Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:00:04AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: >> I need to attach 2 usb printers to a single thin client. I know I can >> specify PRINTER_0_DEVICE and PRINTER_1_DEVICE in lts.conf. But how does >> the thin client not get "confused" between the two printers? How do I >> guarantee that, for instance, the HP printer is recognized as PRINTER_0 >> and the Canon is recognized as PRINTER_1 ? > > Currently, there's no LTSP way to do this, as really, this isn't an LTSP issue > per se, but rather a udev issue. > > The way to handle this would be pretty much the same way you'd do it on the > server: you'll need a couple of custom udev rules that either look at the > device id, or some such distinguishing factor, and make sure that one > printer's > always assigned as /dev/usb/lp0, the other as ...lp1. Install the udev rules > in the client's chroot, and rebuild the image, if necessary. > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7316 discusses exactly what you want, a > two > printer example. >
Thank you very much for the link. Looks like I've got some learning to do. -Rob ******************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy version. ******************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
