RE: [Ltsp-discuss] clean up scripts

2003-10-06 Thread Amit vyas
GDM has problems LTSP package could use KDM as default ar provide with additional scripts that could handle this. I am not able to switch to KDM, and still rebooting the server for it to start fresh sessions. My server gets very slow after sometime. My gdm is set to respond 100 sessions. On Mon,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rtl8139 boot rom problem

2003-10-06 Thread Joseph Syjuco
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 11:50, Joseph Syjuco wrote: > oops sorry that was 10ec:8139 > On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 11:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Joseph Syjuco wrote: > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > Thanks for the reply > > > I double checked it using lspci and i did get 1039:8139. The b

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rtl8139 boot rom problem

2003-10-06 Thread Joseph Syjuco
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 11:50, Joseph Syjuco wrote: > oops sorry that was 10ec:8139 > On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 11:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Joseph Syjuco wrote: > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > Thanks for the reply > > > I double checked it using lspci and i did get 1039:8139. The b

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

2003-10-06 Thread Peter N. Vargo \(LTS\)
maybe its OT now, but: i HAD also in default installation 3 copies of lts.conf (not ltsp) /etc/lts.conf /etc/ltsp/lts.conf /opt/ltsp/i386/etc (changes in EVERYONE (sometimes! - very strange) affected "things") first two of them aj removed (rm) & i created "ln -s ..." to /opt/ltsp/i386/and.so.on

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Lowest Price for 20 - 30 Etherboot NICs

2003-10-06 Thread Matthew Tedder
Julius, Yes.. The guy buying them has asked the purchasing person to order an initial 10. We'll see how that goes. They've done great work on LTSP itself. What about the guys who do the etherboot work? I think they deserve something, too. As well as the rdesktop people. I'm not pe

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rtl8139 boot rom problem

2003-10-06 Thread jam
Joseph, The first thing I'd look for is the cards PCI Vendor and Device ID. if you can put the card in a machine and boot linux from a harddisk, then run: lspci -n Look for the lines that say 'Class 0200'. Those are the network cards. See if you get the proper 10ec:8139 value. Also, check

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Lowest Price for 20 - 30 Etherboot NICs

2003-10-06 Thread Matthew Tedder
Julius, I found a nice 100/10BaseT card with wake-on-lan and bootrom slot for $8.50 so far. A blank eprom is only $5 or less. Generally, their prices have always been pretty high, except that you know you're getting something that's definitely going to work with Linux/LTSP. Buying in qu

[Ltsp-discuss] rtl8139 boot rom problem

2003-10-06 Thread Joseph Syjuco
hi i cant enable network boot using my rt8139 card. ive downloaded the zrom file for rt8139(10ec, 8139), put it in my nm27c256 rom, used software to enable the lan card's boot rom and configured bios to boot from network but the non system disk error is still there. ive tested this on 2 lan cards

[Ltsp-discuss] Cut and Paste and Memory exhaustion on Thin Client

2003-10-06 Thread Fanying Jen
I have a problem where after a certain amount of time. The X server dies for lack of memory. I was running OpenOffice, Mozilla, terminal, and Evolution when it occurs. In addition, if I do a lot of cut and paste, the stability of the system becomes more fragile and many times either crashes the app

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Lowest Price for 20 - 30 Etherboot NICs

2003-10-06 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Matthew Tedder wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a place to find the best deal of > quantity of 20-30 etherboot NICs? > Disklessworkstations.com charges about $35 each for > Linksys cards. Another place will sell them for $15 > each, in quantities of 100 or more...but not less. >

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

2003-10-06 Thread jam
Peter, Was this LTSP or K12LTSP ? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Peter N. Vargo (LTS) wrote: > maybe its OT now, but: > > i HAD also in default installation 3 copies of lts.conf (not ltsp) > /etc/lts.conf > /etc/ltsp/lts.conf > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc > (changes in EVERYONE (

[Ltsp-discuss] Lowest Price for 20 - 30 Etherboot NICs

2003-10-06 Thread Matthew Tedder
Can anyone recommend a place to find the best deal of quantity of 20-30 etherboot NICs? Disklessworkstations.com charges about $35 each for Linksys cards. Another place will sell them for $15 each, in quantities of 100 or more...but not less. Any advice of anything in between, on price point?

[Ltsp-discuss] glbic2.3

2003-10-06 Thread kge2
Has anyone tried to install glibc2.3 on the client file system? I need this to run certain apps locally. Is there an easier way? --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf __

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread Tommi Asiala
Andy Rabagliati wrote: I use :- http://www.wizzy.org.za/article/articlestatic/14/1/2/ Cheers, Andy! Exactly what I want! Thanks! I could have done it myself but why reinvent the wheel (when I know that it wouldn't be as round as yours).. -- Tommi Asiala NEW: +358(0)509108457 --

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread Andy Rabagliati
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > > > Install your normal hard-disk system eg redhat > > > get a lilo image for your network card from www.rom-o-matic.net > > > > What if I wanted just a simple boot up system from hard disk? Is > > there tiny distro you suggest that I should

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread Andy Rabagliati
On Sun, 05 Oct 2003, Tommi Asiala wrote: > >Install your normal hard-disk system eg redhat > >get a lilo image for your network card from www.rom-o-matic.net > > What if I wanted just a simple boot up system from hard disk? Is there tiny > distro you suggest that I should install? > > Could fol

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread Baeseman, Cliff
In this case he has locally loaded linux on each of the machines. Two really quick ways to do what he wants is either of the following. 1. In the inittab file switch the machine to boot to default runlevel three and put this in rc.local. /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query server.domain.com 2. The best opt

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread Tommi Asiala
James, I'm afraid that I have poorly expressed myself. What I want is the ability to run lilo which then finds the rom from hd and then boot's up the os. I don't actually want anything to run from the hd. --- This sf.net email is sponsored b

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread jam
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Maurice Libes wrote: > On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 05:42:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello list,I'd like to ask for some help about booting ltsp from hard disk. We > > have a labatory with 12 PC's and have installed LTSP here in TEI of Athens. The > > point is that t

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread jam
Hi > > Install your normal hard-disk system eg redhat > > get a lilo image for your network card from www.rom-o-matic.net > > What if I wanted just a simple boot up system from hard disk? Is there tiny distro > you suggest that I should install? > > Could following scenario be possible: boot fr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] clean up scripts

2003-10-06 Thread jam
Hi > Or, Just switch to KDM. It works without the problems of GDM. But oh so hard! I want the server to have 4 X sessions 2 local 1 indirect to localhost 1 query to another.host How to get kdm to do this? GDM: gdm.conf - easy XDM: Xsession etc - easy, but no auto-login KDM:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot from hard disk

2003-10-06 Thread Maurice Libes
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 05:42:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello list,I'd like to ask for some help about booting ltsp from hard disk. We > have a labatory with 12 PC's and have installed LTSP here in TEI of Athens. The > point is that the teachers do not like the idea very much or at l

[Ltsp-discuss] Computer Specs

2003-10-06 Thread Mark Saward
Hello everyone, I'm trying to work out a good generic server setup that I can deploy at multiple locations. I need a bit of help if you can on what sort of power is needed for x number of clients, and which hardware is good to get and good to avoid. The server will be running, eventually, kde 3.