Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Optmizations on server

2005-02-08 Thread Jim McQuillan
Tim, The way you compile binaries that the server runs makes absolutely no difference to the thin clients. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Tim Millard wrote: > I'm getting things together to begin building Linux From Scratch 6.0 > with optimizations for most of the programs

[Ltsp-discuss] Optmizations on server

2005-02-08 Thread Tim Millard
I'm getting things together to begin building Linux From Scratch 6.0 with optimizations for most of the programs known not to break under them, this host I plan on using as a LTSP server. If I was to compile most of the programs with cflags having -O3 -march=k6-3, would this inhibit execution of t

[Ltsp-discuss] serial printer troubles

2005-02-08 Thread Erik Myllymaki
I have a Dymo serial label printer setup on one of my thin clients. This printer works fine via a DLink print server running its own LPD, but when I set it up on the workstation as a JetDirect serial printer it only *sort of* works. I am sending a file to it that is basically a file of octal charac

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Users

2005-02-08 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 04:40:52PM +0700, Don Robertson wrote: > Greetings, > > I know this is a dumb question, but - er - I want my terminal users to > be able to run Firefox ... and thats it. Well, maybe a PDF viewer... > > I gather IceWm or something like that is used, but how do I restrict >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Users

2005-02-08 Thread Eric Holt
Don: IceWM would be perfect for this, its extremely customizable. I use IceWM in a complete kiosk setup where the user is autologged-in and gets a full screen Firefox and has access to nothing else. The administration account which my clients use is also setup with IceWM, and I only give the

[Ltsp-discuss] Apps not starting maximized--window manager issue?

2005-02-08 Thread Daniel Ramaley
I'm setting up LTSP 4.1 to be used as web terminals running Firefox. Right now i'm using the Blackbox window manager, but i'm having trouble figuring out a way to get Firefox to start maximized. Some of the Googling i've done indicates that this is a window manager issue. Blackbox does not allo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Users

2005-02-08 Thread Jim McQuillan
Don, With Icewm, you can create the menu file to have only the apps you want. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Don Robertson wrote: > Greetings, > > I know this is a dumb question, but - er - I want my terminal users to > be able to run Firefox ... and thats it. Well, maybe

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Users

2005-02-08 Thread Brian Beck
Don Robertson wrote: Greetings, I know this is a dumb question, but - er - I want my terminal users to be able to run Firefox ... and thats it. Well, maybe a PDF viewer... I gather IceWm or something like that is used, but how do I restrict users to running just what i want them to run? Don Roberts

[Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Users

2005-02-08 Thread Don Robertson
Greetings, I know this is a dumb question, but - er - I want my terminal users to be able to run Firefox ... and thats it. Well, maybe a PDF viewer... I gather IceWm or something like that is used, but how do I restrict users to running just what i want them to run? Don Robertson