I apologize. I tried it again, this time with a fresh setup, and everything worked perfectly. I must have setup things incorrectly on the first attempt because your modified LDM script works beautifully.
I am curious, is it just X that's no longer being encrypted over ssh with the new LDM_DIRECTX option or is the entire terminal session no longer using ssh, because I noticed that sshd is still a running process. On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 17:19 -0400, Gideon Romm wrote: > Anthony, > > In LTSP5, gdm is not used at all. You need not enable XDMCP in gdm or > even have gdm installed on the server. If enabling it changed things, > that must mean you have SCREEN_07=startx in your lts.conf. Don't do > that. Take it out. Use ldm. Then, you localdev and everything else > should work. > > -Gadi > > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 21:53 -0500, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > > I gave this version of LDM a whirl and was pleasantly surprised. It > > does boot quicker and, after configuring GDM for remote logins, I was > > quickly presented with a login screen. Sound still works, but I notice > > that the USE_XFS and LOCALDEV options in the lts.conf file do not have > > an effect. Local devices aren't critical, but I need access to the XFS > > server since we use IBM's iSeries Access that requires un/scalable > > fonts. > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > > On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 09:34 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: > > > 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 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. 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