Re: [Ltsp-discuss] automatic logout

2002-08-29 Thread Dave Cotton
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 00:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter, > > I've be interested in seeing that script, and if you've got > the time to write up a paragraph or two about it, i'd be > happy to post it up on the LTSP.org contrib page. I'm > sure there are lots of people who would find great v

[Ltsp-discuss] DHCP V. 3 support in etherboot rom

2002-08-29 Thread Abdullah Al-Humaid
Message: 24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP V. 3 support in etherboot rom Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:39:29 +0100 From: Peter Lister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> We tried it with the Vendor Id but we did not get the results that >> we were expecting, I am no

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] My LPP patch didn't swirl

2002-08-29 Thread offray . luna
Hi, Can you, please, point me the site where I can get the Linux Progress Patch from Anurag Phadke. I am interested too in the graphical boot process, may be if we try at the same time, we can help to ourselves more. Thanks in advance, Offray El jue, 29-08-2002 a las 06:05, syai fau escribió:

[Ltsp-discuss] Configuration contradictions in Mandrake/ltsp how-to

2002-08-29 Thread Mark Berkwitt
The attached files are those needed to be changed. The first, /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf required a change of a line that starts with 'SERVER=' to the IP address of the server box, then to comment out [ws001]. These things have been done. The second, /etc/dhcpd.conf.example hopefully has bee

[Ltsp-discuss] What is the mini memory does a ltsp terminal needs?

2002-08-29 Thread simon
Hello all, I test my ltsp terminal in a p166 48M old merchine. and I found it running perfect. then I decide to make it in production environment. But I encounter trouble on those really old merchines. which is: cpu: 486Dx66 - 100, memory: 8M -12M video card: s3 with 102

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] mouse

2002-08-29 Thread simon
Thanks, I change it to "/dev/null" and it work! But it still has a mouse pointer in the middle of the screen . How can I make it disapper? > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:01:40PM +1000, simon wrote: > > hi list, > > I don't want to use mouse on my terminal . > > so i set > > X_MOUSE_PR

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] My LPP patch didn't swirl

2002-08-29 Thread syai fau
The hwbrowser shows that the workstation used an onboard video card, a "Cirrus Logic GD544x". I noticed that the the patched LTSp is looking for a VESA VGA card. I'm forcing the rpm package of XF86_SVGA for the workstation. To Jim, thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. Guys, anyone know

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] automatic logout

2002-08-29 Thread Zoilo
On Friday 30 August 2002 00:33, Peter Billson wrote: > > => how (if at all) can I find out if the screensaver is running (i.e. > > visible) on an X-terminal? > > > > If I can find this out, then I will have the screensaver detect > > inactivity, and then I will peek at the screensaver every once i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] automatic logout

2002-08-29 Thread jam
Peter, I've be interested in seeing that script, and if you've got the time to write up a paragraph or two about it, i'd be happy to post it up on the LTSP.org contrib page. I'm sure there are lots of people who would find great value in this. Thanks, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] automatic logout

2002-08-29 Thread Peter Billson
> => how (if at all) can I find out if the screensaver is running (i.e. > visible) on an X-terminal? > > If I can find this out, then I will have the screensaver detect inactivity, > and then I will peek at the screensaver every once in a while, so I can > terminate the session. Ahh, that I can

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] automatic logout

2002-08-29 Thread Zoilo
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 17:04, jay wrote: > On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 09:53, Zoilo wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 August 2002 20:23, Zoilo wrote: > > > Is there a "gracefull" way to configure automatic logout after, say, 5 > > > minutes of inactivity? > > > > > > I suppose I can write my own script to k

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Still having problems installing LTSP onMandrake 8.2

2002-08-29 Thread Dave Cotton
On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 19:14, Mark Berkwitt wrote: > When last we checked our hero was using the installation document at: > http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/mandrake_ltsp.html > and following each step in sequence came upon the instruction > # service nfs start //receiving the following respons

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Wrong root path ??

2002-08-29 Thread Alex Robertson
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > You should take a breath, step back, then RFM and make a working system > (It works if you follow instructions) then try to change it to suit > your needs, one step at a time. I have already done it from the beginning 3 times. Folowing all the instruct

[Ltsp-discuss] Still having problems installing LTSP on Mandrake 8.2

2002-08-29 Thread Mark Berkwitt
When last we checked our hero was using the installation document at: http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/mandrake_ltsp.html and following each step in sequence came upon the instruction # service nfs start //receiving the following response Cannot find nfs service Dismayed, he looked upward at

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Computer Survey

2002-08-29 Thread Peter Lister
> >> A cool feature would be to have it write the info to a file > >> on the floppy, then they could pop that floppy into another > >> machine and email the contents to me, so I could recommend > >> certain settings to use. Etherboot should soon do something similar; first, Eric Biederman's recen

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] XFSTT

2002-08-29 Thread Dave Cotton
On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 14:29, Joyce LAMBERT wrote: > Hello > > I have a probleme with my XFSTT (X font server for true type) the XFS > server like to work good but even if i put FontPath "unix/:7101" on my > XF86config file, i never see ttf font on the station (but visible if a > type the same li

[Fwd: [Ltsp-discuss] XFSTT]

2002-08-29 Thread Joyce LAMBERT
New information On the station if i am in root and type #xfstt Cannot open TCPIP port 7101 Better try another port! --- Begin Message --- Hello I have a probleme with my XFSTT (X font server for true type) the XFS server like to work good but even if i put FontPath "unix/:7101" on my XF86con

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] My LPP patch didn't swirl

2002-08-29 Thread jam
Syai, yes, it turns out that not all video chipsets are able to use the LPP. The message you got is indicating that it can't switch into the video mode needed by the LPP. BTW, What video chipset are you using in that workstation ? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, syai fau

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 or more LTSP servers?

2002-08-29 Thread Dr R.S. Brooks
On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Joseph Jamieson wrote: >The only thing I have been confused about, not being greatly versed in X >authentication, is how to allow hosts other then the machine you >connected via XDM to talk to your X server. I'm sure if I read up on X >authentication a bit more it would be a

[Ltsp-discuss] XFSTT

2002-08-29 Thread Joyce LAMBERT
Hello I have a probleme with my XFSTT (X font server for true type) the XFS server like to work good but even if i put FontPath "unix/:7101" on my XF86config file, i never see ttf font on the station (but visible if a type the same line "xfsfont | grep ttf" on the server) Has someone an idee

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 or more LTSP servers?

2002-08-29 Thread Joseph Jamieson
Yes indeed, you could use rsh or ssh, and you could even throw in a little NIS to make authentication/managing user accounts a bit easier for a large number of users. However, these things are sort of out of the scope of technical issues with ltsp I think. The ltsp documentation does describe

[Ltsp-discuss] My LPP patch didn't swirl

2002-08-29 Thread syai fau
Hai guys... I've just tried patching up LTSP with the patch that Anurag Phadke made, but my LTSP didn't appear any fancier. Just a line saying that there isnt a defined mode number, and I can opt to pick either 9 given mode number option or just wait 30 seconds for it to configure it itself.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 or more LTSP servers?

2002-08-29 Thread rob apodaca
... > >Absolutely possible. There are probably a dozen ways to accomplish this. > >What I do is have all the clients boot and log into one server. From the > main server, all of the small apps are ran. The second server acts merely as > an application server for the big apps (namely open office).

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Wrong root path ??

2002-08-29 Thread jam
Hi You should take a breath, step back, then RFM and make a working system (It works if you follow instructions) then try to change it to suit your needs, one step at a time. > " > Loadin 192.168.1.1:/HD/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.18-ltsp-1 .TFTP error 2 ^^^ > (Access violatio