On Wednesday 09 July 2008 20:34:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Carl, > > > > Normally what Rolf wrote is true, but I think in this case he didn't read > > your original email very carefully. Software like the drivers and > > configuration for video cards and clients actually will be running > > directly on the LTSP clients and thus do need to be installed differently > > than "just install it on the server". Fortunately with LTSP5 it's much > > easier to do than before. Here's the basic idea (at least on Ubuntu): > > > > % sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 > > (or replace with the directory your clients use) > > # apt-get update > > # apt-get install <packages you want> > > # exit > > % sudo ltsp-update-image -a i386 > > (assuming you're using 32-bit clients) > > - reboot terminal machine > > > > Then you should have new software installed for client to use. Note that > > you may need to do some configuration in the /opt/ltsp/i386 area to get > > your new software to do what you want (followed by rebuilding the disk > > image). > > > > > After I get passed this step I am assuming I need to setup a custom > > > xorg.conf file for the clients.
^^^^^^^-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Its me again, just got back to working on this project and its.. well > not working. I have done the following > > ?sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get install nvidia-glx-new > ###Installs ok (I have tried nvidia-glx as well) > ?sudo ltsp-update-image -a i386 > > Restart Clients, they only see nvidia-settings , non of the other nvidia > tools. I have tried a few other nvidia-packages using this method, but > non show up on the clients terminal. My plan was to use these tools to > setup my xorg.conf file. > > If I just made anybody facepalm I apologize ;-) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2331862131/ You must get an xorg.conf file that says 'nvidia' it does NOT happen just because you install the nvidia-stuff How you get this is your challange. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
