[Ltsp-discuss] How do I make a new initrd for SiS630ET

2002-04-12 Thread John O'Gorman
After a few weeks of prayer and fasting, I think I now know what must be done to allow LTSP to work with the new SiS630ET chip. >From a remark by Ken Yap, I infer that the sis900.o file must be in the initrd file image which is tacked onto the kernel image. So I think that I need to: 1. Recomp

[Ltsp-discuss] how do I make an initrd for sis630ET

2002-04-12 Thread John O'Gorman
After a few weeks of prayer and fasting, I think I now know what must be done to allow LTSP to work with the new SiS630ET chip. >From a remark by Ken Yap, I infer that the sis900.o file must be in the initrd file image which is tacked onto the kernel image. So I think that I need to: 1. Recom

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Source RPMs'?

2002-04-12 Thread jam
Jeff, No, there is not a source rpm. Download the ltsp_core tgz package and untar it. In the ltsp_core directory, you'll find the spec file and the create_rpm script that actually builds the rpm. Jim. On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Jeff Baldwin wrote: > After thinking about this a bit.. I have a co

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Source RPMs'?

2002-04-12 Thread Jeff Baldwin
After thinking about this a bit.. I have a couple more questions... ltsp_core is not a package distributed by RedHat (I don't think), so my thinking on this is... someone had to of written a SPEC file, to build the original RPM? (assuming the rpm package wasn't built using alien (debian) or s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Source RPMs'?

2002-04-12 Thread Jeff Baldwin
Jim -- Thank you much for the prompt reply. I'll keep my eyes open for the src.rpms in the future :)... Thanks Jeff On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jeff, > > We don't have source rpms. we're working on that. > > most of the binaries are directly from a RH7.1 system, > XFr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Source RPMs'?

2002-04-12 Thread jam
Jeff, We don't have source rpms. we're working on that. most of the binaries are directly from a RH7.1 system, XFree86 is just standard XFree86 4.1.0 sources, directly from the XFree86.org site. Any utilities that have been written for LTSP are in the ltsp_util_src package. Jim McQuillan [EMA

[Ltsp-discuss] Source RPMs'?

2002-04-12 Thread Jeff Baldwin
Hello Guys and Gals.. I recently discovered the LTSP and I'm anxious to see just how far I can take it.. I currenlty run EnGarde Secure Linux servers (EXCELLENT distro by the way), which are based (though minimally) on RedHat 6.2.. However when install the LTSP rpms (I've only installed the co

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] True thin clients in biz environment?

2002-04-12 Thread Jason Bechtel
Tommy, It sounds to me like you consider "true" thin clients to only be expensive proprietary hardware solutions. I think that this is a mistake. For the same reason that your proprietary WinTerm boxes are now useless under a new operating environment, your Neoware boxes will soon be unable to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP for Mandrake 8.2

2002-04-12 Thread surleau
Hello, I'm not a guru, but I tried LTSP RPM packages in Mandrake 8.2 : it didn't work at all. After uninstalling and re-install with tgz files, it finally worked fine. Romain. > Hello LTSP gurus, > > Is it possible to install LTSP RPM packages in a Mandrake 8.2 system? > > Sorry for this ver

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Updated Debian packages

2002-04-12 Thread Hans Gubitz
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 07:15:40PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > They're the same packages I have, dating Dec 18th 2001. Are the new ones > yet to be made available? > Add deb http://termserv.berlios.de/debian stable main non-free to your sources.list Hans Gubitz -- Hans Gubitz <[EMAI

[Ltsp-discuss] LPP

2002-04-12 Thread Serge B Bromow
I'm trying to setup my own LPP image with little success. I have downloaded fblogo0.3 source but this version does not seem to create the proper headers. I tried the fdblogo0.1 wich is used by all of the LPP themes contributors, but could not get it to link properly because I was unable to locate

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Updated Debian packages

2002-04-12 Thread jam
Sandro, The new debian packages from Georg are available on his server. There is a link on the LTSP.org main page. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Alessandro Selli wrote: > I just visited the Download page on > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17723

[Ltsp-discuss] Updated Debian packages

2002-04-12 Thread Alessandro Selli
I just visited the Download page on http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17723 looking for the updated Debian packages, this is what I found: 3.0.0 - DEB 2001-12-18 00:27 ltsp-core-i386_3.0.0-1_all.deb 1389732938

Re: RES: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc

2002-04-12 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Fri, 12 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] così ha scritto: |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: Jean Carlos Bormanieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:50:03 -0400 (EDT) |Subject: Re: RES: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc | |Jean, | |It should work just fine, without any option-129.

[Ltsp-discuss] Starting a terminal workstation in framebuffer mode.

2002-04-12 Thread Alessandro Selli
Is it possible to start a telnet workstation (runlevel 4) in framebuffer mode? In more general terms, how can I pass parameters to the kernel the workstation loads? I found no relevant settings in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf.readme and no mention about it in the documentation. I only figured

[Ltsp-discuss] [Fwd: Re: ENBD Enhanced Network block device]

2002-04-12 Thread Jason A. Pattie
We've finally gotten the word. You can start sending your pledges. :) For those of you who haven't heard, work has been done on the Enhanced Network Block Device to add support for remote ioctls that will allow us to access floppy disks, cdroms, and other types of removeable media on a thin

Re: RES: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc

2002-04-12 Thread jam
Jean, It should work just fine, without any option-129. The 3c905 cards are PCI and should automatically be detected. But, if you really want to force it to use a specific driver, then the driver you need is '3c59x' NOT '3c905x'. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Jean Car

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] True thin clients in biz environment?

2002-04-12 Thread Derek Dresser
Hi, We use three distinct types of workstations. 1. old pc's with drives removed and bootable network cards (no floppy) This is primarily what we use. We have about 30 of these currently. 2. I have set up a thin client (Maxterm UT) from http://www.maxspeed.com/ to work with LTSP. This is a thi

RES: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc

2002-04-12 Thread Jean Carlos Bormanieri
'Hello. I try to load the module 3c905x . In my dhcpd.conf file I have the option-129 like this : "NIC=3c905x" on the station I can boot and download the kernel, but when the linuxrc load , cannot assign oa IRQ value to network card. Then, I try put on the option-129 like this : "NIC=3c905x IRQ=1

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] (No Subject)

2002-04-12 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Sheilafel Vida così ha scritto: |From: Sheilafel Vida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:50:49 -0700 |Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] (No Subject) | |we are getting this error when we boot our diskless workstations running on pentium 1 |at 1

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc

2002-04-12 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Jean Carlos Bormanieri così ha scritto: |From: Jean Carlos Bormanieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:59:43 -0300 |Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc | |After download the kernel, the system try run /lixurc . |My network c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Upcoming release and the Debian distribution

2002-04-12 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Georg Baum così ha scritto: |From: Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:39:05 +0200 |Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Upcoming release and the Debian distribution | |Am Donnerstag, 11. April 2002 15:28 schrieb Alessandro Selli: |>

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc

2002-04-12 Thread jam
Jean Carlos, Can you double check which module it is trying to load ? Is it 3c905 or 3c509 ? Also, the path to the kernel modules is correct, they are NOT in your conectiva system, they are inside of the initrd image that is built along with the kernel. To see how this works, take a look at th

[Ltsp-discuss] Problem in /linuxrc

2002-04-12 Thread Jean Carlos Bormanieri
After download the kernel, the system try run /lixurc . My network card is a 3Com 3c905b txnm. The system recognize the card and try load the 3c509 module of Kernel. It try to load on this way : /lib/modules/2.4.9-ltsp-6/kernel/drivers/net/3c509 but (my distro is conectiva 7.0) this module is on :

[Ltsp-discuss] True thin clients in biz environment?

2002-04-12 Thread Tommy Eaton
 Hi,   I have recently decided to replace our current 40+ user network with LTSP.  We are using Citrix, Exchange, and Winnt 4.0 TSE.  However, it order to accomplish this, I need to find a thin client that I can make boot to the LTSP, otherwise we are stuck in M$ land.  Most of our existi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem on XF86_S3

2002-04-12 Thread Martin Fink
Ananda Sulung wrote: > I use S3 Trio chipset. From maillist I know it must have What exact type of Trio Chip? Marketing labeled for example a S3 Trio/3D which is a S3 Virge Design > some trouble > with XFree86. or use XFree V4.2 and vesa driver. Martin -- Martin FinkTelefon (

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] cool + dhcp(?) problem

2002-04-12 Thread Georg Baum
Am Donnerstag, 11. April 2002 22:17 schrieb Frank Van Damme: > Creating new dhcpd.leases file > ./dhcpd.tmpl: /var/dhcp/dhcpd.leases: No such file or directory > > Could not execute ./dhcpd.tmpl, Error: 256 > > > this is right after I give the script my fiat to just alter any files > necessary for