RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Screen refresh rates

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Johnson
> > but the refresh rate is still set too high for my monitor. > > Where can I change this? > Also, in the /opt/ltsp/i386/etc directory, there is a file > called 'lts.conf.readme' that contains a full list of the > available entries. > I checked that file and there is a line x_mode_0 = 800x600

[Ltsp-discuss] 2 copies of lts.conf

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Johnson
I have two copies of lts.conf One in /etc/ and one in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc Changes to both seem to affect the way ltsp works. Do they do the same thing? Should I use one over the other? Does one override the other? Why are there 2? Help ChrisJ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checke

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 copies of lts.conf

2003-09-30 Thread Sudev Barar
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 14:34, Chris Johnson wrote: > I have two copies of lts.conf > > One in > /etc/ > and one in > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc > The /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf is the correct file. Is the other file a link? That could explain the chanes to any effecting the system? check with ls -l /e

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 copies of lts.conf

2003-09-30 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chris Johnson wrote: > I have two copies of lts.conf > > One in > /etc/ > and one in > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc > > Changes to both seem to affect the way ltsp works. > Chris you don't have two lts.conf files, you have just one file with an additional link. what you see is normal, de

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 copies of lts.conf

2003-09-30 Thread jam
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chris Johnson wrote: > I have two copies of lts.conf Actually, one is lts.conf and the other is ltsp.conf > > One in > /etc/ This one should be 'ltsp.conf' It is there mostly for when packages are installed, the location of the ltsp root directory is specified. > and

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 copies of lts.conf

2003-09-30 Thread jam
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chris Johnson wrote: > > I have two copies of lts.conf > > > > One in > > /etc/ > > and one in > > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc > > > > Changes to both seem to affect the way ltsp works. > > > Chris you don't have two lts.conf files, you

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread jam
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > Hi ltsp list. > > I'm back after a year or so, working on a new configuration of diskless > clients. I've noticed a few things have changed and I am also trying to > clean the cobwebs from my memory on how this stuff all works. Some help > would be

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 copies of lts.conf

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Johnson
Thanks to all that helped clear this up. I'll read it a bit more thoroughly next time ChrisJ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 29/09/2003 --

[Ltsp-discuss] K12LTSP install

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Johnson
I've just installed a Linux box from the iso images for k12ltsp. It gave me four options to choose from ltsp, workstation server and custom. I went for custom and put loads of stuff on. However does anyone know if the LTSP option does anything different to make setting up any easier? I'm trying

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Intro to LTSP

2003-09-30 Thread David Johnston
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 12:33, Jonathan Villa wrote: > My company just received 2 Wyse Thin Clients (Winterm 5455XL). From > what I understand so far, I need to install the required packages onto > our Linux DHCP Server which will provide the Thin Client an image > created by etherboot via a script

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] K12LTSP install

2003-09-30 Thread Steven G. Spencer
The LTSP option DOES make installation easier. A breeze, in fact. If you've got the time, do the install again. Then it's "almost" as easy as plugging in your first thin-client and powering it up. Thanks, Steve On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 08:44, Chris Johnson wrote: > I've just installed a Linux box

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp at school - my story (and few questions)

2003-09-30 Thread Tommi Asiala
Ken Yap wrote: Make a skeleton directory so that when you create a new user they get a new set of settings. You might want to make some of the config files owned by root or even automatically overwritten by a system version. But still that wouldn't work. If I need to set OO.org Graphics dir

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread Don Burns
Hi Jim, Thanks for the response... On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > > > > Hi ltsp list. > > > > I'm back after a year or so, working on a new configuration of diskless > > clients. I've noticed a few things have changed and I am als

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread Don Burns
Sorry, the line in the previous email that read: echo "This is a test" /tmp/dummy Should have been echo "This is a test" > /tmp/dummy -don On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for the response... > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread jam
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for the response... > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi ltsp list. > > > > > > I'm back after a year or so, working on a new configuration of diskless

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] eepro10 (82595)

2003-09-30 Thread Cornelius Weiss
I tried the thing with netboot. here i'm able to download and start the Kernel! so i think: the nic is not kaput ( i also tried different ones) dhcp and settings are fine the funny thing now is: after the kernel configured the nic, the second DHCP request comes and my second dhcp offer also comes

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread jam
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > I see my problem. Since I am using pxe instead of PXELINUX, the kernel > argument root=/dev/ram0 was not being passed to the kernel. So, I started > with a fresh initrd from the ltsp distribution and set pxe to provide this > argument. First hiccup i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread Don Burns
I see my problem. Since I am using pxe instead of PXELINUX, the kernel argument root=/dev/ram0 was not being passed to the kernel. So, I started with a fresh initrd from the ltsp distribution and set pxe to provide this argument. First hiccup is again the usage message from init (there is, by

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread Don Burns
So, it occurs to me that I'm trying to beat this with the wrong hammer. Do you have any clues as to why I couldn't get PXELINUX to work? Perhaps that would behave a bit better than using pxe. -don On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Don Burns wrote: > > > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount problems

2003-09-30 Thread Don Burns
Ah... another kernel argument. init=/linuxrc . I was wondering what magic was making linuxrc run even though I was not adding that command line argument. Ok.. I'm getting further. I'm not carefully setting the kernel arguments to be just as they are in the pxelinux.cfg/default file: ini

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] eepro10 (82595)

2003-09-30 Thread Timothy Legge
> the funny thing now is: > after the kernel configured the nic, the second DHCP request comes > and my second dhcp offer also comes, but the nic dosn't accept the offer > just like the problem with etherboot before I assume this is with Netboot. If you are able to download the kernel but can

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] eepro10 (82595)

2003-09-30 Thread Timothy Legge
> I assume this is with Netboot. If you are able to download the kernel > but cannot get the nic to accept the dhcp reply it is possible that the > card has an incorrect irq. Ken responded to an issue I am having with > one of my cards. Etherboot and probably netboot does not care about the > ir

[Ltsp-discuss] Can't log into client unless someone logged into server?

2003-09-30 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, I have a client who we just set up LTSP for. It is working well except for on minor issue. GDM will not come up (we are running Ximian Gnome) unless a user is logged into the server. As long as a user is logged into the server everything is cool but Any ideas on how to fix this? S

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] K12LTSP install

2003-09-30 Thread JL Boers
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 09:44, Chris Johnson wrote: > I've just installed a Linux box from the iso images for k12ltsp. It gave me > four options to choose from ltsp, workstation server and custom. I went for > custom and put loads of stuff on. However does anyone know if the LTSP > option does any

[Ltsp-discuss] DHCP can't start

2003-09-30 Thread
Hi, I'm getting this messages when I want to start my DHCP service. * Starting dhcpd: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server V3.0pl1 Copyright 1995-2001 Internet Software Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Wrote 1 leases to l

[Ltsp-discuss] Metrics for LTSP Server Hardware Requirements

2003-09-30 Thread Matthew Tedder
Has anyone developed any metrics for determining LTSP server requirements. I made some that seem to work pretty well. But it's for memory and CPU, what about disk performance? At how many simultaneously active users should we require what kind of performance in a typical office environment? Ha

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] eepro10 (82595)

2003-09-30 Thread Ken Yap
>To understand all this here a few questions: >The eepro driver in the 2.4.22 kernel is from version 0.12c by aris >is this the same driver which is used for etherboot? No, Etherboot drivers are different from Linux drivers although usually the Linux driver is used as a starting point. You'd have

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] eepro10 (82595)

2003-09-30 Thread Timothy Legge
> Timothy Legge may be willing to suggest some debugging code you can try > inserting to observe what's happening, but that's up to him. > As ken said, I might be willing, but first confirm whether that card works in that PC under Linux. I have a similar problem with an old ISA card and it is eit

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] eepro10 (82595)

2003-09-30 Thread Timothy Legge
> Timothy Legge may be willing to suggest some debugging code you can try > inserting to observe what's happening, but that's up to him. > As ken said, I might be willing, but first confirm whether that card works in that PC under Linux. I have a similar problem with an old ISA card and it is eit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PXE using ltsp-kernel-3.0.11

2003-09-30 Thread William Villanueva
Dear Dieter, On Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:32 AM, you wrote: > Are you sure your dhcp-server is running? > rcdhcpd status Yes, it is running. I can boot and login regular ethernet workstations without problems. > If it is running, send your dhcp.conf. --- 8< --- [dhcpd.conf] --- [workstatio

[Ltsp-discuss] Caught SIGHUP

2003-09-30 Thread Mario López
hi... i'm trying to use my Diskless Computer (DC) with LTS (latest :: 3.0), when i start my Server (RedHat80 +NFS+TFTP+DHCP3) there isn't problem... but when i try to start my DC, i only see : "Caught SIGHUP" ... i'm using Ehterboot and, i can see the Linux Kernel is loaded!!, the FS (NFS) is m

[Ltsp-discuss] sound

2003-09-30 Thread garry saddington
I am using the nasd sound daemon and so far have only got OpenOffice to play any sound. Has anyone got anything else to work and if so could you point me in the right direction? kind regards garry --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGee