Hello all, I met with Gideon Romm at our North Central Linux Symposium. He has been working on modifications to the code for ldm to allow the bypass of X being encrypted over ssh. He has also added functionality to be able to use autologin. You can download the modified ldm from here:
http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~gideon/ltsp/gadi-ldm-mods-ltsp/download/gadi%40ltsp.org-20070521205254-ek710bofdpdtlwlz/x_Matt_Zimmerman_%3Cmatt.zimmerman%40canonical.com%3E_Tue_Jun__7_19%3A59%3A49_2005_32192.0/ldm Replace your current "/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/sbin/ldm" with the new file (you may want to backup your current ldm just to be safe). The in "/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf" add the following line: LDM_DIRECTX=True You will now be able to run without X being encrypted, which in theory should allow LTSP 5 to run at the same speed as LTSP 4.2. Bootup times and logout times will still be slower, but once booted things should zoom along. So far my tests show that this works awesome! I am still waiting for my new clients to really give this a go. If you would like to use autologin features you simply need to add the following line to lts.conf: LDM_USERNAME=hostname Apparently this lets you use the same user=workstation method that worked in LTSP 4.2. You will still need to setup ssh keys OR create the same password for each user and specify LDM_PASSWORD="mypassword" (in lts.conf). You also need to specify workstation names in dhcpd.conf so that workstations do not all have the same hostname (I am not sure if this is able to be done with the /etc/hosts file as well). Anyhow this hacked ldm should allow LTSP 5 to finally be usable in larger installations instead of hanging on to LTSP 4.2. Also I guess that Scott Balneaves has rewritten some of the python startup files in C, which should clear up some boot time problems in the next Gutsy release (Scott, sorry if I butchered up what exactly you have been working on). Jim Kronebusch Cotter Tech Department 453-5188 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
