[FreeNX-kNX] screen resolution and colour depth

[olaf]

Hi !

Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 19:20:27 schrieb Alastair Johnson:
>  PXES, a similar thin client, could do this with a config file on a server,
>  or with options on the server in pxelinux.cfg passed at boot time.

Ok, I have found the config-file and changed the following:

Am Freitag, 13. November 2009 09:20:12 schrieb Natxo Asenjo:
> this is a thinstation problem ( I had the same one, I should know). Try
> setting the resolution to 24bits colors instead of 16bits like for the
> remote desktop/citrix sessions.

That was the solution, now it works, great! Thank you. :-)


Am Freitag, 13. November 2009 09:20:12 schrieb Natxo Asenjo:
> > The video graphic card of my (test-)thinClients have 8MB.
> > Should this be enough to work with kde-sessions, firefox, openoffice .. ?
> > Scrolling is awful, menu-items in openoffice and others are slow too.

> well, that is a hardware problem. Get another video card in the thin
> client. We have some low end hp thin clients (sorry, not at work so I
>  cannot check the model) but they do have 64MB for video. Performance for
>  nx is no problem for browsing or openoffice.

I think it is not possible to change the video card, because it's an on-board-
chip. I have the option to take the thinclients (I have 5 pieces) back to the 
seller, I think this will be the best solution.

Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 19:20:27 schrieb Alastair Johnson:
> What's the full specification of the client?

Igel 364, 400MHz/128MB RAM/64MB CF/8MB Via graphic card.
puppy-linux-live tell me these hardware:
...
DESCRIPTION: 
VENDOR: 1106  DEVICE: 0605  KERNEL MODULE: via-agp
DESCRIPTION: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC 
Bus Master IDE
VENDOR: 1106  DEVICE: 0571  KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: 
VENDOR: 1106  DEVICE: 3057  KERNEL MODULE: i2c-viapro
DESCRIPTION: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller
VENDOR: 1106  DEVICE: 3058  KERNEL MODULE: snd-via82xx
DESCRIPTION: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
VENDOR: 10ec  DEVICE: 8139  KERNEL MODULE: 8139too

Bye + thank you
Olaf