Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Server with Gentoo?

2005-03-26 Thread fire-eyes
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 11:40 +0100, Karl Huysmans wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to do a terminal server with about 40 thin clients using > Gentoo. All thin clients will be able to boot PXE, boot image(s) on > one server. Clients will only connect to the server using XDM, desktop > will be KDE. > > Q

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Server with Gentoo?

2005-03-26 Thread Dirk Raeder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Karl Huysmans wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to do a terminal server with about 40 thin clients using > Gentoo. All thin clients will be able to boot PXE, boot image(s) on > one server. Clients will only connect to the server using XDM, desktop > will be

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Server with Gentoo?

2005-03-26 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
Karl Huysmans wrote: >Hi all, > >I want to do a terminal server with about 40 thin clients using >Gentoo. All thin clients will be able to boot PXE, boot image(s) on >one server. Clients will only connect to the server using XDM, desktop >will be KDE. > >Questions: > >-Does anyone have experience?

[gentoo-user] Terminal Server with Gentoo?

2005-03-26 Thread Karl Huysmans
Hi all, I want to do a terminal server with about 40 thin clients using Gentoo. All thin clients will be able to boot PXE, boot image(s) on one server. Clients will only connect to the server using XDM, desktop will be KDE. Questions: -Does anyone have experience? -Which is best, PXES, LTSP or

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-04 Thread Rudmer van Dijk
On Saturday 03 January 2004 21:24, Ben Munat wrote: > So, I emerged kdevelop last night and it tells me this dcop thingy isn't > running. Are you saying that running kdeinit on boot will start it for > me? How do I add it... "rc-update show" doesn't have anything about kde. > Or should it start whe

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-03 Thread Ben Munat
I'm using fluxbox... liking it so far. Thought I could get away without kde or gnome, but more and more of their stuff is creeping onto my machine with each emerge ;-) So, I emerged kdevelop last night and it tells me this dcop thingy isn't running. Are you saying that running kdeinit on boot w

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-03 Thread Rudmer van Dijk
On Saturday 03 January 2004 11:44, Stefan Vunckx wrote: > It is possible to run KDE apps in fluxbox, there is even support for a slot > section for docked apps. The only downside is that when you start KDE apps > DCOP has to be started as well (where it would be already started in KDE I > believe)

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-03 Thread Rudmer van Dijk
On Saturday 03 January 2004 20:19, Steve B. wrote: > Ya know, I have heard a lot about fluxbox. The reason I use KDE is > simple.. orginaly I used gnome, because that is what came with my first > distro.. RHL.. then I tried to use Kdevelop and it didn't work.. so I > switched to mandrake and used

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-03 Thread Stefan Vunckx
Fluxbox is a window manager, as KWin is one. But fluxbox is a leightweight one, and doesn't come with an entire desktop environment as KDE. It is possible to run KDE apps in fluxbox, there is even support for a slot section for docked apps. The only downside is that when you start KDE apps DCOP

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-03 Thread Steve B.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ya know, I have heard a lot about fluxbox. The reason I use KDE is simple.. orginaly I used gnome, because that is what came with my first distro.. RHL.. then I tried to use Kdevelop and it didn't work.. so I switched to mandrake and used KDE.. so

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-03 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:12:11 + "Steve B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | As far as your suggestions .. what wm are you using? I'm running KDE. | Every change I make is system wide. I don't want that. I just want the | windows for my terminal changed. I dunno about kde, but I'd imagine that if a

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Steve B.
As far as your suggestions .. what wm are you using? I'm running KDE. Every change I make is system wide. I don't want that. I just want the windows for my terminal changed. On Friday 02 January 2004 12:44, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:29:56 + "Steve B." > > <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:29:56 + "Steve B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Ya, sounds good... or a borderless patch for eterm (unless there is | another way I'm missing.) Any decent window manager can do that for you, no need to patch apps. If your wm is really crippled though, Eterm -x will try to

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Steve B.
Ya, sounds good... or a borderless patch for eterm (unless there is another way I'm missing.) I really wish multi-aterm worked. Its tab's look pretty helpfull :-) maybe I will play around with it and test. On Friday 02 January 2004 11:54, Redeeman wrote: > aterm with my borderless patch! > if

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Redeeman
aterm with my borderless patch! if you are interrested, say so! On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 21:15, Steve B. wrote: > What is a good terminal that supports transparency? I have tried both aterm > and multi-aterm (the later of which does not work). Aterm is ok, but looking > for other options. > > Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:15:37 + "Steve B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | What is a good terminal that supports transparency? I have tried both | aterm and multi-aterm (the later of which does not work). Aterm is | ok, but looking for other options. Eterm. The default settings are uglier than Mc

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Davide Brini
On Friday 02 January 2004 21:15, Steve B. wrote: > What is a good terminal that supports transparency? I have tried both > aterm and multi-aterm (the later of which does not work). Aterm is ok, but > looking for other options. IIRC eterm, rxvt and konsole all support transparency. BTW, has any

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Spackman
Steve B. wrote: What is a good terminal that supports transparency? I have tried both aterm and multi-aterm (the later of which does not work). Aterm is ok, but looking for other options. I like Eterm. -- Chris gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 random quote

[gentoo-user] Terminal

2004-01-02 Thread Steve B.
What is a good terminal that supports transparency? I have tried both aterm and multi-aterm (the later of which does not work). Aterm is ok, but looking for other options. Thank you -- Perhaps human's greatest vanity is the belief that there is only one way to the divine. (Scott Cunningham)

Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal problem on X, with kernel 2.6

2003-12-26 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:04:56 +0900 "meinside" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | and have some problems using Eterm/Hanterm on x-window. | | When I try to run these programs, they only say "no avaiable ptys" or | "Can't open pseudo-tty" and die. You need to re-emerge Eterm after switching to 2.6.x. I d

RE: [gentoo-user] Terminal problem on X, with kernel 2.6

2003-12-26 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: meinside [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 December 2003 14:05 PM > > Hi all, > > I compiled gentoo-dev sources (2.6.0-test11) with following options, > > - Character devices -> Unix98 PTY support > - File systems -> Pseudo filesystems -> /dev/pts file sys

[gentoo-user] Terminal problem on X, with kernel 2.6

2003-12-26 Thread meinside
Hi all, I compiled gentoo-dev sources (2.6.0-test11) with following options, - Character devices -> Unix98 PTY support - File systems -> Pseudo filesystems -> /dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs and have some problems using Eterm/Hanterm on x-window. When I try to run these programs, they only

Re: [gentoo-user] terminal server

2003-11-12 Thread jkw
On Nov 11, 2003, at 8:55 AM, Redeeman wrote: hi, i am going to make a gentoo terminal server. i see ltsp project, but it dont descripe good IMO :( i know about xdmcp and vnc, but i wonder ltsp seems to have kernel patches and stuff, what does it help? and vnc seems pretty slow, and i was told xdmc

[gentoo-user] terminal server

2003-11-11 Thread Redeeman
hi, i am going to make a gentoo terminal server. i see ltsp project, but it dont descripe good IMO :( i know about xdmcp and vnc, but i wonder ltsp seems to have kernel patches and stuff, what does it help? and vnc seems pretty slow, and i was told xdmcp is slower. how come? i hate to face this, bu

Re: [gentoo-user] terminal colors

2003-09-12 Thread momesana
It works and it is great ! :-) That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanx you for your assistance Am Freitag, 12. September 2003 18:32 schrieb Marshal Newrock: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, momesana wrote: > > Does anybody know how to set colors on the terminals? > > I don't mean the colors associated

Re: [gentoo-user] terminal colors

2003-09-12 Thread Marshal Newrock
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, momesana wrote: > Does anybody know how to set colors on the terminals? > I don't mean the colors associated with the ls command which can be realized > by the entry alias="ls --color" in ./bashrc or ./profile but rather a way to > controll how output to the console looks like

Re: [gentoo-user] terminal colors

2003-09-11 Thread Alberto Bert
I use xterm and what I do is to set parameters in my ~/.Xdefaults My setting is: # Font XTerm*faceName: XTerm*faceSize: 10 # Colors XTerm*background: gray75 XTerm*foreground: gray10 XTerm*cursorColor: goldenrod1 # Cursor Blinking XTerm*cursorBlink: true XTerm*cursorOnTime: 500 XTerm*cursorOffTi

[gentoo-user] terminal colors

2003-09-11 Thread momesana
Does anybody know how to set colors on the terminals? I don't mean the colors associated with the ls command which can be realized by the entry alias="ls --color" in ./bashrc or ./profile but rather a way to controll how output to the console looks like. I need this because I want to make shells