For testing purposes you might use xubuntu or edubuntu. The LTSP installation on *buntu is well documented and very easy to install
Note: the current *buntus (and also the previeous releases imho) is based on LTSP version 5.x Kind regards Eberhard Anu wrote: > Hello Rob, > > I noticed that you answered to this question from Andre Cahyadi. You > mentioned about K12Linux for Fedora/LTSP5. I am new to LTSP and trying to > test thin-client on a Linux machine. I had some problems with LTSP5 and > tried to get answers. None of my questions were answered. I posted the same > or similar question in this forum, but unfortunately I have been getting > "your posing has been sent to moderator. You will receive an E-mail if > moderator approves." I had a heading "LTSP Configuration....." For this > message, I received a note saying "you have a suspicious heading and the > message was tranfered to the moderator for approval." > This sounds like "I am not going to get any answers to my issue, which I > tried to solve on my own before subscribing to this forum." > > Do you know any other thin-client software package which I can use for > testing prior make my decision on using Linus thin-clients in my work place. > I would appreciate your help. > > Thanks > Anu > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Owens" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Booting LTSP 4.2 on CentOS 5.4 > > > >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 09:48:54AM -0800, Andre Cahyadi wrote: >> >>> I currently using CentOS 5.4 and LTSP 4.2u2-0 >>> Kernel version 2.6.22.4 >>> >>> I’ve already installed all the requirements (LTSP, DHCP, TFTP, NFS, etc), >>> setting all the configuration files (dhcpd.conf, exports, tftpboot) then >>> I checked it.. it all went well.. Using ltspadmin also showed all the >>> configuration had been running well.. >>> >>> In my /tftpboot/lts/ : >>> >>> 2.4.26-ltsp-2 2.6.17.3-ltsp-1 vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-2 >>> vmlinuz-2.6.17.3-ltsp-1 >>> >>> Im using 2.6.17.3-ltsp-1 in my dhcpd.conf >>> >>> >>> >>> In my /opt/ : >>> >>> ltsp ltsp-4.2 >>> >>> >>> >>> In my /etc/exports : >>> >>> /opt/ltsp-4.2/i386 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 >>> (ro,no_root_squash,sync) >>> /var/opt/ltsp/swapfiles >>> 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,async) >>> >>> >>> NOTE: I used LTSP 4.1 before, but it failed NFS server not responding, >>> still trying (I’ve been googling for a long long long time, but looks >>> like I can’t get over that). Now im trying using LTSP 4.2 >>> >>> Then, the booting starts, it going down well, DHCP already running on the >>> client.. suddenly it stops, the last 2 lines is read: >>> Usbcore: registered new driver usbkbd >>> Drivers/usb/input/usbkbd.c: : USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver >>> >>> >> Have you tried booting a different client? You could also try >> specifying a different kernel in dhcpd.conf to see if that makes a >> difference. >> >> There's a distro called K12LTSP which is CentOS and LTSP 4.2 all >> integrated and configured for you. You could try running that distro, >> or just install it on a second machine in order to compare the config >> files. There's another mailing list for that: k12osn. If you ask >> questions on that list, make sure you specify that you're using K12LTSP. >> That list also covers K12Linux, which is Fedora/LTSP5. >> >> -Rob >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Return on Information: >> Google Enterprise Search pays you back >> Get the facts. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
