Restricted Drivers Menu -- Server Kernel

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Tom Misilo wrote:

> Well it is a server so why wouldn't I want to use that. Also the
> motherboard can support up to 12GB of memory so I figure that would be
> the kernel to use. no?

If you have and need >4GB RAM, you would need the server kernel to support
it (only on the server mind, not the clients).  However, turning this
support on has some associated cost so unless you're actually using that
much RAM, you're probably as well off with the generic kernel.

> I am trying to enable the 915resolution driver on an ltsp client (my
> Inspirion 1100 ) and I get an error of the restricted-driver for the
> server kernel isn't installed.

If you need the 915resolution stuff working on a thin client, you need to
install the restricted-driver package in the thin client chroot (where it
will be available to the thin client) not on the thin client server. 

	sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386/ 
	apt-get install 915resolution linux-restricted-modules

You almost certainly shouldn't be using the server kernel within the thin
client chroot, even if you are using it on the server.

Gavin