications locally on the thin
> > client?
> >
> > I've looked all over google and just can't believe that no one else is
> > having the problem with the sound or the reverse image on laptops as
> > thin clients with 9.04.  Is 9.10 fixing these problems?
> >
> > Also, now that I have all my student user date in the Users and
> > Groups, is there anyway I can backup this (user name and password
> > info) so that if I need to reinstall my system I don't have to retype
> > all the username and password info again?
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > Tim
>
>
> --
> Stefan Nuxoll <stefan at nuxoll.eu.org>
>
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