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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Thinking Ahead.... A School Technicians / Network Managers point of view
- From: "Mark Evans" <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:20:14 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20010317082010.21692.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Mark Evans wrote:
>
> > A possible problem with thin clients is that the X protocol does not
> > (AFAIK) support sound.
>
> There are extensions that do. Try KDE 2.1 - can't remember the name of
> the sound server bit off-hand, but it should be easy to find.
It also depends how easy it is to modify other programs,
including WiNE, to use such an extension. Or failing that
make /dev/dsp and /dev/midi named pipes or similar.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
>
> > A possible problem with thin clients is that the X protocol does not
> > (AFAIK) support sound.
>
> There are extensions that do. Try KDE 2.1 - can't remember the name of
> the sound server bit off-hand, but it should be easy to find.
It also depends how easy it is to modify other programs,
including WiNE, to use such an extension. Or failing that
make /dev/dsp and /dev/midi named pipes or similar.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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