[Ltsp-discuss] server hardware database

2001-10-03 Thread Bastian Dingeldein
Hi, i think it would be great to get more information about server hardware. in my opinion this is an important question and perhaps one of the first questions people ask if they want to set up a lts system. (calculing cost, performance, for example) . there is a little information on the lt

[Ltsp-discuss] Phil Jones talks about the Linux For School Project (www.lsfp.org)

2001-10-03 Thread ken_yap
http://www.olinux.com.br/artigos/393/1.html Interview by Brazilian Linux site. LTSP is used. _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcp server not found

2001-10-03 Thread Jim McQuillan
Tim, I'd suggest trying a different hub, or a cross-over cable directly betwen the server and workstation, just to rule out any negotiation problems between the Linksys card and the hub. Other things worth trying are: 1) Try a different slot in the computer 2) Try the Linksys card in a diff

Fw: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP....xinitrc

2001-10-03 Thread Shane Kennedy
- Original Message - From: Shane Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Arthur H. Johnson II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 03 October 2001 20:38 Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSPxinitrc > Thanks for the offer, but I eventually found the files. Now, the client in > question seems to find the to

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Endlessly repeating error messages

2001-10-03 Thread Charles Marcus
Redhat 7.1, LTS 2.09pre-1 This server is down in Fla, which is the only reason I've been hesitant to try upgrading... if I mess something up bad enough, I may have to fly down there. How do I find out if I have another display manager running? Thanks for the help Charles -Original Message

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Endlessly repeating error messages

2001-10-03 Thread Jim McQuillan
Charles, the '5' is NOT 5 minutes. The '5' indicates the runlevel that service is for. That is, when the system is in runlevel 5, the /usr/bin/kdm service will be started. I think Bjorn is onto something here. I'll bet you still have another display manager running. What distro/version are

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: hai clovis - etherboot - problem

2001-10-03 Thread Clovis Sena
hi, some problems here. Not with you, please. I am in big serious trouble in a costumer with server hardware problem that is takimg my time. This costumer is 50 miles from office, so i do not look at emails for some days now, there must be thousands of then. I work as support engenier for th

[Ltsp-discuss] dhcp server not found

2001-10-03 Thread tnash
Hello all, Problem: Cannot connect to the DHCP server. Receiving the following error message: "TX Timeout!" "" My setup: Hardware: Using a diskless IBM PC 300GL w/16MB ram disklessworkstations Linksys LNE 100TX nic (Tulip ADMtek AN985 chipset) 3com office connect

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] using ltsp on a shared NT & Linux network

2001-10-03 Thread Simon Allcorn
Title: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] using ltsp on a shared NT & Linux network Hi,     I 've set up my network as suggested and the client won't boot. On the server log you can see a DHCPDISCOVER from the client and DHCPOFFER response from the server but the client never accepts this. if I use an e

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: hai clovis .... very urgent (help please....)

2001-10-03 Thread Clovis Sena
you could just download a image file for the realteck rtl8139 net card from http://rom-o-matic.com/5.0.3/ it is more easy. You can obtain a floppy bootable rom image ready to use. bye. At 22:49 02/10/01 -0700, karthikeyan nagalingam wrote: >dear kenyap, > extremly sorry for the

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Endlessly repeating error messages

2001-10-03 Thread Charles Marcus
Hi Bjorn, Ok, so... Here's the pertinent part of my inittab - it looks like the very last line is what you were talking about - so I should comment this out? # Run xdm in runlevel 5 # xdm is now a separate service x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm I take it the 5 is 5 minutes? Thanks! Charles -O

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Endlessly repeating error messages

2001-10-03 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
> Its always exactly ten messages, every five minutes (pretty much > exactly, down to the second), of the following: > > Sep 30 15:52:01 sfla kdm[25846]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pid, > another kdm is running (pid 1493) > Sep 30 15:52:01 sfla kdm[25848]: Can't lock pid file /var/run/xdm-pi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Endlessly repeating error messages

2001-10-03 Thread Jim McQuillan
Charles, The MARK messages are normal. The syslogd on the workstation is configured to send a MARK message every 60 minutes to indicate the workstation is still alive. This probably isn't necessary. You can edit the rc.local script and take out the '-m' arg on the syslogd line. I don't have

[Ltsp-discuss] Endlessly repeating error messages

2001-10-03 Thread Charles Marcus
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew why I am getting this error repeatedly in my messages file? I sent this to the KDE list as well... This is on a Redhat 7.1 box, KDE version 2.1.2, and we are running LTS )Linux Terminal Services) 2.09pre1 Its always exactly ten messages, every five minutes (p

[Ltsp-discuss] printtool_rh70.tgz

2001-10-03 Thread Ceh141
Thank you in advance for your help! What are the steps to install the printtool_rh70.tgz download from ltsp.org?  I want to use this on a RedHat 7.0 system. Thanks again! Charles E. Hayes Cetech

[Ltsp-discuss] Wrong place but heck!? DHCP multi Subnet

2001-10-03 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
First - Jim Sorry bout sending that to you direct Not sure what happened there. I've been dinking seriously over the past couple of days with my DHCP server (on the linux box) getting it to serve the win clients too anyway what I have is a multi Vlan network, it consists of these 3 172.25.135.xx

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] blank grey screen with mouse pointer in RH 7.0

2001-10-03 Thread eltespe
On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:14:40 -0400 Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i think i'm lucky ... i try to make change in several files .. 1. /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config from : #DisplayManager.requestPort:0 to : DisplayManager.requestPort: 177 2. /etc/inittab from : x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/xdm -nod

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] blank grey screen with mouse pointer in RH 7.0

2001-10-03 Thread eltespe
On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:14:40 -0400 Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i think i'm lucky ... i try to make change in several files .. 1. /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config from : #DisplayManager.requestPort:0 to : DisplayManager.requestPort: 177 2. /etc/inittab from : x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/xdm -nod

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] tunneling x with ssh

2001-10-03 Thread Peter Lister
> Why not use IPSec ? Hmm, the reason is that I know ssh, and not IPSec ;-). I > also suspect that it is harder to manage, but I may be wrong. It also seems to > me that the IPSec doesn't really do the same thing than ssh, and maybe ssh is > better suited for authentication (and IPSec for doing a

[Ltsp-discuss] help please.... in bootrom

2001-10-03 Thread karthikeyan nagalingam
hai friend, karthi, nice to meet you, please help me. if you run the thinclient thorugh netboot or etherboot, i downloaded the etherboot backage form "etherboot.sourgeforge.net".now thinclient is booting though floppy,which is contain some files are created by "make bin32

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Machine Check Exception

2001-10-03 Thread Peter Lister
> option option-128 e4:45:74:68:0:0; > option option-129 "nomce"; If you know that you will always need this option, you can "hard code" it into the NBI'd kernel using mknbi-linux --append="nomce" -- Peter Lister, Sychron Inc. - 1-866-SYCHRON Intelligent Infrastructure - www.sychron.com

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP....xinitrc

2001-10-03 Thread Dumas Patrice
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:54:01PM +0100, skenn wrote: > URGENT: I am on site, out of my country (Ireland). Its 9:45PM, and I am here > until I can get this sorted. > Where am I likely to find the startup files for clients session...the one that > tells X which input device to load, and to swit

[Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2001-10-03 Thread vinbh
Dear Friends, I am running Mandrake Linux 8.0 in my server and still I am not able to get X login window loaded in the diskless terminal.I am getting a grey window with a mouse pointer (X mark) at the centre. The pointer is not moving and the node is getting hanged . In my server default de

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ESD remote Sound with LTSP clients.

2001-10-03 Thread Nigel Pallett
Hi Alan, >> Original Message << On 28/09/01, 17:05:17, "Alan Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ESD remote Sound with LTSP clients.: > Hi Nigel! > > I have successfully configured my diskless LTSP clients to play remote > Hmmm, wou

[Ltsp-discuss] Server Specs Needed

2001-10-03 Thread Gerardo Gervacio
I am planning to deploy a linux terminal server to host at least 20 clients. The server will have to host various services like ftp, internet sharing, email service, samba, and other important services. It will also host StarOffice apllications for the clients. Question, what server specs do i