tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post8208302587673257811..comments2024-02-10T03:17:37.879-05:00Comments on Dave Richards - City of Largo Work Blog: HP t610 Thin Client R&D ProjectDave Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403055794363134691noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-80517889697412422252014-05-08T05:50:07.295-04:002014-05-08T05:50:07.295-04:00Hi Dave, I bought this client and previous owner r...Hi Dave, I bought this client and previous owner removed almost everything. Most of removed parts is quite easily replaceable. I just need exact name of BIOS flash chip. Could you please take photo of this chip? It is located nearby jumpers. Without this flash chip, client can't boot :( Once I get this chip, I can flash right contents and hope, it would boot...xorlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399109385094360168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-61136008953083302492014-03-18T11:15:14.834-04:002014-03-18T11:15:14.834-04:00In the reply post to Robin, Dave mentioned using &...In the reply post to Robin, Dave mentioned using "the Ubuntu build provided by HP", can anyone provide me with a link to such a build?<br /><br />I want to use it to boot from an USB stick in order to avoid using the not-so-ideal Windows 7 Embedded RDP client...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-10607915604133529812014-03-17T08:37:57.562-04:002014-03-17T08:37:57.562-04:00Great Dave, Here I am giving another interesting H...Great Dave, Here I am giving another interesting High End thin client <br />RDP XL-500 <br />It can be used as a <br />1) high end thin client device<br />2) Mini PC/Individual PC <br />3) Virtualization Ready thin clienthttp://www.rdp.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-89153635911275190852013-08-28T08:50:08.858-04:002013-08-28T08:50:08.858-04:00@Robin: They're cool devices. Make sure that...@Robin: They're cool devices. Make sure that you use the Ubuntu build provided by HP. It mounts file systems in memory so that it does not hammer the flash device like a normal distro would. Those drives only have a fixed amount of writes, similar to a USB stick. As for the beeping; if memory serves I think that indicates hardware problem with memory or the video card. It's low enough level so that the device won't even attempt to boot.Dave Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403055794363134691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-10050025274661662162013-08-22T14:42:13.034-04:002013-08-22T14:42:13.034-04:00Hey Dave, awesome post! I got three of these units...Hey Dave, awesome post! I got three of these units at half price and have enjoyed playing with them so far.<br /><br />One of them is not booting, and is giving me a beep code of 4 beeps (with the power light flashing red, in sync with the beeps)... Any ideas?<br /><br />I got these from a supplier who was dumping them and were final sale, so hoping to be able to fix it!Robin Harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-38880817029891220032013-08-02T08:59:50.432-04:002013-08-02T08:59:50.432-04:00Thank you for the question and support. All of th...Thank you for the question and support. All of the mods are indeed on this blog going back for many years. Most of the work is in a tarball that I can just lay down and some .deb package installs. It's not hard and doesn't take a lot of time. HP gets the devices close to our needs, but the whole point of buying the Linux thin client models is to allow you to make custom tweaks.<br /><br />In summary:<br />+ HP does not expect server side sound, install PulseAudio<br />+ We used FTP server to allow users to gain limited access to USB sticks<br />+ Chooser screen to allow users to pick which server they want to use<br />+ Lockdowns to hide certain features the users don't need. For instance, we aren't using Citrix, which is supported on this device.<br />+ NX client and technology, not installed by HP <br />+ Mesa packages to allow Google Earth to work, not supported by HP<br />+ Infrastructure to allow us to configure the devices remotely and not have to touch them after upgrades. Certain aspects of the default HP build don't do this.<br />+ Rdesktop patches and some scripts to allow the server to offload RDP sessions to the workstations.<br />+ Removing packages we don't need to reduce boot times<br /><br />This is a onetime thing for each model, and only has to be done because this hardware is brand new.Dave Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403055794363134691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-10391336628654591292013-08-02T04:42:26.461-04:002013-08-02T04:42:26.461-04:00To comment 1:
Don't be silly. Its called "...To comment 1:<br />Don't be silly. Its called "Responding to your actual customers needs" and Dave has been doing it for years, and publicly through this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-14267607871772405162013-08-01T17:35:02.819-04:002013-08-01T17:35:02.819-04:00"I'm going to install our custom modifica..."I'm going to install our custom modifications into the base OS"<br /><br />Why on earth do municipal employees need custom modifications to an operating system? That's insane. Are you saying these users are doing such unique work that conventional operating system technology isn't enough to support it? Why can't you just install a stock Linux distribution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com