[Ltsp-discuss] open office

2002-05-10 Thread Michel Donais
I just installed open office 1.0 on my LTSP server. When I start the application on a terminal client, the application start on the server console. What's the trick to get it on the client console ? Michel ___ Have big pipes? Sourc

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] newbie Q

2002-05-10 Thread jam
Tom, For workstations, I consider the bare minimum something with a PCI bus and at least 16mb of ram. For the server, that totally depends on what apps you want to run. And it also depends on what you consider acceptable performance. You'd be surprised what a PII with 128mb of ram can do, alth

[Ltsp-discuss] small pc board and fanless power supply

2002-05-10 Thread Michel Donais
For those in quest of thiny things I found http://www.viavpsd.com/products/epia_mini_itx_spec.jsp http://www.casetronic.com/Product/PCcase/2677/CS-2677.html The power supply is a 12volts power adaptor like HP ones for portables pc's; it reduce in the case to 5 and 3 volts. Michel ___

[Ltsp-discuss] newbie Q

2002-05-10 Thread Tom Allison
How much computer do you need for a terminal? for a server? (assume no more than four hosts) Has anyone tried using a wireless NIC for the ltsp? ___ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardw

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA 3c509 NIC:s

2002-05-10 Thread Breshears Doug P
I had that problem and ended up building my own mknbi package, narrowed it down to just putting the exact nic drivers I need in the root directory structure and keeping the whole package "vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp-5" down to under 850k-900k I actually found out to within 10k, just can't find where I do

Re: Re : [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread C R Zamana
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 16:38, Bill wrote: > Hello LTSP List, > > ldrlsn> |a 396 with 4M working with LTSP. > Yes, let us see what a 396 half-breed looks like :) 396? Oh, my bastard keyboard attacks again! 386 is the correct :-) Best regards. _

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread C R Zamana
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 15:24, Alessandro Selli wrote: > Il giorno 10 May 2002, C R Zamana così ha scritto: > > |From: C R Zamana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |To: LTSP Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |Date: 10 May 2002 13:23:32 -0300 > |Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations > | > | > |

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread C R Zamana
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 13:55, Prolinux wrote: > How is the performance of a 386/4 LTSP workstation? > What about running aplications as OpenOffice, Galeon, > etc? The performance, while still in the workstation, is very poor, but after telneting to the server there is no problem, of course

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA 3c509 NIC:s

2002-05-10 Thread Brian Johnson
This sounds like my problem - has there been any progress on this? For 486's, i've been getting alot of reports that the initrd isn't being loaded in RAM properly. This seems to be a problem relating to mknbi-linux. mknbi-linux version 1.2-5, it seemed to work fine, but the latest LTSP kernels w

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems with X (are you surprised)`

2002-05-10 Thread Breshears Doug P
to send entire output of error to file... start_ws > /tmp/xout 2>&1 now look at what you've got.. cat /tmp/xout | more this should tell you something about the error. Another avenue is to make your own XConfig in /etc using minimal 8 bit color depth and modelines from examples of

Re : [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread Bill
Hello LTSP List, ldrlsn> |a 396 with 4M working with LTSP. Yes, let us see what a 396 half-breed looks like :) I have tried LTSP on 486DX with 8mb ram, the next thing I will try is my 386DX20 with 8mb ram which is presently used a linux router box. -- Best regards, Bill

[Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread Brian Johnson
What is the minimum amount of RAM that is needed for a workstation without having to recompile the kernel? I here reference to * M RAM systems but that would require a recompile wouldn't it? ___ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is l

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] AT-2000 Ethernet ISA PNP

2002-05-10 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Thu, 9 May 2002, Stanley 'pm così ha scritto: |From: Stanley 'pm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 22:20:42 +0700 |Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] AT-2000 Ethernet ISA PNP | |Dear all, |Does anyone know what is the driver for an Allied Telesyn AT-2000 Ethernet ?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno 10 May 2002, C R Zamana così ha scritto: |From: C R Zamana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: LTSP Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Date: 10 May 2002 13:23:32 -0300 |Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations | | | Well, after some hours of work I was able to see |a 396 with 4M w

[Ltsp-discuss] network over dial-up phone line

2002-05-10 Thread Michel Donais
Did somebody knows a product that can permit networking over standard two wire dial-up phone lines at least at 10mps to build something that look`s like the following. users over a 10/100 network --- box to permit network over phone line --- telco dial-up service --- box to permit network over

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread Prolinux
How is the performance of a 386/4 LTSP workstation? What about running aplications as OpenOffice, Galeon, etc? Best regards, Hugo --- C R Zamana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 13:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Pedro, > > > > Sorry, but 4mb of ram just isn't enough. >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread C R Zamana
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 13:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pedro, > > Sorry, but 4mb of ram just isn't enough. > > The minimum for LTSP is about 8mb and even then, > you need to enable NFS-Swap Well, after some hours of work I was able to see a 396 with 4M working with LTSP. The m

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread jam
Pedro, Sorry, but 4mb of ram just isn't enough. The minimum for LTSP is about 8mb and even then, you need to enable NFS-Swap Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 10 May 2002, Pedro Torres wrote: > hi, > > i have a mandrake 8.1 server with the ltsp and some > p200 terminals, i want to kno

[Ltsp-discuss] 386 and 486 workstations

2002-05-10 Thread Pedro Torres
hi, i have a mandrake 8.1 server with the ltsp and some p200 terminals, i want to know if i can add 386 with 4mb ram and 486, here i found someone that have a patch for 486, is the same for 386? please i need help thanks... __ Do You Yahoo!? Yaho

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mouse pointers and /dev

2002-05-10 Thread jam
Brian, the /dev directory in the workstation uses devfs, that is it's a virtual device filesystem. As the kernel loads modules and detects devices, the device nodes will be created automatically. If you aren't seeing any ttyS* nodes, then it's likely you haven't loaded the serial module. if yo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PCMCIA

2002-05-10 Thread jam
Tom, To utilize the pcmcia network card, you can use the ltsp_wireless package. It contains drivers for all of the linux supported pcmcia network cards (including wired). But, you'll have to boot the laptop from some local media, such as a floppy or a flash disk. We're working on making flash

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mouse pointers and /dev

2002-05-10 Thread Claas Anders Rathje
On Fri, 10 May 2002 10:56:56 -0400 "Brian Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My workstation /dev doesn't include any /dev/ttySx devices or /dev/mouse > > It does have /dev/psaux but my serial mouse doesn't work with that > > The server /opt/ltsp/i386/dev is empty > > How do you add items t

[Ltsp-discuss] Mouse pointers and /dev

2002-05-10 Thread Brian Johnson
My workstation /dev doesn't include any /dev/ttySx devices or /dev/mouse It does have /dev/psaux but my serial mouse doesn't work with that The server /opt/ltsp/i386/dev is empty How do you add items to /dev? ___ Have big pipes? Sour

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PCMCIA

2002-05-10 Thread Tom Brown
My LUG wants to install a portable LAN at our meeting room in a public library. The library is allowing us to use a small closet to store our gear. We decided on a headless server, 6-12 laptops and a 10/100 switch. We very much want to purchase diskless laptops to keep the acquisition costs down,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mount

2002-05-10 Thread jam
Rachid, Take a look at your /etc/hosts.allow file and make sure you are alling 192.168.2. Also, look at /var/log/secure and /var/log/messages to see if there are any clues. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 10 May 2002, Rachid El Kissi wrote: > i download the latest version of ltsp in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Progress Bar (lpp) findings

2002-05-10 Thread jam
Phil, The ltsp_kernel-3.0.3 package has a number of small problems, including a broken LPP setup. So, if you really want the LPP, go back to the 3.0.1 kernel package which includes 'vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp-lpp-5'. Or, wait till I get a chance to put out a new kernel package. Jim. On Fri, 10 May

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Connecting LTSP to Netware

2002-05-10 Thread Derek Dresser
Quoting Chris Kniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > Our school is just getting started using the K12LTSP. So far we have a > few machines connected to a linux terminal server, and we like what we > see. Like you, our main server is Novell (Netware 5.1.) Any info on > how we can authenticate to

[Ltsp-discuss] Sound Card

2002-05-10 Thread Jarred Nicholls
I wanted to know if anyone has set up sound on their terminals before. I set up the module section of lts.conf and selected sb for my Sound Blaster 16 (pretty old) and it starts the SB Server, however it has trouble initializing the mixer it says and trouble starting several formats of sound

[Ltsp-discuss] Mount

2002-05-10 Thread Rachid El Kissi
i download the latest version of ltsp install and configure the workstation boot finding the dhcp server ... ... ... PCI found IRQ10 eth0:Davicom DM9102 Running dhclient mounting root filesystem: /opt/ltsp/i386 from 192.168.2.254 and here stop nothing else exportfgs show : /var/o

[Ltsp-discuss] Progress Bar (lpp) findings

2002-05-10 Thread Philip A. Roa
Hi (maintainers, Jim?), The 'progress bar' patch of the LTSP kernel which i currently have does not work in my current setup. Everthing seems to work fine though (except the progress bar display). This is just cosmetic but i can't help feeling funny that something 'underneath the hood' migh