[TriLUG] Gnome configuration

[Janyne Kizer]

Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Janyne Kizer wrote:
> 
>> We contacted our thin client vendor and they said that for $400/unit 
>> (that would be like $320,000) they could sell us the OpenGL stuff that 
>> we need.
> 
> [...]
> 
>> These are NCD thin clients -- specifically the HMX and Explora product 
>> lines.  We did contact other people that use Linux with these clients 
>> and they have experienced the same issues.
> 
> 
> Ok, that makes sense.  You didn't mention thin clients before, iirc.
> 
>> Well, the clients are not usuable because it pops up an error message 
>> about 30 times per minute.  That seems like a really good reason to 
>> try something else.
> 
> 
> Did you try to figure out what was using OpenGL?  I find it hard to
> believe that you can't use KDE unless you have OpenGL working.  There's
> just no need for it in a standard windowing environment.  

It's needed for login and apparently for the task manager as well. We 
have elected not to roll our own KDE.


-- 
Janyne Kizer
CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
Systems Programmer Administrator I
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension and Administrative Technology Services