[309] in athena10
Re: Sound configuration on cluster machines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Tue Jul 8 12:11:10 2008
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: Kenneth Arnold <kcarnold@mit.edu>
Cc: athena10@mit.edu
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Our cluster deployment is 6-12 months away. I'll make a note that this
needs to be dealt with before then, but it's not a current priority.
It *is* a current priority to have different gdm brandings for Athena 10
and Debathena. I'm currently thinking that the right answer is to have
several different gdm config packages, all providing and conflicting
with a common name. We can have a third gdm config package for the
cluster gdm configuration, which will turn off the pre-login sound,
disable shutdown, etc.. (There's also post-login sound which gets
played by gnome-session; that will have to be disabled separately
through a GConf default for cluster machines.)
On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 12:02 -0400, Kenneth Arnold wrote:
> I suppose it's as good a time as any to note that cluster machines will
> need additional configuration beyond what debathena-workstation
> provides, or should provide. For example, the gdm config needs to
> disable shutdown and (design decision needed) switch user options. And
> of course disabling startup sounds (and/or just mute the mixer, or
> figure out how to turn off the internal speaker; headphone jack sound is
> good though).
>
> I would make a trac ticket (http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/) but it seems
> that hasn't gotten much attention lately. e.g., the openafs modules bug
> has been fixed for a few weeks now.
>
> -Ken
>
>
> Jonathan Reed wrote:
> > When testing, I noticed that Ubuntu was smart enough to autoconfigure
> > sound for me and also enable the built-in speaker on my Intellistation
> > E Pro. This makes it play happy music upon login and logout.
> > Admittedly, the Intellistation E Pro is not a cluster config anymore,
> > however we may want to do something about that, or at least document
> > it, otherwise it could get very annoying in clusters or offices. I
> > think, though I could be wrong, that the HPs also have a built-in
> > speaker connected to the sound card.
> >
> > -Jon
>
