Hi David, Thanks for the information I will try this out. I was unaware of the fact that the fat client plugin does not work under Hardy, so my apologies. Maybe:
http://www.nubae.com/ltsp-linux-terminal-server-project-netbooted-fat-client -for-ubuntu-hardy-and-intrepid needs to be updated? Is the autologin.sh to replace the startgdm.sh or as well as? Regards, Tim. -----Original Message----- From: David Van Assche [mailto:dvanass...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 February 2009 11:44 To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with LTSP Fat Client I was recently told a solution to getting fat client running under hardy (which I have said doesn't currently work) is: #vim /usr/bin/autologin.sh: #!/bin/bash CLIENT=(`ifconfig | grep Bcast | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d" " -f1`) case "$CLIENT" in "192.168.0.250") usuario=ws001;; "192.168.0.249") usuario=ws002;; esac echo $usuario This creates an autologin for hardy which seems to work, although I have not tried it myself. David Van Assche On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Tim Shelley <tim_j_shel...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I've recently been asked to come up with a Server/Client solution on Ubuntu > Hardy 8.04 and came across the following seemingly simple Server/Fat Client > setup: > > > > http://www.nubae.com/ltsp-linux-terminal-server-project-netbooted-fat-client -for-ubuntu-hardy-and-intrepid > > > > I installed and setup the basic LTSP and used a thin client to get a basic > understanding of the technology, this worked first time but I'm having issue > with the fat client. > > > > I had to remove mplayer and real_player etc. from the fat client plugin > script because the Ubuntu repositories it uses did not have them. Once I had > cleared that hurdle I was able to create the chroot fati386 and build the > image. > > > > When the client boots the gdm never starts, I get a blank screen with a '_' > character in the top left hand corner. If I go to Ctrl+Alt F1 - I can see it > has paused on 'Starting Gnome Display Manager' it never gets to [OK]. > > > > I've seen places in forums/blogs etc. where they have said to add a > startgdm.sh script to the fati386 and add it to lts.conf, this calls 'gdm > restart' and then a call to 'gdm'. > > > > I've done this in fati386 and rebuilt it. The problems are: > > > > - It still starts up with a '_' in the top left hand corner > > - The GDM seems to load and the screen and waiting cursor appears > but then it goes back to the '_' screen > > - I have to hit Ctrl+Alt F7 to switch to the GDM login screen > > - The GDM shows the login screen, the mouse works but the keyboard > does nothing. As soon as I press a key it looks like it just crashes the > GDM. > > > > Does anyone have any idea why the gdm is crashing? What sort of spec should > the server have and would it crash if it were unable to mount the nfs /home? > > > > Regards, > > > > Tim > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _____________________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _____________________________________________________________________ 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