Re: Life after LTSP

Robert, I agree with you on your points, but I think you're missing a couple of things in regard to the bigger picture - 1) Thin clients run at 8-30W of power. Your version of a "power efficient and fast desktop system" will consume much more than the average thin client, even if the box says "gr

Re: dbus daemon/messagebus 100% CPU usage

It is probably just one line in a log file that I haven't >> located which the clue I need, but if I can't resolve it quickly, I'll >> probably have to try upgrading the systems to Lucid (10.04) although >> from some traffic on the lists, it seems lucid comes with its

Re: dbus daemon/messagebus 100% CPU usage

e misbehaving system) serves >> GX50/GX110/GX150's. I'm in the process of replacing the GX50 systems >> and as many GX110's as possible, but curious if anyone has noticed >> this issue. >> >> Sincerely, >> Dave Hopkins >> Newark Chart

Re: lucid and updating chroot

not > necessary. > > > It makes things sound like I don't have to do the sudo ltsp-update > stuff. True? > > David > -- Jordan Erickson - LNS (707) 636-5678 - http://logicalnetworking.net -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Mod

Re: Desktop display upside down and back to front

ome across anything > like it before. > > Regards, > > Paul Thompson. > > -- Jordan Erickson (707) 636-5678 - http://www.logicalnetworking.net * Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail * -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@l

Re: LTSP woes with Lucid Lynx

can do Ctrl-Alt-F keys] but other than that I have a totally blank > screen forever. > > My journey to date is documented here: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1501761 > > I'm not sure what else to try. I could try different XSERVER config > options in the

Re: (Upstream LTSP manual)

always wondered how useful that manual is since software and hardware > are always evolving. Do you have a sense of this? I don't have the > technical knowledge to confidently judge this. Which sections might be > better? Which to avoid? > Thanks, > David > > On May 1

Re: edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 48, Issue 10

>>>> to >>>>> >>>>>> make edubuntu work in a school setting, and make great wiki pages on >>>>>> >>>>> them. >>>>> >>>>>> A perfect example of what I'm talking about is the work of Ga

Re: help configuring /etc/network/interfaces?

t;http://169.254.0.0/16> dev eth2 scope link > metric 1000 > default via 192.168.0.254 dev eth2 proto static > > > If I delete everything below the "# iface eth2 inet dhcp" line, Internet > works great, but I don't get LTSP obviously. Can anyon

Audacity w/PulseAudio fix available in PPA (for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS!!)

Hi all, Just wanted to let you all know that if you're using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (which many of us must) and LTSP, and have wanted to install Audacity but can't because of PulseAudio/Audacity sound device issues in the version packaged for 8.04, there is light at the end of the tunnel! David Henningss

Re: flash plugin becoming less important?

when I can remove the flash plugin from my desktop. >> >> Gavin >> >> >> -- >> edubuntu-devel mailing list >> edubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel >> &

Re: Edubuntu 9.10 AMD64 doesn't boot in VBox?

topic.php?f=7&t=19780&start=0 - although the very first time I tried, it actually got to the grub menu and crashed after that. :/ I'll keep poking around. Thanks for the help! - Jordan Jordan Erickson wrote: > Jonathan Carter wrote: >> Hi Jordan >> >> On Mon,

Re: Edubuntu 9.10 AMD64 doesn't boot in VBox?

Jonathan Carter wrote: > Hi Jordan > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Jordan Erickson > wrote: >> Ok, so when I try booting either from a burned DVD image or an ISO in >> VBox, it will actually hard-lock my system after going to a black screen >> (after hi

Re: Edubuntu 9.10 AMD64 doesn't boot in VBox?

ou guys posted. Kinda strange. Steve Rippl wrote: > Jordan Erickson wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I just tried installing Edubuntu 9.10 AMD64 in a VirtualBox virtual >> machine. All settings were fine when I set the virtual machine, and I'm >> running Ubuntu 9.10 (

Edubuntu 9.10 AMD64 doesn't boot in VBox?

Hi all, I just tried installing Edubuntu 9.10 AMD64 in a VirtualBox virtual machine. All settings were fine when I set the virtual machine, and I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 (also AMD64) as the host. Any similar experiences? Should I file a LP bug? Hope everyone's having/had a good weekend! - Jordan

Re: Why end-of-life LTS releases in April?

If you think about it, it's not like it's going to stop working in April...you have a couple months to prep the upgrade before Summer hits. Ubuntu LTS serves *much* more than Education, btw ;) Cheers, Jordan john wrote: > Hi all, > > I was sort of idly wondering why does Ubuntu end-of-life

Re: LDAP client question

hell, help them out. I'm sure it's just a matter of manpower, really. - So it's #ubuntu-server on freenode... and https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server to subscribe to their listserv. Cheers, Jordan Jordan Erickson wrote: > Scott Balneaves wrote: >

Re: LDAP client question

Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 09:03:43AM -0800, Jordan Erickson wrote: >> David Hopkins wrote: >> *snip* >>> As for questions to the server team ... which >>> list would that be? >> /me thinks the server team would probably get a lot

Re: LDAP client question

David Hopkins wrote: *snip* > As for questions to the server team ... which > list would that be? /me thinks the server team would probably get a lot of good ideas from the LTSP+Edubuntu communities... -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: Teachers and Edubuntu and more

Scott Balneaves wrote: > So. Who's going to produce us some content? :) > sbalneav, always with the call to action ;) Why can't we just think about it forever? Let us dream... ;) > Is there already standard content out there with moodle/whatever we could > ship? > Can someone creat

Re: Teachers and Edubuntu and more

Scott Balneaves wrote: > I agree totally. Like I say, I think I'd rather just see us handle it all in > edubuntu. > I also think this is a great idea. There's not "too much" activity going on in #edubuntu so we should just invite everyone to the party. =) > David's other suggestion about les

Re: Teachers and Edubuntu and more

David Groos wrote: > What do you think? Should we expand our community with additional > channels of communication specifically designed for 'teachers'? Yes. > Should we seek to invite educational researchers into our community? Of course! > Any proposal such as this is fraught with the dan

Re: why is firefox such a CPU hog?

Robert Arkiletian wrote: *snip* > Here's hoping Google/Youtube moves to an Open standard. I'm crossing > my fingers that Google's purchase of On2 will kill Flash. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/google-acquires-video-compression-technology-company-on2-for-106-million/ *hopeful grin* - Jor

Re: Automated Shutdown time problem

;> > yes, three times ;). > > Joseph, thanks but, we tried automatic shutdown first. When the time > is different, we applied install ntp server howto. > Scott, ntpdate -s didn't changed anything. > > Cheers, > Samil Ardic > -- Jordan Erickson O

Re: golden server

Of course, you need to take into consideration drive size/geometry when using 'dd'. wayne wrote: > David Groos wrote: > >> Thanks Wayne, I'll check it out. Do you have personal experience with >> using dd and LTSP servers? >> >> David >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, wayne >

Re: Task for everyone with a Jaunty /LTSP installation

; send us your test results! >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> >> >>> ace >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >&g

Re: Task for everyone with a Jaunty /LTSP installation

Thank you Ace, for relaying this to the list. To clarify what you should do, simply start tuxmath/type/paint from the menu after installing, and exit. It *should* lock up and not allow you to exit (you need to do a 'killall -9 tux' from a different terminal to get it to go away without simply t

Re: TuxTyping+TuxMaths

You can modify the menu launcher for the program in /usr/share/applications, and simply add the --nosound (or equiv) option in the Exec= line. That works for me - see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/269082 for details on the issue and to post comments. As Caroline says

Re: ltsp local apps + nat + ....

R. Scott Belford wrote: > *snip* > The idea of limiting the focus is a good one. I am immensely > frustrated that first Redhat, then Novell, and now Canonical overlook > the long-term benefits from a decided focus on the K12 market. > > --scott > My shot at an explanation is that "it's not a p

Re: ltsp local apps + nat + ....

I love you guys... hehehe =) Pure open source community inspiration, this post is. Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 01:43:52PM -0400, Ace Suares wrote: > >> Scott Balneaves wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:29:37AM +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote: >>> >>>

Re: local apps, apologies, and the importance of ltsp

> correct it or > even draw attention to the problem in the community. However, I know > the real developers have much greater frustrations. I have > attempted to > clarify the issues. > > One issue seems to be that people don't realise that this will b

Re: ltsp local apps + nat + ....

Scott Balneaves wrote: *snip* > Also extremely frustrating for a developer who has 84 pages of LTSP > documentation who keeps asking for someone to help him package it, but keeps > only hearing the "sounds of silence". > > To be expected, however. I'm beginning to beleive that Free Software itself

[Fwd: [Ltsp-discuss] Sending a message to the terminals of all users]

Maybe a good script to add to the 'scripts' repository being discussed? --- Begin Message --- I wrestled with the problem this morning, and here is the script I came up with for notify-send on Debian 5 LTSP: """ #!/bin/bash n=$(($#-2)) for user in `users |xargs -n 1 echo|uniq`; do pid=`pgr

Re: 64bit with 32bit clients

Right now I'm using 8.04 i386. One of the only reasons I am, actually, was that the AMD64 versions of Ubuntu wouldn't load correctly when I first installed them on my HP ML370G5 servers (this was back in the Edgy days). Also, I was testing one after that and there were some strange printing iss

Re: 64bit with 32bit clients

-Mantykangas/htop-slave.png > > So how much mem or how many cores is not a issue here, both i386 and > AMD64 LTSP servers can handle everything. > > Best Regards Asmo Koskinen. > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707

Re: Directory tools for Edubuntu server

Thanks David, we need more active bug reporters/commenters like you =) David Groos wrote: > Got it. Thanks for leading the charge. > David > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Jordan Erickson > <mailto:jerick...@logicalnetworking.net>> wrote: > > David,

Re: Directory tools for Edubuntu server

age group > membership at the level of my thin client network that wouldn't > interfere with the school-wide setting? > > Thanks some more! > David -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blo

Re: application based problem..anyone seen

nt logs into this subscription based > application. > Within moments user is prompted to install shockwave. Session comes to > abrupt halt. Research shows Linux not yet supporting shockwave. Anyone else > encounter this type issue and if so, possible workaround? > Thanks > > Kenneth

My first attempt at SVG and an Edubuntu poster

Hey all, I delved into Inkscape for the first time recently, and thought that I'd like to try drawing a bunch of shapes and make it look decent. I made a poster/postcard type deal for my business promoting Linux, Edubuntu and thin clients in school, and decided to do a convert so it could be us

An unapologetic attempt to redefine in the midst of an identity crisis

I've been involved in and read many discussions of what Edubuntu actually *is* (or should be) - what we define Edubuntu as, what we can call it. I'm going to tell you all what I think it is and what I think it should continue to be. You can take a hike if you don't like what I say. Edubuntu is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] File Copy vs File Move when transferring files in /home

n a file is transferred from a students > home directory (/home/student), to the Drop folder (/home/Drop) a copy is > transferred and not just moved. > > Thanks, > > John > > --- > John Hansen > Director of IT > Cotter Schools > 1115 W. Broadway > Winona,

Re: Boys and Girls Club

. > What tips or recommendations do you all have for the boys and girls club? > > > Thanks, > Chuck -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blog.logicalnetworking.net Closed-Circuit TV Ads May

Re: Edubuntu LTSP cleanup of persistent stale processes

gt; killstale.final > # Kill all processes owned by those not-logged in ordinary users > /root/killstale1.scr > > killstale1.scr looks like this: > #!/bin/sh > /root/killstale2.scr < /root/killstale.final > > and killstale2.scr like this: > #!/bin/sh > read

Re: latest edubuntu LIVE-CD

eed to use it to teach some > classes to some 7, 8 years ols kids in my son's school. > > So, what is the latest LIVE release of edubunt and where can I download > it. > > Thank you very much > Keep up the good work > > Joao > > > > -- Jordan Ericks

Re: Server Suddenly Started Hunging up

You're not running network/remote syslog are you? (ala https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/TCSyslogToLTSPServer ) If you are, turn it off. - Jordan/Lns Nicolas Roussi wrote: > Here is where I am now. I have removed the RAID5 array and now I have > a single SATA 500GB drive. Did a f

Re: Firefox extremely slow (2mins +) to start under ubuntu LTS

for me (and our 300 users) :-) > > I'll add my message to Jordan's bug-report > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/269188 per the > request on his web page. > > Thanks so much for the rapid response. I was feeling like a real heel. > > John >

Re: Firefox extremely slow (2mins +) to start under ubuntu LTS

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/nspr/+bug/269188 Cheers, Jordan/Lns john wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a strange problem with Hardy 8.04 LTSP. Users who log on for > the first time and try to start firefox must wait more than a 2 > minutes for firefox to start. We use winbind for

Re: Server Suddenly Started Hunging up

Hey Nicolas, At first thought it sounds like your hard drive might be failing (I could be dead wrong, just a guess based on experience). The sudden hanging with commands, the DHCP-not-serving issue and no-exporting-home things seem to be a commonality with something very basic in the system. I

Re: First try, Jaunty Alternate, a bug

able disk > [ 109.823285] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > r...@ltsp200:~# > > Best Regards Asmo Koskinen. > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blog.logicalnetworking

Re: Help! Would you recommend running ltsp on Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10?

e kernel for larger memory > support. Can any one give me some guidance? Did you make 8.04 work > just fine (if so did you do it under 32 or 64) or did you end up going > for the latest and the greatest? All things being equal I'd prefer to > run 8.04 since it'll be supported

Re: 8.04 ltsp +sound

n Flash 9. Flash 10, which we > use, works out of the box. > > >> Kenneth Campbell >> IT Administrator >> SAU1 Conval School District >> Peterborough, NH 03458 >> >> >> > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > edubu

Re: mass account creation in LTSP fatclient

Just to play Devil's advocate, I'd have to say that my limited webmin experience wasn't a good one, though it was only dealing with bind. It created different zone files, separate from existing ones, and kind of fudged my whole server. I ditched it from there. Apart from that, I'm sure it's a n

Re: Firefox 3 + (Ubuntu) LTSP bug

u're not (after installing nspr package from PPA) then we're doing good. Please report on the bug I listed in the previous e-mail so we can continue to push for an SRU. Thanks for the testing, Jordan Asmo Koskinen wrote: > Jordan Erickson kirjoitti: > >> My request is for people

Re: which release to use?

John, I use Hardy for all of my Ubuntu/LTSP/Edubuntu sites (9 total so far). I agree with you 100% on your stance regarding sticking with a longer release cycle. I see no reason to move to Ibex. I did the quick release cycle thing in the Dapper -> Gutsy days, before I learned about SRUs and ba

Re: What user management software do you use?

ust a few clicks and the users of your choice suddenly get a > new environment. > > I'd like to see Sabayon on Ubuntu get back on track. I'd even be willing to > contribute monetarily! Time is money, and doing it the manual way is very > costly. > > > >

Firefox 3 + (Ubuntu) LTSP bug

Hey All, (This is in reference to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/269188 ) I talked with fta this morning and he has a PPA with updated nspr packages, which supposedly fix the FF3 slowness/entropy issue that has been discussed in LTSP lists before, which also affects Edubun

Re: issue where openoffice crashes thin clients

data onto the X server. > Pixmaps are large uncompressed images and in thin clients, the X server > runs on the thin client which ends up running out of memory. > > Bugs were reported against both firefox and openoffice. Both have seen > work to address them. Jordan Erickson in particu

Re: Thin Client Manager and x11vnc on Clients

T-C-M is not being developed anymore, iTALC is the new maintained solution. I heard on Freenode yesterday that T-C-M will be taken out of the repositories very soon. Cheers, Jordan/Lns M Rathburn wrote: > Edubuntu 8.04 running LTSP v5 i386 > Thin clients are diskless workstations PXE2.1 i386 >

Re: Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution

in case that > needed to be done, but still resolution remains 1920x1440 on this client. > > Any tips? > > Regards, > Tom Wolfe > Morley, AB > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - ht

Re: Here is the script that kills old users processes

[[ -n "$( echo $idle | grep -E 'm|s' )" ]] && continue > > # make hours of idle (throw everythig away after and incuding ':' > # e.g. 2:35 will become 2 > idle=${idle%:*} > # get uid from user > uid=$( id -u $user ) > > (( uid >= UID )) &a

Re: Thin Client Recommendations?

ks like and work well? I'm shopping on ebay... > > Thx! > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net Intel and HP team up to roll out Green PCs for the ente

Re: Blocking users and games during schooltime

e. > > Is more problematic for I use ldap and NFS for handeling my users. > > // matte > > > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net Intel and HP

Re: Java performance awful, any ideas?

> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Jordan Erickson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It would greatly help if you filed a bug report for this. Most likely the >> Ubuntu Java people have no idea about this (from my experience, most >> non-ltsp devs have little/

Re: Java performance awful, any ideas?

B devs were working on it. :-) >> >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Jordan Erickson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> "The main difference between these versions appears to be that the Hardy >>> version links >>> >>> t

Re: Java performance awful, any ideas?

gt;>>> >>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy-updates/amd64/ia32-libs/download >>> >>> You can unpack deb-archives with (IIRC): >>> >>> (mkdir tmp && cd tmp && ar x ../ia32-libs_2.1ubuntu4_amd64.deb && \ >>&g

Re: Edubuntu LTSP Reload

Hey Steve, Try installing the Edubuntu packages - here's a list of Edubuntu related applications to install: $ apt-cache search edubuntu app-install-data-edubuntu - Edubuntu add-on data for gnome-app-install edubuntu-addon-kde - Edubuntu add-on packages for the KDE desktop edubuntu-addon-legacy

Re: How to copy menus and application settings between users ?

Sergio, You might want to check out the "edubuntu-menus" package. I haven't looked at it yet but it is said to aid in customizing xdg menus based on groups. I also created this page, which is probably the "hard way" compared to using the edubuntu-menus packages, but I'll give you that option t

Re: edubuntu in germany

Uwe, Thanks for this - I'm sure we all look forward to seeing the pictures. Yet another satisfied customer. :p Cheers, Jordan/Lns Uwe Geercken wrote: > hello, > > I have posted before my problems that I had with the edubuntu ltsp > server. and I want to say thank you again to everybody for

Re: content filter

Uwe, If you have an extra system around, I would personally recommend using IPCop (http://www.ipcop.org). It's a great firewall, and the fact that it's on a completely different system is a good thing. You can also install AdvProxy (http://www.advproxy.net) which is Squidguard underneath, and

Re: ltsp clients: menus

Uwe, "Individual menus" and "Shortcut for all users" are contradictory (at least it is the way I'm reading it)... If you're looking to edit the Gnome menu for all users (to add entries so everyone can see it) see the wiki page I created and will be integrating into the Ubuntu LTSP wiki at some

Re: 8.04 ltsp +slow

Uwe Geercken wrote: > where should I check for the NDB_SWAP=True parameter? > It goes in lts.conf - check out http://www.ltsp.org/~sbalneav/LTSPManual.html#customizing-ltsconf for way more info on lts.conf and how to customize client behavior. > one more question. we did not have internet ac

Documentation, Wiki, IRC updates

Hi all, Just wanted to drop a line and let you all know that we're updating a lot of the information regarding LTSP (distro specific and upstream). Here are some of the updates you might be interested in: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LtspDocumentationUpstream - LTSP Upstream docume

Re: 8.04 ltsp +slow

Oliver Grawert wrote: > hi, > Am Mittwoch, den 08.10.2008, 17:47 -0700 schrieb Jordan Erickson: > >> Uwe, >> >> I just got back from a site and noticed a few things regarding NBD_SWAP >> and the ltsp-client-setup script that lives in /etc/init.d in the >

Re: 8.04 ltsp +slow

11 years old) want to fell and > see some linux and I really don't want to disappoint them. > > tks. > > uwe > > > > > > > Zitat von Jordan Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Ken, >> >> Have you looked at 'top' to see if

Re: 8.04 ltsp +slow

Ken, Have you looked at 'top' to see if there are any processes hoggging the CPU? Have you looked through logfiles on the server/clients? Are you logging in & launching applications, or simply stopping when they get to an LDM login prompt? Have you updated your chroot? Cheers, Jordan Ken C

Re: system still crawling.... help

Luis Montes wrote: > Luis Montes wrote: > >> Gavin McCullagh wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Wed, 01 Oct 2008, Luis Montes wrote: >>> >>> Agreed. Can you look back through /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages >>> during the time and see if there's anything that might indicate the so

Re: system still crawling....

Luis, This might sound trivial, but I'm not sure if you'd mentioned you'd completely rebuilt your chroot from scratch as a troubleshooting step. Are you using the complete Edubuntu i386 install, or is it only the i386 kernel you're using? You'd mentioned in your first post that you were using

Re: system crawling....

Charles, nbd is the "Network Block Device" - although the I/O error message is reminiscent of a physical hard drive failure or bad sectors, this is a different deal. Charles Austin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Luis Montes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Looks like there's been o

Re: Italian LUG turns Pakistani school into a educational model

This is awesome. It really shows what the power of community can do on all sorts of different levels. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Jordan M. Fioretti wrote: > ... and it does it using (mostly) Edubuntu: see > http://www.linux.com/feature/148311 > > Ciao, > Marco > > PS: I always welcome po

Re: Help! I killed my GUI!

Mike, On the server - Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal Or, CTRL+ALT+F1. Make sure you're running from the LTSP server though, as CTRL+ALT+F1 from a thin-client will only give you the tty for the chroot - which isn't where we want to re-install edubuntu-desktop. Cheers, Jordan Mike Whi

Re: Is it just me, or is LTSP a mess?

Luis Montes wrote: > Here's what's in the default lts.conf file: > > # This is the default lts.conf file for ltsp 5. > # For more information about valid options please see: > # /usr/share/doc/ltsp-client/examples/lts-parameters.txt.gz > # in the client environment > > That doc doesn't exist. > > L

Re: How to activate gnome-watchdog

It looks like I found somewhat of an issue with gnome-watchdog-0.9.2 - in checking up on one of the servers that it's been on since 9/9, I see some stale processes still, and looks like it's got a few of these pertaining to the users of the stale processes: --- # ps aux|grep sleep 9-00130 326

Stale processes, gnome-watchdog syslog info for 2 days

Hey all, I've linked https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingLTSP to one of my site's /var/log/user.log that has had gnome-watchdog installed for the past 2 days. gnome-watchdog does a great job at logging what it kills, so it's very helpful in debugging apps that don't exit cleanly upon logout. I wo

Re: ldm numlock

Hey Scott, Thanks for looking into this. Let us know how it turns out! - Jordan Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 01:18:55PM -0700, Jordan Erickson wrote: > >> Jeez.. Sorry for confusion, Scott you weren't the one I talked to, it >> was vagrantc. >

Re: ldm numlock

28 16:30:57 Lns strange to think my issue was being talked about just last month Aug 28 16:31:23 vagrantcissues tend to come in waves. Aug 28 16:32:17 Lns heh... ok well maybe i'll sub to the -devel list and post a question reply seeing where it is..hopefully it can be brought

Re: ldm numlock

Balneaves wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:15:48PM -0700, Jordan Erickson wrote: > >> I seem to remember this conversation just last week. ;) >> >> Please see LTSP-Developer thread: >> http://marc.info/?l=ltsp-developer&m=121559909600744&w=2 >> >&

Re: ldm numlock

I seem to remember this conversation just last week. ;) Please see LTSP-Developer thread: http://marc.info/?l=ltsp-developer&m=121559909600744&w=2 There is a patch involved, lts.conf variable, but hasn't had any action based upon last message regarding external dependency. Let's get the ball r

Re: Windows computers in the midst of Edubuntu Network

Hi Krsnendu, I concur re: Shockwave. LTSP + Shockwave/CXOffice = no workie very well. I had this issue last year when I was testing out a simple Shockwave site in an LTSP lab of ~35 clients - even 2 running at the same time was very unstable, and the CXOffice people even told me they would be

Re: Towards a simpler desktop environment: What is the current state of the art?

would be great to > have there as well if you are inclined to do so! > > John -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net The real RocketMan Computerworld.com examin

Re: Towards a simpler desktop environment: What is the current state of the art?

toryhomepage >> Lock down user home dirs: http://lns.wikidot.com/userdirsecurity >> > > > Thanks to everybody for the ideas and resources. Jordan I notice that > you are the last person to edit > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdubuntuFAQ This would be great to

Re: Towards a simpler desktop environment: What is the current state of the art?

AFAIK this is system-wide, independent of user/group membership. GConf is like this for the most part, too (I wish it was more fine-grained). Sincerely, Jordan dbclinton wrote: > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 23:03 -0700, Jordan Erickson wrote: >> Hide directories in Nautilus: http://lns.wi

Re: Towards a simpler desktop environment: What is the current state of the art?

Hi John, I know you said you didn't think gconf had the lockdown functionality you need, but it's all I use to lock down my student desktops, besides standard Linux practices. Here is some information I've gathered over time regarding Gnome desktop lockdown in Ubuntu/LTSP/Edubuntu (This was just

Re: Flash Audio on 7.10 Thin Clients

t familiar with the process. Sincerely, Jordan Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi Jordan, > > On Sat, 02 Feb 2008, Jordan Erickson wrote: > >> I noticed that the original link to libflashsupport was bad too - I put >> up a copy I had up on my own server, you can get it here:

Re: Flash Audio on 7.10 Thin Clients

er.so > sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib > > The Adobe page is not terribly clear on how to proceed. > >> rgds, >> >> uwe > > --scott > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blog

Re: Flash Audio on 7.10 Thin Clients

n 7.10 clients, or should I > press harder with gnash? > > --scott > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net RFID Passports coming in 2008 Peru orders 260,

gnome-watchdog (Phillip) testing in Gutsy?

Hey, I ran across this thread from November last year - has anyone been using gnome-watchdog in Gutsy? It looks like if it works as Phillip says, it would be a great way to clean up stale user processes after logout (with the most annoying in my book being the Nautilus 100% CPU issue). Any insight

Re: failure to mount root by thin client

ot mount? Was it perhaps an NFS error? Or does it mention something > about RPC? If it says something about "Permission Denied", then it's > possible that your nfs server is not running for some reason. It is also > possible that your chroot is not exported in /etc/exports, but th