| Matthew Rosewarne on 21 Oct 2007 21:36:32 -0000 |
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On Sunday 21 October 2007, Jeremy Kister wrote: > The think i'm looking for is how folks are dealing with the > linuxtoys.org 'logout oops' problem, where if one/some of the seats logs > out, the kernel panics. That's some fairly old software they're using, so there's a good chance that issue has been fixed already. It's also NVidia-specific, and I wouldn't recommend the use of NVidia hardware at all (my GeForce3 taught me that lesson the hard way). If you can, get cards from ATI or others. It doesn't matter if they're ancient, since there's not much they have to do. As for shared resources, it shouldn't be an issue. You would presumably want to have separate audio devices for each user. Also, instead of using lots of USB sound cards, it might be possible to get 5.1 or 7.1 sound cards and divide up the channels. As for removable devices such as CD-ROMs, you clearly can't put in more than one CD in at a time, so if the need arises, you would need to install more than one. If there's a problem with that arrangement, the LTSP approach does make it easier to manage sound & removable devices. With regard to security, I would definitely recommend KDE, which has a kiosk infrastructure that lets you lock it down quite well. There is pessulus for GNOME, but it's fairly hackish. %!PS: The most important thing to keep in mind as far as sound is concerned is that you'll NEED 7 pairs of headphones. Especially with children, you don't want your users fighting over who gets to make noise. If everyone gets speakers, there will be noogies, indian burns, scratching, pulling of hair, etc., and that's if your users are adults! Attachment:
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