[Ltsp-discuss] problem with ltsp 3.0

2001-12-18 Thread Fathi Ben Nasr
Hello, I am new to ltsp (tried unsuccessfully xtermkit before) and have some problem(s) to get it working. Servers: dhcp server: RedHat 7.1 with all latest patches (status: running as supposed to do and managing 40+ win worksations but netstat -ant | grep :67 gives no result) X, tftp and nf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] getting the most out of your monitor.

2001-12-18 Thread Alex Levit
On Tuesday 18 December 2001 14:23, you wrote: > On 18-Dec-01 Alex Levit wrote: > > Getting old monitors to work with LTSP X-server can be a drag. > > Right you are! Although IMO the problem is not with LTSP and is not > restricted to monitors. Even the most recent Linux distros have > problems r

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Making LTSP run on SuSE7.3

2001-12-18 Thread wouter . debacker
On 18-Dec-01 Alex Levit wrote: > Well the beauty of SuSE distro is that location and names of config > files don't change between releases. My experience is right the opposite one. With each release SuSE tries to comply a little bit more with some obscure standard for structuring the subdirector

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] getting the most out of your monitor.

2001-12-18 Thread wouter . debacker
On 18-Dec-01 Alex Levit wrote: > Getting old monitors to work with LTSP X-server can be a drag. Right you are! Although IMO the problem is not with LTSP and is not restricted to monitors. Even the most recent Linux distros have problems recognising ANY old hardware. But then again that's why w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS ro/rw problems

2001-12-18 Thread Matt Clark
> > If you want to modify that, you'll need to download the > ltsp_initrd_kit package > and modify the script, then using the buildk script, run it through > mknbi-linux, > to bundle it all back into a single file. > > But, if you want read-write, I suggest you mount an additional > filesystem

[Ltsp-discuss] RE: bios conflict

2001-12-18 Thread Charles Marcus
> -Original Message- > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:54:46 -0500 (EST) > From: Michael Dugger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] bios conflict > > I have a bunch of linksys cards with the bootrom installed by diskless > workstation.com. I have a problem using

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 3.0 RPM packages now available

2001-12-18 Thread Jim McQuillan
Well, i'm happy to announce that the RPM packages for LTSP 3.0 are now available for download from the LTSP download page at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17723 So, enjoy, and please send any feedback you have to the ltsp-discuss mailing list. Thank you, Jim McQuillan [E

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3.0 RPM Status

2001-12-18 Thread John McCreesh
On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 21:43, Jim McQuillan wrote: > Matthew, > > Sorry, but there is no ftp access. Once I get it on SourceForge, I > think the packages > magically appear on a download page on ibiblio, but i'm not sure how > quickly that happens. > I can see them on sourceforge now at http

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PCMCIA

2001-12-18 Thread Joe MacDonald
I will keep you all informed of my progress. I have two laptops with two different PC Cards and if I can get them to work I will post a howto and links to the boot images as the PC Cards I am using are pretty common place. -- Joe MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Focus Computer Consulting 250-861-37

[Ltsp-discuss] Need an I Series IBM box for a while?

2001-12-18 Thread Michael H. Collins
http://www.iseries.ibm.com/developer/factory/testdrive/ -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Penguins are so sensitive. Lyle Lovett _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS ro/rw problems

2001-12-18 Thread Jim McQuillan
Shawn, The mounting of the root filesystem via NFS happens inside the linuxrc script that is part of the initrd image. If you want to modify that, you'll need to download the ltsp_initrd_kit package and modify the script, then using the buildk script, run it through mknbi-linux, to bundle it

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PCMCIA

2001-12-18 Thread Jason A. Pattie
Charlie Brown wrote: >I'm about to try it myself. I'll be using a Pentium90 laptop w/16M, 3COM >3C574-TX PCMCIA card, > I've successfully configured a boot floppy that worked with a 2.4.x kernel and a 3Com 3C589 PCMCIA card. I did not boot LTSP from them but a root NFS install of RH 7.1 just t

[Ltsp-discuss] Non X window manager.

2001-12-18 Thread Michael H. Collins
Found this on another list I am on. Looks greeat for low memory/bandwidth situations. I have been running it on my laptop since last night and really am having fun with it. http://sourceforge.net/projects/twin/ -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Penguins a

[Ltsp-discuss] NFS ro/rw problems

2001-12-18 Thread Shawn R. Austin
Just a quick question. I need to mount the /opt/ltsp/i386 NFS share as rw. I changed it in the /etc/exports and I then ran exportfs -ra to re-read the exports list and I restarted NFS. When the terminal boots up, the filesystem is still read-only. I checked on the terminal, and the mtab fi

[Ltsp-discuss] getting the most out of your monitor.

2001-12-18 Thread Alex Levit
Getting old monitors to work with LTSP X-server can be a drag. Mostly it is the default H-sync and V-sync rates, that don't match your hardware. Try manually editing these values in XF86Config for your workstation. I found a killer website that lists hundreds of models with specs. Check it out.

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] PCMCIA

2001-12-18 Thread Charlie Brown
I'm about to try it myself. I'll be using a Pentium90 laptop w/16M, 3COM 3C574-TX PCMCIA card, SuSe 7.2 (on the server), and (obviously) a boot floppy instead of boot ROM. Here's what I'm thinking: 1 Load a small Kernel from floppy 2 Load PCMCIA module from floppy 3 run DHCP 4 run tftp and get *re

[Ltsp-discuss] Upgrading 2.09pre4-4 to 3.0

2001-12-18 Thread Marvin T Pascual
Hello, How will I upgrade (or perhaps uninstall) 2.09pre4-4 to 3.0 that was installed in my system? I was able to install lts_core and lts_kernel and intalled it in the /opt directory and right now that I was able to download the ltsp_packages version 3.0, I want to upgrade it in my system.

[Ltsp-discuss] svc error

2001-12-18 Thread Jon
Please help me elliminate the annoying message that always appear everytime I boot up my DC's . It always says "svc: unknown version (3)" I'm using RH7.1, ltsp version 2.09pre4, 3c905c-tx NICS. Thanks in advance     JON