[Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread Peter Rundle
G'day, I'm trying to setup a VMware virtual machine to act as the diskless client as I have no other hardware to try. I've pointed it's floppy device to be a file on disk created by, $ cat eb-5.2.2-pcnetfastiii.zdsk bootfloppy.dsk But when I boot the Vmware client I get this after the usual

[Ltsp-discuss] win4lin

2003-10-29 Thread Werner Winter
Hello, I want do setup win4lin on my ltsp server. Has anyone any experience with win4lin? I have 13 terminals. What about the performance when 13 terminals (32 MB RAM) are useing windows at the same time (server PIV, 2,4 GHz, 3 GB RAM)? cu Werner

[Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread Peter Rundle
oops, Forget that previous question, answered it myself, got an earlier version of etherboot, works a treat. However. I'm now at the stage where the client is going into X, and I get this error, (++) Using config file: /tmp/XF86COnfig.1 Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'

[Ltsp-discuss] shutdown not working on terminal

2003-10-29 Thread Serge Tiunov
Hello folks, Got a problem here. Somehow, shutdown (poweroff, reboot) just exits on terminal without affecting the system. Details: LTSP kernel 3.0.11 LTSP core 3.0.7-0 Terminal boots into runlevel 3. Hardware: CPU Celeron 1.70GHz Motherboard GA-8VD667 Knoppix on

[Ltsp-discuss] xdm not reading buffer

2003-10-29 Thread docfab
Hi, I have done everything according to the Gray Screen troubleshooting document and I am still stuck. Everything fits according to the document except I still don't get the login screen. The only anomality I noticed is that when I run netstat -anp | grep :177 I get the following udp 2964 0

[Ltsp-discuss] Print from Win2000 Terminal Server to LTSP client

2003-10-29 Thread Morten Abrahamsen
Hello We have put up a LTSP enviroment and it is working well. My problem is that all our students still need to use WIn2000 T.S to use a study program that we use. My Question is if i can print out from the Win 2000 TS to the printer that is working on the LTSP client in the classrooms. Can

[Ltsp-discuss] Disable root login

2003-10-29 Thread Julien Rennard
Hi all I want to know if it's possible to disable root login on clients using xdm. I had 'xlogin.Login.allowRootLogin=false' line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresource file but xdm (of course restarted) don't seems to mind about it. Any ideas ? ---

[Ltsp-discuss] PDA and LTSP

2003-10-29 Thread Sigurd Egeland
I need to synchronize PDA's on the terminal, using USB. Can this be done? I've got no problem doing it on a regular Linux box, but I'm not sure how to get access to the local USB-port in a LTSP environment. Thanks Sigurd Egeland -- --- This

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Print from Win2000 Terminal Server to LTSP client

2003-10-29 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Morten Abrahamsen wrote: We have put up a LTSP enviroment and it is working well. My problem is that all our students still need to use WIn2000 T.S to use a study program that we use. My Question is if i can print out from the Win 2000 TS to the printer that is working on

[Ltsp-discuss] where can i download tftp rpm??

2003-10-29 Thread lilo
Hi guys!! I wanted to ask whether i there is some place where i can download tftp from because it is not on my redhat cd's or the k12ltsp cd's.. thanx guys ___ Look Good, Feel Good www.healthiest.co.za

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Disable root login

2003-10-29 Thread A.J. Venter
Use something like this as your /etc/X11/Xsession (/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession on redhat 9) file: #!/bin/bash #Commands to run always xscreensaver-command -exit #Detect who is trying log in USER=`whoami` case $USER in root) exit ;; *) #commands to set up a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] where can i download tftp rpm??

2003-10-29 Thread Erick S. Tyack
Hi Lilo, tftp is included with all the redhat/k12ltsp cd's I've used. The package for Redhat 9/K12ltsp 3.1.x is tftp-server-0.32-4, look for that on your cds. If you subscribed to Redhat Network run up2date -i tftp-server from a command line when logged in as root. Hope that helps. Erick On

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] where can i download tftp rpm??

2003-10-29 Thread Arécio Junior
Well, there is a good ftp site at ft.unicamp.br username: anonymous password: anything, or blablabla, whatever, etc hehehe Get into pub and list the directories... I hope you find it there. Jr. Em Qua 29 Out 2003 13:24, lilo escreveu: Hi guys!! I wanted to ask whether i there is some place

[Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2003-10-29 Thread Melvin Mungunda
i am trying to install tftp and it seems to install: #rpm -ivh --force tftp-0.29-3.src.rpm warning: tftp-0.29-3.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e 1:tftp ### [100%] but when i run ps -e i it is not there this is on redhat

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2003-10-29 Thread Arécio Junior
the src package is just the source package...if you want to install the binarie file, try to donwload the i386 package... Em Qua 29 Out 2003 14:32, Melvin Mungunda escreveu: i am trying to install tftp and it seems to install: #rpm -ivh --force tftp-0.29-3.src.rpm warning:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2003-10-29 Thread Alistair Y. Lewars
You have to either do what Arecio suggests or build the binary from the source rpm that you have. Yes, the source rpm did install but you have to perform additional steps on building the binary version from the newly installed source and then installing the derived binary. Therefor do the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] where can i download tftp rpm??

2003-10-29 Thread shogunx
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, [iso-8859-1] Arécio Junior wrote: rpmfind.net Well, there is a good ftp site at ft.unicamp.br username: anonymous password: anything, or blablabla, whatever, etc hehehe Get into pub and list the directories... I hope you find it there. Jr. Em Qua 29 Out 2003

[Ltsp-discuss] debian repository

2003-10-29 Thread Angel Gabriel
Is there a debian repository for LTSP? -- * Not everyone is touched by an Angel Those that are, never forget the experience * --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be

[Ltsp-discuss] paging Mark Ehle - LTSP Logout script wanted

2003-10-29 Thread Jeff Kinz
Hi Mark, I was womdering if you still have your script that logs people out when their time is up? If so could you send a copy of it to me, or post it to the list if anyone else would also like to see it? -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] copyright 2003.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] debian repository

2003-10-29 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 2003 19:00 schrieb Angel Gabriel: Is there a debian repository for LTSP? See http://www.ltsp.org/instructions-3.0.html and http://apt-get.org: deb http://termserv.berlios.de/debian stable main non-free Georg ---

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread jam
Peter, I think i've heard that VMWare support is broken in Etherboot 5.2.x, I'd go back and try 5.0.x Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Peter Rundle wrote: G'day, I'm trying to setup a VMware virtual machine to act as the diskless client as I have no other hardware

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread jam
Ok, for X, you need to specify the BUS ID. This is the entry that I use for VMWare thin client: X4_BUSID = PCI:0:15:0 That should take care of it for you. The rgb shouldn't be causing any problem for you. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Peter

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pivot_root hangs

2003-10-29 Thread jam
Jon, Check the following: 1) Is iptables rules preventing a NFS connection ? 2) Is /etc/hosts.allow setup correctly ? 3) Is your workstation listed in /etc/hosts ? 4) Is your server IP address really 192.168.1.100 ? 5) Is your broadcast setup correctly on your server interface ? 6) Is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2003-10-29 Thread jam
Melvin, There are 2 parts to tftp. The server and the client. It looks like you have installed the client, but NOT the server. look for a package that starts with tftp-server Also, just installing it doesn't make it start running. You'll need to edit /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and make sure it says

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] win4lin

2003-10-29 Thread John McCreesh
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:36:27 +0100 Werner Winter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I want do setup win4lin on my ltsp server. Has anyone any experience with win4lin? I have 13 terminals. What about the performance when 13 terminals (32 MB RAM) are useing windows at the same time (server PIV,

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread Timothy Legge
Hi I would disagree. Certain versions of **VMWare** are broken and do not work with Etherboot 5.2 and greater. See: http://etherboot.augustinnetz.de/wiki.pl?EtherbootVMWare Recent 4.x versions of VMWare seem to have the issue resolved. In addition, depending on how you create your disk file

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread Peter Rundle
Hi Tim, Thanks for the link, I tried method 2 and that got 5.2.2 to boot and produce the when attempting to run an OS/2 guest error message. When you have the source for Etherboot and just compiled code for VMWare the issue is obviously in the compiled code. ;-) lol, Ok fair enough but that

[Ltsp-discuss] xdm login problems

2003-10-29 Thread jon curran
thanks for your replies guys. I figured out the problem. this was it - i had a usb keyboard connected =] go figure. anyhoo instead of re-compiling the kernel i just plugged in one of those usb to ps/2 connectors and everything is working fine. perhaps in the future versions of ltsp kernel it

[Ltsp-discuss] Compressed X connection?

2003-10-29 Thread Ed Suominen
There was a posting a month or so ago about compressed X. (http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg15265.html) Does anyone have any info or ideas about that? I've banned my kids from playing runescape on the thin client because of the 30 Mbit bandwidth it sucks up. -Ed

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: shutdown not working on terminal

2003-10-29 Thread Tom Griffing
Serge; Check the binary that you're running. I went through this a while back and all of these pointed to the busybox executable, which wouldn't shutdown the client when called to do so. My solution was to copy /sbin/halt to the /opt/ltsp/i386/sbin directory and create the symbolic link for it

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up a VMWare Diskless client

2003-10-29 Thread Timothy Legge
lol, Ok fair enough but that doesn't explain why earlier versions of etherboot work. So a broken etherboot 5.0.11 and a broken Vmware 2.0.4 makes for a working system. But a fixed etherboot 5.2.2, won't work with a broken Vmware. I guess I can live with that, but that older broken but working

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Disable root login

2003-10-29 Thread Humberto B. Morais
Have you enabled the securetty feature? I think it requires a PAM module (pam_securetty.so) and it's not enabled by default. Humberto - Original Message - From: Julius Szelagiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:54 PM Subject: Re:

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: shutdown not working on terminal

2003-10-29 Thread Serge Tiunov
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Tom Griffing wrote: Serge; Check the binary that you're running. I went through this a while back and all of these pointed to the busybox executable, which wouldn't shutdown the client when called to do so. Oops. I should have figured! Busybox also segfaults for no