RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Xdmcp enable [Was: dhcpd-Problem]

2002-03-11 Thread Rick Green
If I remember right, for me, I would only get a gray screen with an X pointer until I changed this parameter. It is in the LTSP documentation under the troubleshooting section. Looks like you would have to do the same for Gnome. Rick Green -Original Message- From: Wouter DeBacker [mail

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Richard Camp
Here is my dhcpd.conf file #start dhcpd.conf default-lease-time21600; max-lease-time21600; ddns-update-style none; allow booting; allow bootp; use-host-decl-names on; #doesn't work here either option subnet-mask255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 1

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread ken_yap
>First: The K7SEM uses the RTL8139 Chip, the K7S5A has the LAN >controller integrated into the chipset. >Second: The K7SEM has an Award BIOS, the K7S5A has an AMI. > >I don´t think anyone succeeded in putting an Etherboot image into >a newer AMI Bios. Someone has done it. The posting is here: ht

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] article on Linuxfocus.org

2002-03-11 Thread jam
Jo, Yes, absolutely you are allowed to do this. In fact, I encourage you to do it. It is an excellent way to spread the word. Thanks, and let us know how it goes, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Jo wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to write an article about LTSP to be pub

[Ltsp-discuss] article on Linuxfocus.org

2002-03-11 Thread Jo
Hi, I would like to write an article about LTSP to be published on Linuxfocus. This is a Linux magazine made by Linux users for Linux users. The articles get to be translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Turkish. I would write the article in Dutch and probably ta

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Swap to local Disk

2002-03-11 Thread Darryl Bond
Martin Herweg wrote: > Hi ! > > I'm still a bit confused , maybe because I'm not familiar > with devfs. > > I load the kernel-modules > > modprobe ide-disk > modprobe ide-probe-mod > modprobe ide-mod > > > then hdparm, mkswap, swapon still fails because > > /dev/hda /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ownerless processes

2002-03-11 Thread Richard Camp
You could create a script to run once an hour through cron. Put your terminal users under a new group such as "termuser". The script would do the following: 1. Get a list of the processes running by the users in your new group "termuser" 2. Find which users who are logged in that belong to

[Ltsp-discuss] Bus Error

2002-03-11 Thread Ernst Klein
Hello, I installed Ltsp3.0 succesfully, dhcp, nfs is up and running. When he DC is building the start_ws script, I got the following error message 10 times: /tmp/start_ws : line 1 390 Bus error /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA -q 192.168.0.1 I'm using old graphic cards (the chipset was not recognized

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> Mosix is getting the IP of the machine based on the value from $hostname. > If I use a static IP for the terminal and pass the hostname > using "option hostname "ws251" for example everything works. I copied the > hosts file from the server to /opt/lts/i386/etc/hosts. No > dynamic address is n

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Richard Camp
Mosix is getting the IP of the machine based on the value from $hostname. If I use a static IP for the terminal and pass the hostname using "option hostname "ws251" for example everything works. I copied the hosts file from the server to /opt/lts/i386/etc/hosts. No dynamic address is needed

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ownerless processes

2002-03-11 Thread Charles Marcus
Would it not be possible to have a script run at Login that kills all Processes for that User before anything else runs? > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:01:45 -0500 (EST) > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Zak McGregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ownerl

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
What is mosix looking for specifically? Is it looking for a fqdn from the dns? Or just a computer name (netbios type computer name?) If your dynamically assigning IP addresses you'll have to setup DDNS to update the DNS server with the New IP address whenever the lease expires and/or a new IP a

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcpd-Problem

2002-03-11 Thread Rick Green
Hi Ernst, I have LTSP 3.0 successfully working in SuSE 7.3. Apparently you do not have the dhcpd.conf file in your /etc directory. It looks like you may have misspelled it as 'dhcp.conf'; it should be named 'dhcpd.conf'. It is supposed to be copied during the ltsp_initialize, but I already had

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Richard Camp
I have the following setup: I do have in my dhcpd.conf: use-host-decl-names on; (not sure if I tried in the global scope. it is in the subnet scope) I also have tried the option for looking up lease hostnames. Distro: Redhat 7.2 Ltsp3.0.1 (k12ltsp 2.0.1) name server running on ltsp server w

[Ltsp-discuss] ERROR! No dhcpd-eth0.info file...

2002-03-11 Thread Dave Shiels
OK so let's try a different track. The setup is an ECS K7S5A with integrated SIS900 chipset. I got the latest Rom-o-matic to boot the machine from floppy, get an IP from dhcp and do all the neat stuff like module load the sis900 module it gets to the point of running dhclient then sees the media

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread Dave Shiels
Conrad Lawes wrote: > > The boot ROM messages indicates the boot ROM is in fact using the Netware > RPL boot protocol. This means that it is looking for a NetWare server to > supply the boot image file. > > Does the boot ROM support PXE? For example, I know the Intel boot ROM can > be configur

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread David Johnston
"Jason A. Pattie" wrote: > > Dave Shiels wrote: > > >Jason I got the new DHCP loaded butthe rom on the ECS board contains an > >RPL loader. Any hints? Check my other post! > > > Unfortunately, unless you can get a Linux kernel into a DOS image, I > suppose, you cannot use the RPL bootloader in

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Make sure you have this set in the global scope of things use-host-decl-names on; > -Original Message- > From: Richard Camp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients > > H

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread Dave Shiels
"Jason A. Pattie" wrote: > > Dave Shiels wrote: > > >Jason I got the new DHCP loaded butthe rom on the ECS board contains an > >RPL loader. Any hints? Check my other post! > > > Unfortunately, unless you can get a Linux kernel into a DOS image, I > suppose, you cannot use the RPL bootloader in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread Jason A. Pattie
Dave Shiels wrote: >Jason I got the new DHCP loaded butthe rom on the ECS board contains an >RPL loader. Any hints? Check my other post! > Unfortunately, unless you can get a Linux kernel into a DOS image, I suppose, you cannot use the RPL bootloader in the ROM. You will need to boot from f

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Chips for 3c905B-TX NM

2002-03-11 Thread Suhardi Hamid
Thanks for your replies. Now I can start looking for proper chips to do the testing. suhardi Martin Herweg wrote: > > Suhardi Hamid wrote: > > Dear sirs, > > I wish to know what are the eprom/flash rom chips compatible with > > 3c905B-TX NM. > > I use 27C256 for all my Cards > > Some 3c905...

[Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Richard Camp
Hello, DHCPD is not setting the hostname variable on the clients. If I use the hostname option and send a test hostname it works. I'm using dynamic address allocation. I am working with mosix and need to have the hostname set. Any thoughts? Regards Richard Camp -- _

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread Jason A. Pattie
Dave Shiels wrote: >So the PXE image is first TFTPed to the platform and then it kicks off >a new new request to the DHCP server as a Etherboot and the DHCP server >then servers up the location for the kernel. Correct? > >Looks pretty slick and I will have to take a minute and upgrade my DHCP

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rw NFS and security.

2002-03-11 Thread Jason A. Pattie
Berend De Schouwer wrote: >Don't you only need a little bit for the key? 128bit encryption is slow >enough for a file system. > The default size of the RSA key signature generated by the 'ipsec rsasigkey' is 2048 bytes, I think. I suppose that would fit on the BOOTROM. >>>The mkinitrd alrea

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Chips for 3c905B-TX NM

2002-03-11 Thread MCE
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:04:55 -0500 "Conrad Lawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Atmel AT29C512 chip will work as well. > Hi all, I'm having problems with a similar card, 3c900B combo. The problem is that I have some 27c256s cut they are all 28pin and on the board there is a 32pin socket; s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems with new 3.0.2-kernel

2002-03-11 Thread jam
Alfredo, Hmm, it works fine here. The missing insmod log could be because we now use modprobe instead of insmod. Did the 3.0.1 kernel work for you ? And, I know that it also works fine with VMware. This is what I have setup for my vmware workstation: [vmware] DNS_SERVER = 192.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread Dave Shiels
Conrad Lawes wrote: > > It is usually impossible and risky to flash a BIOS integrated boot ROM using a >utility from a third party. Normally only the PC or motherboard manufacturer can >supply the flash utility to update or replace your BIOS. > > I suspect that your BIOS-integrated boot ROM u

[Ltsp-discuss] What is the difference between ltsp and k12?

2002-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, I got two questions: 1. WHat is the difference between the k12 ltsp distro and the rpms from ltsp? 2. The rpm-apps that comes with the k12 disto, are they localized in the same way as the the netscape rpm from the ltsp.org main site? Tarjei _

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] IBM Netvista 2800 and Suse 7.1 KDE - Terminal access ?

2002-03-11 Thread Conrad Lawes
You can run your ltsp clients in both text mode and graphical mode (X). This is done by setting the RUNLEVEL in the /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf file for your clients. RUNLEVEL = 3 (text mode) RUNLEVEL = 5 (GUI) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Chips for 3c905B-TX NM

2002-03-11 Thread Conrad Lawes
The Atmel AT29C512 chip will work as well. - Original Message - From: "Suhardi Hamid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:05 AM Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Chips for 3c905B-TX NM > Dear sirs, > I wish to know what are the eprom/flash rom chips compat

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] connecting to W2k terminal server

2002-03-11 Thread Conrad Lawes
You are correct. I should have said X. - Original Message - From: "Ragnar Wisløff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Conrad Lawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 3:40 PM Subject: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] connecting to W2k terminal server Sitat Conrad Lawes <[

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Onboard LAN on ECS K7S5A

2002-03-11 Thread Dave Shiels
Conrad Lawes wrote: > > It is usually impossible and risky to flash a BIOS integrated boot ROM using a >utility from a third party. Normally only the PC or motherboard manufacturer can >supply the flash utility to update or replace your BIOS. > > I suspect that your BIOS-integrated boot ROM u

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Chips for 3c905B-TX NM

2002-03-11 Thread Martin Herweg
Suhardi Hamid wrote: > Dear sirs, > I wish to know what are the eprom/flash rom chips compatible with > 3c905B-TX NM. I use 27C256 for all my Cards Some 3c905 have their own EEPROM & BIOS , you dont need to modify the hardware, you can use the built in code to boot but you need a modified K

[Ltsp-discuss] Kernel panic: sis900 No transceivers found

2002-03-11 Thread John O'Gorman
Help ! We have an ASUS TUSI-M motherboard with a SiS900 Network Interface. We are using PXE to load Etherboot to load the ltsp3.0 supplied kermel. After the usual hastles with DHCP etc, we have PXE running and loading Etherboot. They are both finding and driving the SiS900 OK. They report its M

[Ltsp-discuss] Problems with new 3.0.2-kernel

2002-03-11 Thread Alfredo Munoz
Hi, after updating from 3.0.1 to version 3.0.2, the kernel gets the correct IO-parameter for the ISA AMD79C960: rw root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc rw NIC=lance IO=0x300, but it doesn't seem to be loaded - no "insmod"-log is printed. Nevertheless, after successful loading IP and TCP this happend: >> V

[Ltsp-discuss] IBM Netvista 2800 and Suse 7.1 KDE - Terminal access ?

2002-03-11 Thread it
Hi all there, I am very new with linux, so excuse me, if it seems simple to you. I am working on an IBM Netvista 2800 thin client. Connections to WinNT Terminal Server (ICA Metraframe 1.8) and AS/400 5250 Terminal are made from the NetStation. How can i connect to my new Linux Server (Suse 7.1)

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Chips for 3c905B-TX NM

2002-03-11 Thread Suhardi Hamid
Jim, Thanks for your reply. Apparently, the chips that I use was bought from disklessworkstation.com. Anyway, since the chip is hardly found around here, I am considering whether or not there are other chips available to replace 29EE512. Perhaps the ones easily available in our local market. The 2