Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Cirrus Logic Problems

2003-01-28 Thread Murali Potla
When i have set up the client to use SVGA server, its displaying a message like "Linear addressing is required for 16bpp" When i tried to use a pre-configured XF86Config file its giving an error message like "No valid modes found" My hardware is Server Pentium 4 1.7GHz with 256 MB Ram Worksta

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to clear cpu usage?

2003-01-28 Thread pedro noticioso
I wrote this script a couple days ago, it is an user process suicide script, so just chmod +x it at /usr/bin/suicide and make all users run this command before turning off the computer, please repply with the results since I have not been able to test it myself (in production), so I dont know if i

[Ltsp-discuss] devfs

2003-01-28 Thread Randy Cuadra
Guys: anybody whos sucesfully running ltsp3 with devfs. Can you give an exact configuration file. I think devfs was the reason why i cant manage ltsp client sound. I just copy the /dev of my redhat 8 to the ltsp dev directory but then when my thin client boots up, an error appear, it says "Erro

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread pedro noticioso
what is the official budget? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If your budget allows for that amount of money then > that's fine with > me. Mine doesn't. Therefore I rest my case. > > > > On 28-Jan-03 John McCreesh wrote: > > Let's see ... www.dell.co.uk > > > > Dell PowerEdge 600SC - SCSI > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
If your budget allows for that amount of money then that's fine with me. Mine doesn't. Therefore I rest my case. On 28-Jan-03 John McCreesh wrote: > Let's see ... www.dell.co.uk > > Dell PowerEdge 600SC - SCSI > Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.4GHz with 512K enhanced cache > 4GB DDR ECC (4*1GB) > 7

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Cirrus Logic Problems

2003-01-28 Thread William Dooley
It would help to have some type of error message or symptom of the problem If you have a grey screen with and X in the middle of it there is a good contrib in ltsp.org on that topic http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/gray_screen.html I had problems with my cirrus gdcl7555 on my laptop with a 800x600 scre

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Jammin 125 sound -- same problem

2003-01-28 Thread Jameson C. Burt
I have those very settings on a Jammin 125 I bought 3 weeks ago, yet I also get lockups after perhaps 15 to 45 minutes. I too have kernel 3.0.5, installed as the Debian package ltsp-kernel-2.4.19-i386_3.0.5-0_all.deb I have the additional entries on my main computer (which also runs kernel 2.4.1

[Ltsp-discuss] How to clear cpu usage?

2003-01-28 Thread leung
Hi, I am currently running ltsp 3.0 in my class room with about 25 terminals. My server is home-built pc with 1.2 G RAM and a 1.2 GHz Athelon CPU, and three 10Mbps switches. At peak time, I have about 24 students login thru icewm, running xterm and mozilla. The performance is a bit slow but sti

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread Norman Gaywood
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:24:11PM +0200, Andres Toomsalu wrote: > I have done something similar what you describe... > It consists of bit advanced dhcpd.conf file which presents an boot menu > at terminal boot time - choices are: > 1) Linux terminal > 2) First HDD partition (usually windoze instal

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 3.0 and NeTraverse Terminal Server 2

2003-01-28 Thread John Ingleby
Win4Lin Terminal Server 2 can be licensed for 5, 10, 25 users, and costs around $100 (dollars) per educational user. I've demo'd it running 2 Windows sessions concurrently. You also need a valid Win98 licence per user. TS2 is based on Win4Lin v4.0, and both allow you to resize Windows to a full sc

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread Dieter Kroemer
Hi, > Not enough memory, that's the problem > > > ... 4GB DDR ECC (4*1GB) Why? kind regards Dieter --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com __

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread Peter Childs
Sorry for being stupid but if you want a more graphical effect you could put grub (or lilo) on the harddisk and tell grub how to boot a etherboot disk. As the machine is not disk less anyway if you can't program the boot prom it save the need for a floppy. (might get removed by a use

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
Not enough memory, that's the problem On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, John McCreesh wrote: > Let's see ... www.dell.co.uk > Dell PowerEdge 600SC - SCSI > Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.4GHz with 512K enhanced cache > 4GB DDR ECC (4*1GB) > 73GB 10,000rpm 1'' Ultra 3 160 SCSI hard drive - 68 pin > UKP 4056 + VAT

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread oscar
Hi, I?m also very interested in that. Thanks Oscar -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Andres Toomsalu Enviado el: martes, 28 de enero de 2003 17:24 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
ibm netvista e220x - dual piii, up to 4GB memory, native scsi. single processor box is <$800, additional processor about $400. have no problems with them. julius On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mmm? ... > Let me see? ... > 75 times 50 plus 256 makes 4006 ... > 8-o) ... whoops ... th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread Andres Toomsalu
I have done something similar what you describe... It consists of bit advanced dhcpd.conf file which presents an boot menu at terminal boot time - choices are: 1) Linux terminal 2) First HDD partition (usually windoze installed there) 3) HDD image restore from server 4) HDD image backup to server 5

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread John McCreesh
This is a FAQ - see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ltsp-discuss&m=103696305931279 John On 28 Jan 2003 11:04:43 + Joyce LAMBERT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I have now a server with LTSP running good. > Some of the pc must run with LTSP and with Win98 on a local hard drive. > Is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread John McCreesh
Let's see ... www.dell.co.uk Dell PowerEdge 600SC - SCSI Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.4GHz with 512K enhanced cache 4GB DDR ECC (4*1GB) 73GB 10,000rpm 1'' Ultra 3 160 SCSI hard drive - 68 pin UKP 4056 + VAT Cost per user approx UKP 80 plus diskless terminal. What's the problem? John On Tue, 28

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pics from LinuxWorld

2003-01-28 Thread pedro noticioso
cool! may I see more pictures 8) --- Ed Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim is the guy whose hand is right above the "2" in > 2003 > > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 11:46, rob apodaca wrote: > > On 28 Jan 2003 12:19:23 -0500 > > Ed Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.nylug

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pics from LinuxWorld

2003-01-28 Thread Ed Weinberg
Jim is the guy whose hand is right above the "2" in 2003 On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 11:46, rob apodaca wrote: > On 28 Jan 2003 12:19:23 -0500 > Ed Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.nylug.org/images/lwe2003/monjaysettro/3_pavillion//DSC02094.JPG > > Ok, so which one is Jim? -- Ed W

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pics from LinuxWorld

2003-01-28 Thread rob apodaca
On 28 Jan 2003 12:19:23 -0500 Ed Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.nylug.org/images/lwe2003/monjaysettro/3_pavillion//DSC02094.JPG Ok, so which one is Jim? --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition +

[Ltsp-discuss] pics from LinuxWorld

2003-01-28 Thread Ed Weinberg
Here is the general announcement of pictures from LWE taken by Monjay, a NYLUG member. You can find the LTSP booth at: http://www.nylug.org/images/lwe2003/monjaysettro/3_pavillion//DSC02094.JPG ...and a picture of me with Migel at the Ximain booth at: http://www.nylug.org/images/lwe2003/monjayset

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] KDE 3.1 released

2003-01-28 Thread Rick Gatewood
If the pre-release news I have been reading is correct, 3.1 is supposed to be lighter and more efficient. That would be a nice present for everyone, if true. On Tuesday 28 January 2003 11:12 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am not looking forward to another heap of bloat being added to yet > an

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] SOUND

2003-01-28 Thread Alfred Poschmann
On Monday 27 January 2003 08:26, Randy Cuadra wrote: > Guys: >i tried to configure the sound of my ltsp client, > but unfortunately failed. an error occured "aumix: > error opening mixer".Guys please help:-( >Help is very much appreciated. Don't know, but probably it can't autodetect the r

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
Yes, that's reasonable. But even a refurbished Dell 4350 won't run without RAM. Since we're talking 4 gig here, the RAM itself is going to cost you more than 1.5 times the price of that server. Depending on the budget at hand that might not be acceptable anymore. On 28-Jan-03 R P Herrold wrote:

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
Before generating and downloading it you can configure Etherboot online to make it show a prompt that lets you choose between a local and a remote boot. You can even determine how long it should pause before choosing a default way to boot. That should do the trick. On 28-Jan-03 Joyce LAMBERT wro

[Ltsp-discuss] Workstation runs DHCLIENT and hangs~~~~~

2003-01-28 Thread vikas kashikar
I have installed Redhat 8.0 and the latest ltsp on a Celeron machine which I have made as a server. I am doing a lab testing with 2 workstations - one a Celeron machine and the other a Pentium machine. I am able to boot through the Celeron workstation. I used the same network card on the Pentium ma

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] KDE 3.1 released

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
I am not looking forward to another heap of bloat being added to yet another KDE release and I certainly didn't bite my finger nails during three months waiting for it to happen. But Happy Birthday anyway. On 28-Jan-03 Dan Scannell wrote: > All, > > WOW! Ive waited for almost three months for

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] X-Term from CD-ROM?

2003-01-28 Thread Baeseman, Cliff
grab the mini-disk copy of knoppix and change the last line in the inittab to query your ltsp server /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query server.domain.com To modify the iso copy it to disk and do a loop mount on the iso. Reburn and enjoy... Knoppix has darn good hardware detection so it should make it wo

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] United Linux support for ltsp?

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
There is a file /etc/SuSE-release that contains a version number. The LTSP setup checks the contents of that file to determine whether the platform at hand is supported or not. You could try forcing LTSP into believing that your platform is supported by temporarily changing the version in /etc/SuS

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Application management

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
Even without direct access to a terminal window it is possible for well-informed users to launch any application for which they have enough rights. All it takes is legitimate access through the menus to an application than can *execute* any external program. I am sure that *nedit* is but one exampl

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Application management

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
The problem with this solution might be that your carefully changed rights dissappear like snow for the sun each time you install an upgrade for one or more packages. Heck, it could even be that you cannot perform such an upgrade *because* of the changed rights. If I were you, I'd thoroughly check

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Application management

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
Since RH is Linux it is of course possible to set group and user rights, but that won't make the menu choices dissapear from the Gnome or KDE menu structure. With those bloated window managers there just is no *easy* way to change the menus on a per user or per group basis. The *easiest* approach

[Ltsp-discuss] is the 3com 3c515 supported

2003-01-28 Thread Denzil L. Kelly
Does anyone know if the 3com 3c515-tx isa nic is supported by ltsp. --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com __

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
That looks like a more reasonable and feasible approach to me. On 27-Jan-03 prakash modak wrote: > > Hi nayan, > > For 50 nodes as per the document U need Piv 1.4Gz with atlest 2Gb > ram. > But as i setup netscape to run locally i configured 50 nodes on > 1GB ram with pIII 800. > > > Praka

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp capacity on server

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
Mmm? ... Let me see? ... 75 times 50 plus 256 makes 4006 ... 8-o) ... whoops ... that's a little less than 4 gig ... 8-o) ... I wonder which affordable box can swallow all that? ;-) On 27-Jan-03 John McCreesh wrote: > On 27 Jan 2003 08:02:52 - > "nayan naya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] In spite of looking like a dinosaur

2003-01-28 Thread wouter . debacker
:) :) There is nothing wrong with a 386, nor with character computing, nor with GUI computing. It is just that nowadays new users exclusively learn how to use a computer in a GUI environment. They think of character computing as old-fashioned and inefficient. :) :) So be it, but I have some real

[Ltsp-discuss] Cirrus Logic Problems

2003-01-28 Thread Murali Potla
Hi there, I have configured ltsp 3.0.7 on Red Hat 8.0. However I am having lot of problems booting to gui on my workstations which have Cirrus Logic Video Chip sets. These workstations have Cirrus Logic 5424/8/9 Video Chip sets and have 20 MB Rams. Its booting well to runlevel 3, but unable to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Error opening terminal: linux

2003-01-28 Thread Berend De Schouwer
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 11:03, Chambard O wrote: > When I try to run application with curses, I get this error :( In your /ltsroot/ directory, make sure the following exists: usr/share/terminfo/l/linux etc/termcap # for old stuff. You should be able to copy these files from /. > Thanks fo

[Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-28 Thread Joyce LAMBERT
Hello I have now a server with LTSP running good. Some of the pc must run with LTSP and with Win98 on a local hard drive. Is there a possibility to start a multiboot with the network 1- LTSP 2- Win98 (Local HardDrive) 3- HardDrive Clone (Norton Ghost Like) [I have see udpcast how can do somthing

[Ltsp-discuss] X Server woes

2003-01-28 Thread Mike Heald
Greetings all, I have a problem with my X server setup which seems to be common looking round the net, but the solution still evades me... I have my X server set up to serve clients on my LAN, we have 3 or 4 clients working happily, getting a login box from the X server using X -ac -query 192.168

[Ltsp-discuss] KDE 3.1 released

2003-01-28 Thread Dan Scannell
All, WOW! Ive waited for almost three months for KDE 3.1 and finally its released today! on my birthday as well! How cool is that. http://promo.kde.org/3.1/screenshots.php Dan --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Ed