[Ltsp-discuss] NFS-swap patch for lates kernels

2001-11-29 Thread Vladimir N.Velychko
Hello there! Did somebody successful porting of nfs-swap patch to 2.4.16/2.5 kernels? Tnks! -- VEL-RIPE ICQ UIN# 3159256 _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://list

[Ltsp-discuss] Equivelant of :hd=.. in dhcpd.conf?

2001-11-29 Thread Brad Stewart
Hi everyone, I'm setting up a small network boot setup, using DHCP, no bootp. In the LTSP docs, I noticed that for the bootptab, the location of the root to be mounted is supplied seprately from the kernel image, however, no such entry is mentioned for dhcp. Is it not needed in this case? Tha

[Ltsp-discuss] xserver problems in ltsp-2.09pre4

2001-11-29 Thread andy
So close but yet so far I've managed almost to get the diskless workstation to boot up but not quite. I have a RedHat 7.2 server and using ltsp-2.09pre4. I had some problems earlier with loading the kernel but got it fixed with the new imggen ( thanks a lot for that one Conrad ). Now I ge

[Ltsp-discuss] Mailing again local printing problem

2001-11-29 Thread vcare
Original Message Subject: LOcal printing Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:22:50 +0530 From: vcare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Vcare To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> After using the printtool utility also , the printing on local port is not

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] KDE upate! (i broke it)

2001-11-29 Thread Jason Bechtel
Matt- > I want to have the clock on the logon screen (it just looks nice) > > What do I have to put in the config file to make it a clock? Are you saying that the Control Center (kcontrol) running as root will not allow you to modify the KDM screen?? I'm using KDE 2.2.2 on SuSE 7.2 and it w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xserver problems in ltsp-2.09pre4

2001-11-29 Thread Johann GORLIER
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > So close but yet so far I've managed almost to get the diskless > workstation to boot up but not quite. I have a RedHat 7.2 server and > using ltsp-2.09pre4. I had some problems earlier with loading the > kernel but got it fixed with the new imggen ( thanks a l

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] KDE upate! (i broke it)

2001-11-29 Thread Ragnar Wisløff
torsdag 29. november 2001, 14:13 skrev Jason Bechtel: > > Are you saying that the Control Center (kcontrol) running as root will > not allow you to modify the KDM screen?? I'm using KDE 2.2.2 on SuSE > 7.2 and it works fine and modifies the right file. If it's not working, This is what my kdmr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Netscape problem on terminals

2001-11-29 Thread Jason Bechtel
Hugo, > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:25:42 -0600 (CST) > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Prolinux?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I need your help solving netscape run away on ltsp > terminals, it runs away so often without freeing cpu. > I am using Pentium 75 with 16Mb and 500Mb HD as > terminals and I would

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Equivelant of :hd=.. in dhcpd.conf?

2001-11-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Brad, With DHCP, you have the 'option root-path', where you set the complete pathname of the directory that you want mounted as the root filesystem for the workstation. And, with the 2.09 version of ltsp, you can also include the IP address of the server, in case it is different from the the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Netscape problem on terminals

2001-11-29 Thread Jason Bechtel
Hugo- I apologize. I had Java disabled even though the plugin was correctly installed. When I enabled Java (Sun's Java(TM) Plug-in 1.3.1_01), latinchat.com started working (sortof). You can try it out and see if it meets your users' needs. Jason > I need your help solving netscape run a

[Ltsp-discuss] 3com 3c905c-tx, boot problem. (kernel 2.4.14)

2001-11-29 Thread Asbjørn Morell
Title: Meddelelse Hello.   I have compilled my own kernel by the book (2.4.14) and used the latest version og imggen. 101. But when I try to boot the kernel I gives a lot of errors with "chmod /tmp/(something) no such file or directory, and then a lot of /etc/rc.setup 135157296 permission de

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Netscape problem on terminals

2001-11-29 Thread wouter . debacker
On 29-Nov-01 Prolinux wrote: > Thanks for your response, it seems that there are some > incompatibilities on jre with Konqueror and Mozilla. > Before trying with Opera, could you please check again > in latinchat.com if you could chat? You do not need to > register, just enter any unique name (wit

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 3com 3c905c-tx, boot problem. (kernel 2.4.14)

2001-11-29 Thread Conrad Lawes
Run imggen against an existing ltsp 2.09 kernel and let me know the result. Asbjørn Morell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello. > >I have compilled my own kernel by the book (2.4.14) and used the latest >version og imggen. 101. But when I try to boot the kernel I gives a lot >of errors with "chm

[Ltsp-discuss] Wireless etherboot

2001-11-29 Thread Mark
http://www.ambrisko.com/doug/airport/boot_messages If anyone is interested Later, -- Mark Worstall offworld1.net This document produced with 0.0% Micro$oft products - GOT LINUX? _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Wireless etherboot

2001-11-29 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
Swt Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Mark wrote: > http://www.ambrisko.com/doug/airport/boot_messages > If anyone is interested > Later, > -- > Mark Worstall > offworld1.net > This document produced with 0.0% Micro$oft product

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Equivelant of :hd=.. in dhcpd.conf?

2001-11-29 Thread Brad Stewart
Thanks a bunch. :) Brad On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:50:45AM -0500, Jim McQuillan wrote: > Brad, > > With DHCP, you have the 'option root-path', where you set the complete > pathname > of the directory that you want mounted as the root filesystem for the > workstation. > > And, with the 2.09

[Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Yuri Rychikhin
Title: LOCAL_APPS=Y? Hello, Has anybody tried LOCAL_APPS=Y in lts.conf file? We want to run apps locally but we have problem with mounting directories like /lib, /usr, etc.  All of them have entry points in /etc/export and we can mount them from normal Linux box.  But when we get to the po

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Netscape problem on terminals

2001-11-29 Thread wouter . debacker
On 29-Nov-01 Martin Herweg wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've tried latinchat.com with Opera on a SuSE 7.0 box. > > which version of Opera ? According to its own *about* screen it is Opera v5.0 for Linux - 20010510 Build 024 - [5] > how do you enable Java-applets in Opera ? I installe

[Ltsp-discuss] Compiling LTSP kernels

2001-11-29 Thread Hans Petrie
I've been trying to compile a custom kernel based on 2.4.9 and it etherboots fine and even mounts the root file system fine. Right after that it says "Freeing unused kernel memory 214K" and then it ends with "warning: unable to open initial console". Did I miss something when I configured the ke

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Hans Petrie
My understanding is that you need to set up NIS. I simply followed the directions according to the ltsp documentation and it worked the first time. I have local Netscape, local window manager, and local ICA client all working fine. What kind of problems are you having mounting the directories?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Yuri, You didn't specify what version of LTSP you are using. But, if it is version 2.08, then you need to know that Local apps is BROKEN in 2.08. it works in 2.09pre4. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yuri Rychikhin wrote: > Hello, > > Has anybody tried LOCAL_APPS=Y in lts.conf file? > > W

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Compiling LTSP kernels

2001-11-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Hans, Did you configure devfs support ? Did you start with the .config file supplied in the ltsp_initrd_kit ? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hans Petrie wrote: >I've been trying to compile a custom kernel based on 2.4.9 and it etherboots >fine and even mounts the root file system fine. Rig

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Yuri, Definately, I would move up to 2.09pre4 Jim. Yuri Rychikhin wrote: > Hello Jim, > > Thank you very much for the reply! We run 2.08, exactly the version > that you mentioned. What would be better to run 2.07 or to move to > 2.09pre? > > Thanks again! > Yuri > > > -Original Messag

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Yuri Rychikhin
Title: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y? Hello Jim, Thank you very much for the reply!  We run 2.08, exactly the version that you mentioned.  What would be better to run 2.07 or to move to 2.09pre? Thanks again! Yuri -Original Message- From: Jim McQuillan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Ltsp-discuss] dhcp.conf boot prob? (rh7.1)

2001-11-29 Thread Kurt W. Miller
I'm sure I'm missing something really basic, so please accept my apologies in advance. I get the following error on client boot: Loading 192.168.0.254:/tftpboot/lts/boot/bootp/vmlinuz.3c509.bootp .TFTP error 1 (file not found) Unable to load file. Is this not the right bootfile? Below is

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcp.conf boot prob? (rh7.1)

2001-11-29 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Take the /tftpboot out of you dhcp.conf Tft already looks in /tftpboot for redhat 7.1 so in essence what your doing is making it look in /tftpboot/tftpboot/lts Also make sure you files reside in the dir you have typed /boot/bootp isn't what I have but you can put them where ever you want but

[Ltsp-discuss] local apps problem(2.09 version

2001-11-29 Thread Vamsidhar reddy mullangi
hai, I booted my diskelss client from redhat 7.1 server with the newly released ltsp package(2.09 version). now iam trying to run local apps. i changed the /etc/exports and /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf files( LOCAL_APPS and LOCAL_WM to Y). then i gave my server name entry in .rhosts file(/opt

[Ltsp-discuss] Compiling LTSP kernels

2001-11-29 Thread Abraham Pearson
What version of LTSP are you using? In ltsp 2.09 the kernel configs come in the ltsp_initrd_kit package. In LTSP 2.08 the configs are part of the kernel packages. = Abraham Pearson MCSE CNA A+ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick an

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Yuri Rychikhin
Title: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y? Hello Jim, We followed your advice and run into problem with binary distribution.  We need to run imggen on the binary in order our MBA agent to understand it.  However, it looks like mknbi-linux that was used to create kernel file was the one that

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Passing runlevel parameter to ltsp kernel

2001-11-29 Thread Carsten Maass
Hello Phil, Phil Davey wrote: > I've discovered that any command line parameters given to the kernel that > it understands are implemented, and any remaining ones are passed to init. > > So, for example, if I use '3' as the parameter, the kernel should pass it > to init, which should then inter

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Netscape problem on terminals

2001-11-29 Thread Prolinux
Thanks for your effort but I already know that latinchat works fine with Netscape, but Netscape has known problems (run away) on LTSP terminals, there is a script available but only minimize the problem, do not solve run aways. That's why I need to replace Netscape with a different browser but wit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local apps problem(2.09 version

2001-11-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Vamsidhar, The workstation will use NIS to authenticate the user. The problem is, that by default NIS won't authenticate the user root. You need to make a change to your NIS configuration to allow root to log in. You should be able to do this as another user though. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PR

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y?

2001-11-29 Thread Yuri Rychikhin
Title: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LOCAL_APPS=Y? Hello Jim, Please disregard my previous email.  New version of imggen works with binary distribution. Yuri -Original Message- From: Yuri Rychikhin Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 6:03 PM To: 'Jim McQuillan' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix ICA local app package - another approach

2001-11-29 Thread Abraham Pearson
Jim and Darryl, Here's an approach which does not involve different runlevels. I chose not to use wfcmgr, favoring an xterm window that waits for the user to press enter. I added the START_ICA and ICA_APP variables to lts.conf to decide whether to run ICA and what published app to run.

[Ltsp-discuss] pxe options

2001-11-29 Thread Abraham Pearson
It seems that the mainstream choice for pxe booting is to use the Etherboot pxe packages and dhcp 3.0 with if statements. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work for me, because the company where I work is pricipally a Micrsoft shop with a Microsoft Windows 2000 DHCP server (They do not want a

[Ltsp-discuss] Protocol for printing missing (2.09pre4)

2001-11-29 Thread Daniel Gubser
My config look like this: /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf [snip] PRINTER_0_DEVICE = /dev/lp0 PRINTER_0_TYPE = P PRINTER_0_PORT = 9100 [snip] In my kernel everthing is comiled in. In the startup-msg there is parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [pcspp,EPP] parport0: cpp-daisy: aa5500ff(98) par

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pxe options

2001-11-29 Thread Conrad Lawes
You can load initrd using pxelinux. See the sample config file below: default linux label linux kernel bzImage.ltsp append load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.gz network nfsroot=192.168.1.253:/opt/ltsp/i386 NIC=eepro100 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw Abraham Pearson wrote: > > It seems that th

[Ltsp-discuss] "/var/log/XFree86.0.0.log"

2001-11-29 Thread Andreas Wegener
Hy everybody, during boot and initializing the xserver the error "Fatal Server error:unable to open /var/log/XFree86.0.log " comes up .   Any Ideas ?   many thanks Andreas        

RE:RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 3com 3c905c-tx, boot problem. (kernel 2.4.14)

2001-11-29 Thread Asbjørn Morell
Hello Yuri.   So far I have failed starting X. My kernel stops after runlevel 1. But I will make a post if I get it to work.   Best Regards. Asbjørn Morell   >Asbjørn, we have the same problem with 2.4.16.  We started to play with this kernel after we were not able to run local apps using ke