Re: [Ltsp-discuss] windows terminal services client bootable floppy

2002-03-20 Thread Jannic S. Jensen
> I was wondering if anyone has done this before, as I've managed to put > together a nice little floppy that includes, X, rdesktop, dhcp > and busybox that lets you boot directly and open a client into a windows > terminal services server. Please check out: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pxes

[Ltsp-discuss] Autodetect of NICs and video cards

2002-03-20 Thread Ragnar Wisløff
As part of the neverending drive to make LTSP available to the masses ;-) we're looking for some magic to detect the NIC and video card in old PCs. Now it's vital to examine the NIC and get the right image from rom-o-matic, and put this on a floppy in order to get it on the network. This is sca

[Ltsp-discuss] rc.local fails to unmount ramdrive -- SOLVED

2002-03-20 Thread Skip Gaede
Folks, I'm working with running a Mac PowerPC as an LTSP client. On the Mac, the initrd needs to be a tad bigger (8 MB) than it does for the i386 client. Because I'm also dealing with memory-challenged Macs (40 MB) freeing the ramdrive was important. The code in the current rc.local script fa

Re: Fw: Fw: [Ltsp-discuss] Auto Login KDE

2002-03-20 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 05:09:10PM -0800, Rois Cannon wrote: > Hans, Yes it is reading kdmrc. I've changed some wording in the gui and > have switched back and forth from clock to logo to nothing and the changes > do show but it just won't autologin. I was hoping to have each workstation > loca

[Ltsp-discuss] Keyboard mapping when using Mac keyboard

2002-03-20 Thread Skip Gaede
Folks, I've managed to get a Macintosh PowerPC (6100/66) running as an LTSP client. The server is an Athlon running Mandrake 8.1. One of the things done when starting up an X client is to "fix" the keyboard by swapping the functions of the Delete and BackSpace keys. Unless you've had to deal w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Autodetect of NICs and video cards

2002-03-20 Thread Peter Lister
> As part of the neverending drive to make LTSP available to the masses ;-) > we're looking for some magic to detect the NIC and video card in old PCs. > Now it's vital to examine the NIC and get the right image from rom-o-matic, > and put this on a floppy in order to get it on the network. Th

Re: Fw: Fw: [Ltsp-discuss] Auto Login KDE

2002-03-20 Thread Skip Gaede
On Wednesday 20 March 2002 05:33 am, you wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 05:09:10PM -0800, Rois Cannon wrote: > > Hans, Yes it is reading kdmrc. I've changed some wording in the gui and > > have switched back and forth from clock to logo to nothing and the > > changes do show but it just won't

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PowerMacs as LTSP Clients - It's working

2002-03-20 Thread mslicker
I have an old PowerMac 7200/90 with 64MB of RAM and two SCSI hard drives (500MB and 2GB). Unfortunately, I wiped out many critical applications including Stuffit and the MacOS CD appears to be too scratched to reinstall. Apple says they charge the same for MacOS 9 and for MacOS X. I'm rather f

[Ltsp-discuss] Multiple X-window session

2002-03-20 Thread vcare
Hello, I would like to have Multiple Xlogin with single connection . i.e my application on one IBM server is Star-office and e-mail other server is having Oracle forms. how to access both the Star-office and Oracle forms from Single window. Regards K.Dinesh __

[Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread Shane Kennedy
Can anyone tell me how to set up (or point me to a site which could) a server to self recover from power outages/crashes ?. I particularly need to get around the occasional need to manually run fsck following these events. Presumably, I need to mount 'ro' the main fs, then build the runtime fs e

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Autodetect of NICs and video cards

2002-03-20 Thread Michael H. Collins
Not exactly what you want, but floppyfw http://zelow.no seems to do real well with old isa cards. detects the chipset and finds those pesky irq and interrupts. you would then have the numbers to put in dhcpd.conf. On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:41:47 +0100 Ragnar Wisløff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread Derek Dresser
> I have five server that will become a LTSP server, and around 25 to 30 > thin client. > My problem is, what are the best solution to get around this ? > > Put 5-6 client to each server and managed them thru webmin, or doing load > balancing or clustering on the five server for all the client ?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Autodetect of NICs and video cards

2002-03-20 Thread Ragnar Wisløff
Sitat "Michael H. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Not exactly what you want, but floppyfw http://zelow.no seems to do > real well with old isa cards. detects the chipset and finds those > pesky irq and interrupts. you would then have the numbers to put in > dhcpd.conf. OK, thanks for the tip.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread Derek Dresser
Quoting Shane Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Can anyone tell me how to set up (or point me to a site which could) a > server to self recover from power outages/crashes ?. I particularly > need to get around the occasional need to manually run fsck following > these events. Presumably, I need to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
Shane, any unox / linux server will recover the best it can, but you can expect some data loss and corruption if the power fails when the server is busy (between sync cycles). if you have power outages, you should consider using an uniterruptible power supply with a data port that would in

Re: Fw: Fw: [Ltsp-discuss] Auto Login KDE

2002-03-20 Thread Ragnar Wisløff
[snip] > > I'm on the virge of doing a complete > > re-install just in case I have goofed something up. Any chance you > know of > > any documentation on the kdmrc file? > Mine is heavily commented. Is yours not? I can send you a copy if you want. -- Mvh Ragnar Wisløff -- life

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread Izauddin Mohd Isa
Hi guys, I have five server that will become a LTSP server, and around 25 to 30 thin client. My problem is, what are the best solution to get around this ? Put 5-6 client to each server and managed them thru webmin, or doing load balancing or clustering on the five server for all the client ?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread Skip Gaede
On Wednesday 20 March 2002 03:56 am, Izauddin Mohd Isa wrote: > Hi guys, > > > I have five server that will become a LTSP server, and around 25 to 30 > thin client. > My problem is, what are the best solution to get around this ? > > Put 5-6 client to each server and managed them thru webmin, or d

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread Andreas Schlager
Am 20 Mar 2002, um 8:27 Uhr schrieb Derek Dresser: > > Hi, > > I think the simplest solution is going to be MOSIX clustering of the servers. > http://www.mosix.org/ > If you set up one LTSP server with a mosix kernel and all your applications, > then set up the other servers with just a mosix

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread jeffr
Please note that I haven't tried this, but it's something I've been thinking about for a little while now. If you've got multiple servers that you want to turn into a cluster to act as one large LTSP server, and are more worried about scaling the processing and storage capabilities for load bala

[Ltsp-discuss] Esprit Win-TC

2002-03-20 Thread Grant Johnson
I have a Win-TC from Esprit.  It is a small (1 /12" high) thin-client that looks for a Citrix Server (I think). I have scoured the web looking for any information about these, but have ended-up empty handed. There is a floppy and IDE slot on the board, and I have successfully installed a flop

[Ltsp-discuss] 3c509b ISA not detected at boot

2002-03-20 Thread Morten
I am trying to boot from a workstation with a ISA 3c509b netcard. It get in contact with the Server and start to load the kernel. It stops at "Mounting /proc", and comes with an ERROR message that ISA card can not be detected and that i have to write the NIC driver in the "NIC=" parameter. OK I

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread Rick Green
Hi Ken, I know I would be very interested in this. Could you please post it to the group? Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken McCord Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:34 PM To: Izauddin Mohd Isa Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP server load balancing / cluster ?

2002-03-20 Thread Ken McCord
If you're looking to serve a group of thin clients via redundant LTSP servers, I'll email you a document that outlines this this evening. Ken Izauddin Mohd Isa wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I have five server that will become a LTSP server, and around 25 to 30 > thin client. > My problem is, what a

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c509b ISA not detected at boot

2002-03-20 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You need to add a couple of lines to your dhcpd.conf file to define the nic card Depending on what version of dhcp you have. This is a snippet from the quick install how to found on the ltsp webpage Start Snip ISA Network cards The LTSP kernels can automatically detect the network card, if it

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing LTSP setup

2002-03-20 Thread Venkat Manakkal
Hi Marvin, I run two LTSP servers, one with a separate physical network for the clients and another where the clients share the unprotected accessible from anywhere network. The first case is simple, simply run ipchains (or iptables) on the exposed interface to eliminate any packets (other th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread John McCreesh
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 12:03, Shane Kennedy wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to set up (or point me to a site which could) a > server to self recover from power outages/crashes ?. I particularly > need to get around the occasional need to manually run fsck following > these events. Presumably, I n

[Ltsp-discuss] Bluetooth

2002-03-20 Thread Aleksandar Pavic
Has anyone try to boot ltsp via bluetooth wireless network? _ Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net _ Run a small business? Then you need professional email like

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Asus TUSI-M (sis900.o) problems

2002-03-20 Thread ken_yap
>Question 1. Is there a chicken and egg problem here? >How can a loaded kernel function without a builtin >network driver? Surely it cannot successfully run >insmod to load a remote network driver unless it has a >network driver already? >Should we expect to see tha kernel try

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Asus TUSI-M (sis900.o) problems

2002-03-20 Thread John O'Gorman
Nigel Pallett wrote: > > Hi John, > > Instead of trying to load etherboot over PXE, why not use PXE directly ?? > > The the ltsp_kernel_pxe-3.0.2.i386.rpm on the K12LTSP site should do the > trick. > > I have attached a copy of the rpm file for your convenience. > > To get your ASUS clients t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread jeffr
On Redhat 7.1 (which by default uses the ext2 non-journaled filesystem) it will indeed automatically run fsck upon the first boot after a power loss. However, if there are serious filesystem errors, the system won't boot and will instead sit there waiting for root to come along and manually fsck

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Bluetooth

2002-03-20 Thread jeffr
Um, correct me if I'm wrong (and I very well may be), but isn't the bandwidth with bluetooth significantly smaller than what would be practical to run a graphical terminal over? I seem to recall bluetooth being marketed as a means of creating a 'personal network' so that your cell phone can comm

RE: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread Conrad Lawes
Let me simplify: Whenever your server is not properly shutdown - due power failure or simply pushing the poweroff - there is a great potential for data loss. Your files could be so corrupted that even fsck may NOT be able to recover your damage files. So never assume that fsck will fix every

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Asus TUSI-M (sis900.o) problems

2002-03-20 Thread John O'Gorman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Ken. Nice to hear from you again! Looks like I will have to persevere with trying to port the new sis900.c and sis900.h to work with the 2.4.9 kernel Regards John > > >Question 1. Is there a chicken and egg problem here? > >How can a loaded kernel function

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Asus TUSI-M (sis900.o) problems

2002-03-20 Thread John O'Gorman
One step forward! I hacked the sis900.c file from kernel 2.4.18 src so that it would compile under the 2.4.9 tree. That wasn't too bad. Two things: commented out a macro MODULE_LICENSE (line 171) removed a cast to __devexit_p for sis900_remove (line 2513) The 2.4.9 kernel compiled OK now a

[Ltsp-discuss] ltsp update

2002-03-20 Thread Michel Donais
I want to update from LTSP-3.0.1 to 3.0.3 do I have to care something to care about and how do it? Michel _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp update

2002-03-20 Thread jam
Michel, The upgrade is simply the kernel, not the core package. so, just install the new kernel package and setup your 'filename' entry in dhcpd.conf to point to the new '-6' kernel and you should be all set. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Michel Donais wrote: > I want

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp update

2002-03-20 Thread Michel Donais
> so, just install the new kernel package and setup your > 'filename' entry in dhcpd.conf to point to the new '-6' kernel > and you should be all set. > Thank's for the answer Jim . After the install and re-pointing to new -6 kernel; I think I can remove the older version -5 right? Michel _

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c509b ISA not detected at boot

2002-03-20 Thread Wouter DeBacker
What Egan wrote was correct, but if you are using ISC dhcp version 3.0 or above then also add the following line near the top of your dhcpd.conf before the lease-time entries: ddns-update-style ad-hoc; Success, Wouter DeBacker

[Ltsp-discuss] Cannot load X..

2002-03-20 Thread Rudhuwan Abu Bakar
hi I am trying out the ltsp 3.0 that come together with k12ltsp v2.0. I having a problem when trying to run X at the client (runlevel 5). The file /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf by default has this line: # X_USBMOUSE_PROTOCOL= "PS/2" # X_USBMOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/input/mice" # X_

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c509b ISA not detected at boot

2002-03-20 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 01:57:44PM -0600, Egan, Matt B. (Artco) wrote: > You need to add a couple of lines to your dhcpd.conf file to define the nic > card > > Depending on what version of dhcp you have. > > This is a snippet from the quick install how to found on the ltsp webpage > > Start Sni

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Cannot load X..

2002-03-20 Thread Izauddin Mohd Isa
Try to check your XF86config in the ltsp /etc/ directory. Rgds Din Rudhuwan Abu Bakar wrote: >hi > >I am trying out the ltsp 3.0 that come together with k12ltsp v2.0. > >I having a problem when trying to run X at the client (runlevel 5). The >file /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf by default has thi