Re: [Ltsp-discuss] core switch replacement causing dhcp failure

2010-09-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
David, Can you try turning off 'Spanning Tree' support in the switch? I used to see this type of behaviour, and that would usually fix it. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org On 09/16/2010 10:58 AM, David Burgess wrote: Hi all, Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 server LTSP 5.x 14 thin clients Cisco switches

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] boot fails after Loading initrd.img ... (r8168B ?)

2010-07-31 Thread Jim McQuillan
Did you edit the pxelinux config file and remove the 'quiet splash' options from the kernel command line, so that you can at least see the kernel booting? Jim. j...@ltsp.org ragu wrote: Thanks for suggestions. It isn't changes the behavior. same problem. I can't believe it, is there no

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pulseaudio choose default device

2010-07-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
rainer, Can you find out what driver the built-in sound card is using, and add that driver to the /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file? that should prevent the device from being detected, leaving only the usb device to be used by Alsa/Pulseaudio Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org ragu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Scanner device on fedora 12 ltsp

2010-07-08 Thread Jim McQuillan
there, then there's no reason it shouldn't work on a LTSP-5.2 thin client. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Diwakoe wrote: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Diwakoe diwa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, We now already upgraded from ltsp 4.2.2 to fedora 12 ltsp5 and all client running well. Problem

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Firefox is indeed the high disk IO culprit was Re: recommend a disk setup for LTSP install?

2010-04-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
be shared by ALL users instead of having separate copies of the pages for each user. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org john wrote: Hi all, As a follow up to my previous post. I did some testing and have come to the conclusion that firefox is indeed at the heart of my problem re: high I/O wait times

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Nobody but admin can contribute to the LTSP Wiki

2010-03-19 Thread Jim McQuillan
We have the wiki that is hosted by Sourceforge. The only drawback is you need an account on sourceforge, and then I (or one of the other admins) need to add you as a wiki editor. I'd be happy to add anybody as a wiki editor. Just send me your Sourceforge user-id. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Nobody but admin can contribute to the LTSP Wiki

2010-02-12 Thread Jim McQuillan
Xavier, yeah, I talked to Sourceforge about this. I'd like for anybody to be able to edit the wiki, but unfortunately, it's not set up that way. If you tell me your sourceforge user-id, I can add you to the group that will allow you to edit it. I've entered a bug report to Sourceforge to fix

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Nobody but admin can contribute to the LTSP Wiki

2010-02-12 Thread Jim McQuillan
Le vendredi 12 février 2010 16:34:24, Jim McQuillan a écrit : Xavier, yeah, I talked to Sourceforge about this. I'd like for anybody to be able to edit the wiki, but unfortunately, it's not set up that way. If you tell me your sourceforge user-id, I can add you to the group

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PXE boot problem

2010-02-11 Thread Jim McQuillan
His problem isn't with PXE. His problem is happening AFTER PXE has downloaded the Linux kernel. It's probably not able to recognize the network card. I'd try booting that machine from a hard disk or cdrom, and see if the network card is properly detected and initialized. Jim McQuillan j

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Posting a Question

2009-12-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
in this forum, so that I can find answers to the quesion...? What is your question? Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Is anyone there to respond to this E-mail.? Thanks Anu -- This SF.Net email is sponsored

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP5 (MUEKOW) source?

2009-12-10 Thread Jim McQuillan
or upstart). Fortunately, there's some very smart and helpful people on the #ltsp IRC channel on irc.freenode.net that have been through this process. I'm certain you can get some help there, and they can show you where to get the source code from. It's on Launchpad, btw. Jim McQuillan j

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] WIKI on SourceForge

2009-11-23 Thread Jim McQuillan
I also converted the LocalMedia pages. Those pages contain really old information though. They are intended for LTSP-4.2 and older. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Thanks for your work. Frederic. - Leon Hauck l...@fulcrum-hosting.com a écrit : That's what I was figuring

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] WIKI on SourceForge

2009-11-22 Thread Jim McQuillan
, but if there's specific pages you are looking for, I can put those at the top of the list. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Leon Hauck wrote: Just curious - did we lose some pages in the Wiki recently? For example, on the main wiki page: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ltsp/index.php?title

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP's wiki moving to sourceforge

2009-11-22 Thread Jim McQuillan
objected. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Stéphane Graber wrote: Hello, First of all, I was at a conference all of last week and so didn't closely follow the mailing-lists. I just noticed that the wiki was moved to sourceforge and from twiki (that I consider as a decent engine

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Two days workshop ready to start

2009-10-06 Thread Jim McQuillan
asmo.koski...@arkki.info wrote: http://www.arkki.info/howto/TP2009/TP2/TP2_01.png http://www.arkki.info/howto/TP2009/TP2/TP2_02.png Here you see Hardy server with two nics (Asus Eee 900) and LTSP-cluster in KVM server (HP Mini 2133). And we will install LTSP cluster in five different pc's,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Why my messages need moderator approval

2009-10-04 Thread Jim McQuillan
solve the problem, please let me know. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org gabriel lopez wrote: I has been in this list for a few years and each time i post i have the same problem. So i avoid to post here even if i have information about my experiences on LTSP that could help others. Could

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] conflicting lts.conf options

2009-10-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
the outcome depend on the option type in question? Options in the specific workstation section always override options in the [Default] section. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org db -- Come build with us! The BlackBerryreg

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] X_DEVICE_OPTION

2009-09-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
David Burgess wrote: Hi, I'm trying to disable DRI in xorg.conf. According to the Ubuntu manual, this is done in the Device section thus: Option DRI boolean Are you replacing boolean with true or false ? Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man4

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Printing from Local apps

2009-09-28 Thread Jim McQuillan
a LTSP Hackfest in Europe, we could count on seeing you there? Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Thanks for your tireless advocacy, Asmo. Scott - thank you. Cheers, Scott Best Regards Asmo Koskinen. -- Come build

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Slow Right Click in Firefox

2009-09-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
then is a pretty good description of how LTSP-5 works now. I'm thinking Ollie's gonna owe me a beer at the upcoming BTS to make up for that comment :) Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Oliver Grawert wrote: hi, Am Freitag, den 25.09.2009, 12:56 +0200 schrieb Stefan Below: Oliver Grawert schrieb: comparing

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems with a new Dual Core Login

2009-09-04 Thread Jim McQuillan
Keith, What version of LTSP are you using? Also, there probably isn't a NBD_SWAP entry in the lts.conf file. You'll need to add it, assuming you are using LTSP-5. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Keith wrote: I'm a relative novice at the internals of Linux - I'm fine with the admin side - So

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] nbd and squashfs errors while lts.conf having no effect

2009-08-17 Thread Jim McQuillan
debug what? You didn't provide any details. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Shahar Or wrote: Does anyone know how to debug this, please? -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp server as dhcp for windows laptop

2009-06-19 Thread Jim McQuillan
Gabriel, It sounds like you need to enable IP Forwarding on your server. Also, you'll need to turn on Masquerade. There's got to be tons of information on the net about how to do that. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org gabriel lopez wrote: I have Ltsp 4.2 installed on mandriva 2009 that seems

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Article about LTSP and schools on front page of Linux.com

2009-06-06 Thread Jim McQuillan
Jordan, VERY impressive. I get goosebumps when I read articles like this. Keep up the good work. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Jordan Erickson wrote: I came across this article just a bit ago, and realized... Wait a minute, that's me! =D http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/case

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Is it time for LTSP-lite?

2009-02-27 Thread Jim McQuillan
involved is to hang out on the #ltsp IRC channel on irc.freenode.net You'll find some extremely helpful people in that channel, willing to answer your questions and guide you in the right direction. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org -Rob On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:52:02AM -0800, Jordan Erickson

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Is it time for LTSP-lite?

2009-02-26 Thread Jim McQuillan
and package management system, it'll be nearly impossible to keep up with security updates and bug fixes that the distro already handles. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Damn Small Linux claims it'll run on a 486dx with 16mb RAM -- with X. Recommended specs are a Pentium 200 MHz with 64mb RAM

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Is it time for LTSP-lite?

2009-02-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
very busy. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org john wrote: Hi all, One of the reasons I originally found LTSP compelling was the modest specs required of the thin clients. Lately I've been feeling like my flavor of Linux/LTSP (ubuntu) has entered the same kind of systems requirement arms-race that I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Java still not fast enough for us

2009-02-09 Thread Jim McQuillan
by the Java apps. tcpdump and wireshark can be very helpful in watching what is going on. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Nicholas Metsovon wrote: You still haven't tried the most important test. Take another full workstation, and log in. Then ssh -X ltspserver javaapp which

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Eclipse Depolyment on LTSP

2009-02-02 Thread Jim McQuillan
executables do. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org In general the someoverhead is small compared to the 1 memory. This is not what Win does so the comparisons do not help. James -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Running LTSP server over Amazon Cloud

2009-01-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
LTSP. Cloud computing is a pretty good idea, but I think it's really intended for web-based applications, not serving operating systems. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Stephen Zvolner wrote: I would like to run an LTSP server over the Amazon compute cloud. I am fairly new

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mailing List Test

2009-01-15 Thread Jim McQuillan
IN probably 99% of the cases where people have trouble posting to the list, it's because they have HTML formatting turned on. I'm pretty sure that Google mail has a setting that you can turn off for some or all recipients. Check that and see if it doesn't clear up your problem. Jim McQuillan

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Linpopup

2008-12-24 Thread Jim McQuillan
Bob, We installed ejabberd and each user is running pidgin. There are other jabber servers and clients available. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org Bob Wooden wrote: I know that Linpopup is available for simple communications between users during online sessions. But, are there any other

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 issues with USB-Sticks on LTSP 4.2

2008-10-27 Thread Jim McQuillan
Rolf, what happens if you plug that USB stick into a Linux machine that ISN'T a thin client? This would rule out any LTSP specific issues. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Hi folks, This is simply a question if there's someone else out there who has seen

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] A crisis of Ubuntu faith.

2008-10-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
with you, having a faster boot time is really not a feature that I'm looking for. I'd take a solid reliable experience over fast boot any day. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's a lot to like about Ubuntu- and I'm not quite ready to pull the trigger- but when I heard the focus

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Setting up LTSP5 in fedora 9

2008-09-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
key authentication. Try looking back through the archives and I think you'll find exactly what he did to make it work. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Derek Tattersall wrote: David Burgess wrote: On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Derek Tattersall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help. I am

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf and dhcpd.conf files on Hardy

2008-09-05 Thread Jim McQuillan
a simple README, we should be able to get it committed. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Jordan - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] x authorization

2008-09-04 Thread Jim McQuillan
send messages easily, and the users can send messages between themselves. (The later may be considered a problem in some places). In our case, it works extremely well, plus, I didn't have to open a security hole to make it work. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] jam wrote: Hi If anybody

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local usb but not hdd

2008-09-02 Thread Jim McQuillan
Helmut, the ltsp-developer mailing list would be the place you'd want to send patches. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: Hi, I was surprised to get no answer to my proposed patch for handling selection of local devices till I found, that attachments to the list

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] What localapps

2008-08-08 Thread Jim McQuillan
to support apps running locally, you'll possibly need to support local media, which might get tricky, especially if both local apps and remote apps want access to the local media. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kind regards -J

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Server Name Location

2008-08-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
have you restarted GDM ? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ryan Stepalavich wrote: We don't have an /etc/gdm/custom.conf, but we do have an /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf. The thing is, the hostname and welcome message are already set to the proper name. However, it's still not showing up. Should

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu ltsp-env /var /tmp read-only

2008-07-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
on irc.freenode.net and look for ogra or vagrantc. Ogra's the Ubuntu LTSP developer and Vagrantc is the Debian LTSP developer. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks peter - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rc.d script for LTSP5 to prevent multiple logins and kill stale procs

2008-07-15 Thread Jim McQuillan
small can result in false positives killing sessions prematurely. For instance, someone may reboot a core switch, which could take long enough to make sshd think the session is dead. In the end, I think the script that Gadi and Blinny came up with is necessary. So... great job guys. Jim

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Is this going to work

2008-07-09 Thread Jim McQuillan
Peter Childs wrote: I've been having tones of problems posting to ltsp-discuss over the last 18months so I'm hoping this will appear I see it. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] mount call failed: 13

2008-07-08 Thread Jim McQuillan
that you've made changes. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone guide me on how to deal with this error message when I attempt to boot a thin client of a Debian LTSP 5 server? Begin: Running /script/nfs-premount... Done. mount call failed: 13 Done. Begin

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] problem with NFS, please help!

2008-07-03 Thread Jim McQuillan
-update-sshkeys sudo ltsp-update-image Then try to boot the client and log in. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ali rostai wrote: hello all members and developers i have installled ltsp by ubuntu alternate cd installation. my clients get boot and i see a login window on client, but i can

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Custom Kernel

2008-05-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
with Etherboot. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve Cayford wrote: Well, this is a bit old, but here are my notes to myself from a little over a year ago -- I don't know how much still applies since the new system uses nbd and squashfs instead of nfs. I'll be upgrading this system soon so I'll

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beginners step by step

2008-04-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
be there soon. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Look at the Edubuntu documentation http://edubuntu.com/Documentation And the Ubuntu Wiki https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ à bientôt, Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09 54 06 16 26 On Wednesday 16 April 2008 15:13:25 Keith Clark wrote

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Monkey

2008-04-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
some very well known TLA's (Three Letter Acronyms). Also, he had some very interesting stories to tell about the security (or lack of) in some of those organizations. My sincere thoughts go out to Jennifer and Ruth, and also to Mike. I know he was a good friend and will be missed. Jim

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pxe boot error

2008-03-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
what is this error. Sounds like you are trying to load a kernel with PXE. Instead, you need to load pxelinux.0, which is a 2nd-state bootloader, which will then go and load the kernel. Check the LTSP wiki for examples of how to setup the 'filename' parameter in your dhcp config file. Jim

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] client booting issue

2008-03-21 Thread Jim McQuillan
varun, can you show us your lts.conf file? Thanks, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Varun wrote: Hello, I have setup ltsp 4.2 on Mandriva 2008. My client boots but gets stuck at : rc.sysinit completed. switching to multi sessions mode. Anybody can help, Thanks Varun

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] [Ltsp-developer] Announcement: KIWI-LTSP 0.3.14 for openSUSE

2008-03-17 Thread Jim McQuillan
Wow!!! This is fantastic news. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] CyberOrg wrote: Hello Community I am happy to announce yet another milestone of KIWI-LTSP development. KIWI-LTSP is LTSP5 implementation in openSUSE using KIWI imaging technology. Instructions to get you started are here

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 4.2 downloadable install image

2008-03-03 Thread Jim McQuillan
Frank, Yes, you can use 'file:///' instead of 'http://' as the location for the files. Notice there are 3 slashes. As for ftp, I think ltspadmin would support it, but I'm not sure how to specify the username/password. maybe anonymous would work. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frank Cox

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Addendum: LTSP broke my sound card. (Jack, actually.)

2008-01-30 Thread Jim McQuillan
ltspadmin to install all the LTSP packages and configure all the services. Are you logging in at the server console, or from a LTSP workstation? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Keyboard Problem with LTSP

2008-01-27 Thread Jim McQuillan
Binay, Make sure you have your mouse plugged in and configured properly. If X has a problem communicating with the mouse, the keyboard will appear locked. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Binay Sinha wrote: I'm using FC5 and ltsp4.2. Though I'm able to boot the workstation but my keyboard

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] some hickups with LTSP 5.0 debian i386

2007-12-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
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Re: [Ltsp-discuss] some hickups with LTSP 5.0 debian i386

2007-12-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
and haven't had the time to work on docs. Lots of other folks have worked on docs, but like I said earlier, someone needs to help get them all pulled together. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stefan Ulrich Hegner wrote: Hey Jam, Am Samstag, den 29.12.2007, 12:37 -0500 schrieb Jim McQuillan

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] New Ati Radeon Graphics card support?

2007-12-06 Thread Jim McQuillan
for updating to the latest proprietary drivers in ltsp-4.2. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kind regards, Erwin. Martin Gabel wrote: Dear LTSP Team, I have got a Problem with my new Ati Radeon X1550(PCIe) graphic card and the LTSP Support. The LTSP Server works with Suse 10.2

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Why do I get this message

2007-11-28 Thread Jim McQuillan
about 95% of the time when people get that error from the mailing list, it's because they are attempting to send HTML formatted email, which is bad for mailing lists. Check to make sure you don't have the option set to send your mail in HTML format. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] J. Paul

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to disable/limit pixmap cache in X

2007-11-21 Thread Jim McQuillan
NBD swap with no problems. In fact, lots and lots of people are using LTSP with NBD-Swap. So to say it doesn't work just seems to contradict what my experiences have shown. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen at our school

2007-11-14 Thread Jim McQuillan
Asmo, This is fantastic. You are our Kimi Räikkönen :) Cheers, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asmo Koskinen wrote: Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen visited at our school today because of reopening our school. Big day for us and big day for Linux Terminal Server Project

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Dynamic MAC

2007-11-12 Thread Jim McQuillan
James, Are you required to set the mac? or is this just in case you want to change it from the default? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] jam wrote: Hi has anybody yet encountered the (new) nvidia chipsets that allocate a dynamic MAC address. Does this force every ltsp terminal

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] The Real Meat

2007-11-10 Thread Jim McQuillan
it. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] jam wrote: Hi ltsp 3 and 4 had the lbe and a complete build environment. ltsp 5 seems to be a trust-us-don't-touch-the-buttons. I followed a few links posted last week that ended up in .../~someone and utterly blank. I want to use the environment

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LocalApps: It's alive!!

2007-11-04 Thread Jim McQuillan
will be voip apps. this will make a LTSP based call center MUCH MUCH easier. We have 300MHz Celerons and P2s with 64MB RAm (can upgrade to 128MB). Would this be enough? 64mb is pretty low. even 128 is on the low side. I'd enable network swap with anything less than 256mb. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Installation and confguration help

2007-10-21 Thread Jim McQuillan
Roger, If you are running LTSP-4.2, then just try running the ltspcfg command and tell it you want to create the dhcpd.conf file and enable dhcpd. Then, you'll need to edit the dhcpd.conf file to suit your exact needs. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roger Greenlaw wrote: Anyone know how

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] swap

2007-09-21 Thread Jim McQuillan
for more swap. If you haven't used LVM, then it's much more difficult. I think in the long run, it will just be much easier to add more physical ram to the server. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Erwin Groeneveld wrote: Hi all, My ltsp-system works perfectly well until I add more clients

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Client boots into server's root file system (LTSP 5)

2007-09-19 Thread Jim McQuillan
) How to deal with multiple architectures. some apps should run localy on some clients, but not all apps and not all clients. I hope that helps, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rick Burgess wrote: The issue: A PXE client boots into a Kubuntu (Fiesty) 7.04 server running LTSP 5. The client's

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] more ltsp-4.2 questions

2007-09-19 Thread Jim McQuillan
. Don't set both options, cuz then it won't work. And, if you don't set either option, dhcpd won't send a hostname to the client. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 14:25 -0400, Michael Blinn wrote: /tmp/hosts is built by rc.sysinit in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] more ltsp-4.2 questions

2007-09-19 Thread Jim McQuillan
stream: tcpdump -i eth0 -s0 -w /tmp/tcpdump.out port 67 or 68 Make sure you use the proper ethX interface. Might be eth1 on your system. Start that command running, try booting the client, then kill the tcpdump command and send me the /tmp/tcpdump.out file as an attachment. Jim McQuillan

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] firefox crashes randomly when i810 xorg driver is used

2007-09-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
if app developers would just stop assuming that they are the ONLY application that is important, and if they'd pay attention to error codes returned when they make a system call or X request, and fall back to a reasonable state, rather than die, things would be alot better. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP5 (ubuntu) DHCP options

2007-09-06 Thread Jim McQuillan
it as a bug in Ubuntu . Am I right? Yes, it is a bug. Specifically, the Ubuntu branch of LTSP-5 doesn't handle a root-path with the IP address in it. The Debian branch has been fixed. If it hasn't been fixed in Ubuntu yet, hopefully it will be soon. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] firefox crashes randomly when i810 xorg driver is used

2007-09-06 Thread Jim McQuillan
close to the limit of ram allocation. You click on the 'Applications' menu in Gnome. that needs to allocate a small amount of ram. BLAMMO ! Gnome crashes. Believe me, these things happen. It's not a pretty sight. Anyway, I hope the above rambling makes some sense. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fatal server error:

2007-09-04 Thread Jim McQuillan
found ... xserver failed, press enter to continue The Xserver is failing to initialize your video card. You should tell us more about your thin client, especially what kind of video chipset you are using. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fatal server error:

2007-09-04 Thread Jim McQuillan
/i386/etc/lts.conf file, try adding: XSERVER = nv for that workstation (or as the default) if that doesn't work, you could also try setting: XSERVER = vesa Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks ! 2007/9/4, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Shintaro Fujiwara wrote: Hi, I'm

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] inter-user messaging

2007-09-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
Frank, I use jabber (ejabberd) and gaim makes a great Instant messaging system. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frank Cox wrote: What is the best way to implement an inter-user message system on a LTSP server? It's currently running Fedora Core 6 with Gnome desktops. The objective

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP5 on SuSE10.3 or ...

2007-08-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
don't know what their status is, and if they do achieve their goal of getting LTSP into Opensuse, I don't know what that means for the Suse distro. At this point, I think Suse/Novell has different plans for their Thin Client solution and I don't think it involves LTSP at all. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP5 on SuSE10.3 or ...

2007-08-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
Hi Jim, What a pity. I'll ask the question on the OpenSuSE list. It seems to me that the LTSP project is just SO important. It's in class with SAMBA, Apache and OO. It's so because it widens the usebility of Linux in general, it makes GNU/Linux do things that Windows can't do, at

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need Udev Help

2007-08-16 Thread Jim McQuillan
was hoping Scotty (the self-taught LTSP udev guru) was not too busy and had some helpful advice but I am sure he is busy. Scotty is on vacation and I think he'll return next Monday (Aug 20). if you don't get a response from him soon after the 20th, you might try emailing him directly. Jim McQuillan

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 on RHEL 4

2007-08-14 Thread Jim McQuillan
a modified initramfs with NFS root support. Can someone elaborate on what is needed here? needed ? I don't know what you are trying to accomplish, so I can't comment on what's needed. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
for the user. Others may want to provide the options. I think one variable nicely covers both cases, and keeps it simple (i.e. one variable to worry about). I really likes this idea. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
the challenges are going to come. I'm thinking some more fuse/ltspfs type magic will be required here. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 and Freenx Tests

2007-07-17 Thread Jim McQuillan
connections. I've used NX for alot of remote connection stuff, but it just doesn't make sense to use NX with LTSP. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Faraz Khan wrote: Did some testing over the past few days with Freenx and Ltsp5. My purpose was to boot the thin client from tftp (just like ltsp

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5/code to bypass encryption of X

2007-06-26 Thread Jim McQuillan
. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Faraz Khan wrote: Just a comment regarding LDM - for slightly larger 'corporate' setups we would need forceful password changes, password aging, etc. SSH correctly handles these (through PAM or Kerberos) but LDM does not. I know this may be low priority

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5/code to bypass encryption of X

2007-06-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
Gideon Romm wrote: Anthony- ssh is still used as a communication tunnel between client and server. For example, it is used to launch the session, set up sound, trigger mounting of local devices, that sort of thing. The only difference is that you are not proxying the ssh traffic through

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local usb card reader

2007-06-22 Thread Jim McQuillan
. Best place to talk about this is on the #ltsp IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Jim. I'm using LTSP 4.2, by the way. I checked the IRC channel once before and only one person responded, but I'll give it another shot. Are there any drawbacks

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local usb card reader

2007-06-21 Thread Jim McQuillan
Rob Owens wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McQuillan Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:58 AM To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local usb card reader Rob Owens wrote: Hi, I'm new

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local usb card reader

2007-06-20 Thread Jim McQuillan
change. this is how we do CDRom detecting. We don't currently do this for usb card readers. There might be something in LTSP-5 for doing this, but you'd have to ask Scott Balneaves. Best place to talk about this is on the #ltsp IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root window size larger than the screen?

2007-06-13 Thread Jim McQuillan
Kent, In lts.conf, just set: X_MODE_0 = 800x600 That should give you what you want. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kent Tong wrote: Hi, I am setting ltsp 4.2. On a client, xorg starts fine and defaults to the resolution of 1024x768. However, I'd like to set it to 800x600. It can

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root window size larger than the screen?

2007-06-13 Thread Jim McQuillan
Kent, Remove the X_MODE_1 line and you should be fine. The Xserver sees that you've defined two resolutions, so it's configuring both, and giving you a virtual space the same size as the largest resolution that you've specified. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kent Tong wrote

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Spamalotless?

2007-06-13 Thread Jim McQuillan
, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:13:49 +0530 Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All emails sent to this list are returning message from spamalotless like: I didn't get the entire list from spamalotless, but I did get the ones that I posted myself

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root window size larger than the screen?

2007-06-13 Thread Jim McQuillan
for different terminals, then just create individual sections in the lts.conf file. Take a look at http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LtsConf for more information on lts.conf. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kent Tong wrote: Hi, Regarding this issue, I found that this virtual screen

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 32bit client for 64bit server

2007-06-08 Thread Jim McQuillan
Lee, Take a look at the manpage on ltsp-build-client. You'll see the option '--arch i386' will cause it to build an i386 chroot on a 64-bit server. You'll probably need to remove the existing /opt/ltsp/i386, as it's most likely built for 64-bit cpus. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Debating Over LTSP 4.2 or LTSP 5

2007-06-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
clients sound like they're working ok with 5.0. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anthony M Simonelli wrote: Initially, at my company, we were working with Debian Etch and LTSP 4.2. We purchased some thin clients, HP T5125s, and they worked out great. Performance of the client

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Client Logoff Interferes with Console Session

2007-06-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
I'm thinking that GDM might be messing around there. Possibly it got updated and does something different now. I'd look through the scripts in /etc/X11/gdm, perhaps one of them is causing those files to be removed on logout. PostSession/Default is the first one I'd look at. Jim McQuillan

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Laggy video once upgraded to 4.2?

2007-05-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Holt wrote: Hey guys, got a problem. I recently re-built a server for a client, and in the process upgraded from Slackware 10 to Slackware 11, and from LTSP 4.1 to LTSP 4.2. Everything has worked great, except for I'm having a little bit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS need a path

2007-05-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
that LTSP-5 doesn't use the IP address in the root-path is a bug, and it's being fixed. LTSP-4.2 could also figure out the IP address automatically, but the sample file included it, so everyone used it. Anyway, to fix your problem, remove the ip address and the ':' from the root-path. Jim

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-update-sshkeys

2007-05-28 Thread Jim McQuillan
is very important. Looking at what you pasted, it looks like you were running this as a normal user. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lbus_starter.sh, error in...

2007-05-25 Thread Jim McQuillan
Verner, It sounds like your 'DISPLAY' environment variable isn't set. Open an xterm, and type: echo $DISPLAY Let us know what it says. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: Hi list, I'm struggling with LDA in SuSE10/LTSP4.2 When manually invoking /etc/X11/xinit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 network cards in client...

2007-05-21 Thread Jim McQuillan
is the name of your kernel module without the .ko Take a look at the KernelOptions wiki page for information about passing that argument to the kernel. http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/KernelOptions Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alfred Nutile wrote: Well let me be more clear

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Two user account questions

2007-05-12 Thread Jim McQuillan
Dan, Have you tried logging that person in on the server console? It would be good to eliminate the possibility of LTSP and SSH causing the problem. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, May 9, 2007 9:15 pm, Dan Trockman wrote: We have a new install of Feisty on a test server

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp on openSUSE

2007-05-11 Thread Jim McQuillan
James, I'd love to test it, but I'm still in Spain until Sunday. After that, i'll be swamped with work, trying to catch up from 13 days of travel. So, don't count on me to do any testing for at least a week or two. Hopefully someone else can step up and give it a shot before then. Jim

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