I have a questions...
How LTSP server is going to monitor the clients which it as??
Wheather by any software??
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> 5. Re: General question (scott)
> 6. Re: General question (Sudev Barar)
> 7. Re: LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.
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> 8. Debian Etch, LTSP 5 and USB issues (Daniele Menozzi)
> 9. Re: Debian Etch LTSP 5 (John Lucas)
> 10. Problem with mouse.... (Fernando Durso)
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> Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:59:41 -0400
> From: scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] General question
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> Hello all!
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> I'm new to this list and have a couple of questions. Sounds like a
> very interesting project!
>
> The first question I have is can LTSP work from a SuSE Linux server?
> And the next and last is: Instead of working with a thin client machine,
> could this work with a bare-bones P.C.?
>
> Thanks
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:19:50 +0800 (PHT)
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> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Debian Etch LTSP 5
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> Thanks but I did not put in an lts.conf. Actually, every time I do put in
> an lts.conf with 800x640 config at /opt/ltsp/i386/, the thin clients do
> not get a gui logon. It gets an xorg error.
>
>
> > On 05/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi, I was hoping someone could help me. Am having a difficult time
> >> finding a how to on configuring thin clients of a Debian Etch LTSP 5
> >> Terminal Server. What I particularly want is to maintain an 800x640
> >> display for all the thin clients. As it is, what I am getting is only
> a
> >> 640x480 display. Any input?
> >
> > Ingrid,
> > If your default setting in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf file is 800x600
> > all clients should run this. That said, the display is also governed
> > by the hardware. What is the memory available on the graphic cards on
> > the clients. You need 1mb for 800x600 and 2mb for 1024x768. This can
> > be calculated by horizontal-res x vertical-res x color-depth
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Sudev Barar
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:00:19 +0530
> From: "Sudev Barar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Debian Etch LTSP 5
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> On 06/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thanks but I did not put in an lts.conf. Actually, every time I do put
> in
> > an lts.conf with 800x640 config at /opt/ltsp/i386/, the thin clients do
> > not get a gui logon. It gets an xorg error.
>
> Prefer inline or bottom posts.
> You have not described your hardware. What is the memory of graphic
> card (or shared memory for graphics in BIOS)
> --
> Regards,
> Sudev Barar
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:11:27 +0530
> From: "Sudev Barar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] General question
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> On 06/08/07, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The first question I have is can LTSP work from a SuSE Linux server?
> > And the next and last is: Instead of working with a thin client machine,
> > could this work with a bare-bones P.C.?
>
> Yes to both.
> Look up archives of this list many questions have been asked and
> answered on SuSE. For that matter this will work with almost any
> distribution.
> Bare bone PC or old PC or thin clients all will work. Most of the
> newer PCs have PXE boot/Network boot option built in to BIOS settings
> and once set the PC will act like a thin client. That said if you are
> buying new hardware it makes sense to buy thin clients as they are
> compact and energy efficient. However if you have existing PCs go
> right ahead.
>
> HTH
>
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> Regards,
> Sudev Barar
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> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:01:24 -0400
> From: scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] General question
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> Sudev Barar wrote:
> > On 06/08/07, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> The first question I have is can LTSP work from a SuSE Linux server?
> >> And the next and last is: Instead of working with a thin client
> machine,
> >> could this work with a bare-bones P.C.?
> >>
> >
> > Yes to both.
> > Look up archives of this list many questions have been asked and
> > answered on SuSE. For that matter this will work with almost any
> > distribution.
> > Bare bone PC or old PC or thin clients all will work. Most of the
> > newer PCs have PXE boot/Network boot option built in to BIOS settings
> > and once set the PC will act like a thin client. That said if you are
> > buying new hardware it makes sense to buy thin clients as they are
> > compact and energy efficient. However if you have existing PCs go
> > right ahead.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> Thank you for getting back to me so quick. Does there need to be a
> boot prom on the NIC? Or could a PC with a minimal OS with the TCP/IP
> stack work?
>
> Searching the archives now...
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:01:00 +0530
> From: "Sudev Barar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] General question
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> On 06/08/07, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thank you for getting back to me so quick. Does there need to be a
> > boot prom on the NIC? Or could a PC with a minimal OS with the TCP/IP
> > stack work?
>
> Best is if your PC has built in possibility of network boot. Second
> option would be a NIC card with eprom (software to be loaded on eprom
> downloadable from www.rom-o-matic.org) Third option would be PXE boot
> CDROM. Fourth option would be floppy boot (see rom-o-matic).
>
> This is order of my personal preference. You do not need any stack on
> PC this way.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Sudev Barar
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:40:36 +0200
> From: Helmut Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login
> hosts.
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> Preliminary remark: We don't have ltsp installed, but another solution
> from a
> german company called Gonicus, which works fine already for 5 years. This
> setup is quite similiar to ltsp5, based on native Debian package
> management.
> To update our installation we intend to switch to ltsp5.
> But this doesn't touch our discussed problem.
>
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:40:47AM -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> > > But this all assumes that you are already on the server. My current
> > > understanding is that the basic load balancing is achieved by choosing
> the
> > > least loaded server to login. So this has to take place on the thin
> client
> > > before you get logged into one server.
> > >
> > > Or do I have the wrong picture?
> >
> > This is where I was thinking the master server would communicate with
> other servers in
> > the pool via ssh in order to determine what to set as the default for
> clients or how to
> > build the list of servers. As I understand in this type of load
> balanced setup there
> > would be a single "boot" server which would be running the initial LDM
> to get a log in
> > screen, but then upon server choice at login you would be directed to
> the chosen server,
> > is that correct? If not could someone clarify the boot sequence in such
> a load balanced
> > environment and where the choice for servers actually takes place?
>
> I don't know how LDM works. We use KDM, which gets the login screen
> already
> from one of the application servers. This means, when you login, the
> decision
> about choosing the least loaded server is already done by providing the
> login
> window from this server. The logic for choosing a server is on the client
> side.
>
> During the boot sequence, we have a script /etc/init.d/startx (which I can
> provide in case of interest), which gets a list of available application
> servers, in our case from LDAP. Each server from the list is xdmping'ed
> and the
> least loaded one chosen to get contacted via
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query <least_loaded_server>
>
> HTH
> Helmut
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:54:28 +0200
> From: Daniele Menozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Debian Etch, LTSP 5 and USB issues
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> Hi all, I've problems with debian Etch, ltsp 5 and USB pens.
> I've successfully installed the whole system following this howto:
> http://wiki.debian.org/LTSP/Howto
>
> Ltspfs and fuse seem to work fine, in fact I can easily mount cdroms on
> clients. However, I've got problems using USB sticks: if I attach a usb
> pen on the server, I correctly see the pen's icon on all clients. But if
> I attach the pen on a client, nothing happens.
>
> So..Can somedoby please give me some advices?
> Thank you all!
> Menoz
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> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:52:13 -0400
> From: John Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Debian Etch LTSP 5
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> On Sunday 05 August 2007 22:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Thanks but I did not put in an lts.conf. Actually, every time I do put
> in
> > an lts.conf with 800x640 config at /opt/ltsp/i386/, the thin clients do
> > not get a gui logon. It gets an xorg error.
> >
>
> That is an unusual screen resolution. The "standard" would be 800x600 (not
> 640). It may be possible that your video card can't support the
> non-standard
> resolution. The other standard resolutions are 1280x1024, 1024x768, and
> 640x480. Color depth is important too. 32 and 24 bit are both considered
> "truecolor", while 16 bits still allows 64K colors and 8 bits allows only
> 256
> colors. Resolution time color depth will determine minimum required video
> memory; make sure your card can generate the selected resolution (as well
> as
> the monitor) and that there is sufficient memory to support the selected
> resolution and color depth.
>
> > > On 05/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Hi, I was hoping someone could help me. Am having a difficult time
> > >> finding a how to on configuring thin clients of a Debian Etch LTSP 5
> > >> Terminal Server. What I particularly want is to maintain an 800x640
> > >> display for all the thin clients. As it is, what I am getting is
> only a
> > >> 640x480 display. Any input?
> > >
> > > Ingrid,
> > > If your default setting in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf file is 800x600
> > > all clients should run this. That said, the display is also governed
> > > by the hardware. What is the memory available on the graphic cards on
> > > the clients. You need 1mb for 800x600 and 2mb for 1024x768. This can
> > > be calculated by horizontal-res x vertical-res x color-depth
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Sudev Barar
> > >
> > > See you at 'Freed.in - freedom in technology & software' - India's
> > > leading free and open source community event. 28- 29 September 2007,
> > > New Delhi. Entry free, on first come basis. Register at
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> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:19:42 -0300
> From: "Fernando Durso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with mouse....
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> Hi people, I'm having some problems with PS/2 mouses in my terminals,
> the problem is quite strange, the terminals boots perfectly and, I
> forgot, I'm using them for Windows terminal Server.... :-(, so the
> terminals boots perfectly and then the rdesktop enters normally, then
> the users start working.... but after some time the mouse just stop
> working even the led turns off... (optical mouse) then the user have
> to disconnect it from the PS/2 port and reconnect it, then the led
> turns on and the mouse work again, but some time later the problem
> occurs again....
> Any ideas why it's happening????
> I'm using the LTSP that comes with Ubuntu and it seems that it does
> not have the rdesktop script i had to grab the one from LTSP, made a
> "selective ctrl+C ctrl+V" to adapt it for ubuntu and use the
> rdesktop.....
>
> If someone wants I can post it, but i beleave that is not the reason
> of the problem.... any ideas????
>
>
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