Re: [Ltsp-discuss] multifunction printer/scanner on LTSP 5

2008-11-14 Thread Sudev Barar
2008/11/14 Gudmund Areskoug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Will a multifunction printer/scanner machine work on LTSP 5 (Ubuntu >> Hardy)? Do I simply treat it as separate devices in lts.conf? Do >> scanners even work on LTSP thin clients? > > you should probably start by assessing whether it works in Li

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server's root file system accessed by LTSP clients instead of "chrooted" file system (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10)

2008-11-14 Thread jam
On Saturday 15 November 2008 07:31:56 ltsp-discuss- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ere is my case: I have installed LTSP5 on a HP Proliant ML110 (Pentium > Xenon) server with Ubuntu 8.10. The clients I am using for testing purposes > is an old Pentium III machine and a less old Pentium M Laptop. > > Af

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] [ltsp-discuss] Network clients stop responding for a while after 4 or 5 units boot up.

2008-11-14 Thread JF Straeten
Mark, On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 01:35:38AM +0800, Mark David Dumlao wrote: > 3 - Etherboot is dumb > maybe etherboot is just discarding DHCP requests because it isn't very > smart. How much intelligence can you fit on a floppy disk anyhow? > But this is suspect, because other clients besides ethe

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server's root file system accessed by LTSP clients instead of "chrooted" file system (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10)

2008-11-14 Thread Steve Cayford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > Now I wanted to start testing how certain software behaves under LTSP. > So I installed three software packs (Stellarium, KStars and Celestia to > be precise) on the server. By mistake I did install them under the true > root '/' of the server as opposed to the

[Ltsp-discuss] [ltsp-discuss] Network clients stop responding for a while after 4 or 5 units boot up.

2008-11-14 Thread Mark David Dumlao
Hello ltsp-discuss list! I'm setting up a thin client laboratory for a computer school in the Philippines, in the Visayas region, and I'm encountering some difficulties with getting the clients to boot up. Problem statement: I have a lab of 20 units booting off of a lower-middle class desktop con

[Ltsp-discuss] Client stall midway through loading

2008-11-14 Thread Geoff Lane
Re previous post subject:Halts after initrd Loads This is strange, using a wireless AP in client mode (and fixed IP) plugged in to the ethernet socket my thin client finds the PXE server. installs vmlinuz and initrd.img and then stalls with the following line; IP-config: eth0, hardware addres

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] why does Debian LTSP 5 use NFS?

2008-11-14 Thread Leandro Keffer
I have good experiences with Debian LTSP 5 nfs without NDB too NBD causes slow boot in little thin clients 2008/11/6 Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This is not a complaint by any means, but I'm wondering what the reason > is that Debian uses NFS for the chroot system when other distros have > c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-client-build --dist gutsy on debian sid

2008-11-14 Thread Appiah
Hey Could you give us the exact error message you are getting? /// Appiah On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:55 AM, manu Baylac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > I install successfully a ltsp server on debian sid and all works fine. > But now, clients want to use an Ubuntu dist. > > So I try : > lts

[Ltsp-discuss] Graphic accel in i810, is possible?

2008-11-14 Thread Alberto Castillo
Hi folks! I have try to set-up graph accel in my i810 clients and I have lost. Somebody can tell me where I did find? A litlle help please? In this moment, the client machines are a compaq deskpro Ex566 (with) with mother intel and i810 video. I have a test and glxgears in client tell me: 900 frame

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread marc cyr
You might want to take a look there: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPQuickInstall Marc On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Varun Pabrai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hello, > > > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > > I want to setup ltsp-server. > > I have never done ltsp on Ubuntu. >

[Ltsp-discuss] [EMAIL PROTECTED] on LTSP 5 (Ubuntu 8.04)

2008-11-14 Thread Philippe B.
Hi, First of all, sorry for my (basic) English. I'm running a simple ubuntu 8.04 / LTSP 5 server with a few diskless computers. When not in use, I would like to run [EMAIL PROTECTED] on all the clients. I'm a novice LTSP / Linux user. I read about LocalApps but it's seems only available for Ubu

[Ltsp-discuss] Server's root file system accessed by LTSP clients instead of "chrooted" file system (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10)

2008-11-14 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Hello folks, here is my case: I have installed LTSP5 on a HP Proliant ML110 (Pentium Xenon) server with Ubuntu 8.10. The clients I am using for testing purposes is an old Pentium III machine and a less old Pentium M Laptop. After the usual trouble and uncertainties with respect to boot process

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] different root filesystems for individual clients

2008-11-14 Thread Angel Martin Alganza
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 06:35:37PM +0100, Csillag Kristóf wrote: > I assume there is already a mechanism in place in LTSP > to replace (or "cover") some files with dynamic content > on boot. I don't know whether or not that has been or is going to be implemented on LTSP. > What would be the easie

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] different root filesystems for individual clients

2008-11-14 Thread Rob Owens
Csillag Kristóf wrote: > I am looking for an easy way to provide slightly different > root file-systems for my LTSP clients under Debian. > > I would like to avoid creating separate installations, since > only a few files need to be different. > You could: cp -as /opt/ltsp /opt/otherltsp This

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] different root filesystems for individual clients

2008-11-14 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 06:35:37PM +0100, Csillag Kristóf wrote: > I am looking for an easy way to provide slightly different > root file-systems for my LTSP clients under Debian. > > I would like to avoid creating separate installations, since > only a few files need to be different. > > I assum

[Ltsp-discuss] different root filesystems for individual clients

2008-11-14 Thread Csillag Kristóf
Hi there, I am looking for an easy way to provide slightly different root file-systems for my LTSP clients under Debian. I would like to avoid creating separate installations, since only a few files need to be different. I assume there is already a mechanism in place in LTSP to replace (or "cove

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] multifunction printer/scanner on LTSP 5

2008-11-14 Thread Gudmund Areskoug
Hello Rob, Rob Owens skrev: > Will a multifunction printer/scanner machine work on LTSP 5 (Ubuntu > Hardy)? Do I simply treat it as separate devices in lts.conf? Do > scanners even work on LTSP thin clients? you should probably start by assessing whether it works in Linux at all, apart from ba

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 usb printers on thin client

2008-11-14 Thread Rob Owens
Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:00:04AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: >> I need to attach 2 usb printers to a single thin client. I know I can >> specify PRINTER_0_DEVICE and PRINTER_1_DEVICE in lts.conf. But how does >> the thin client not get "confused" between the two printers?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2 usb printers on thin client

2008-11-14 Thread Scott Balneaves
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:00:04AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > I need to attach 2 usb printers to a single thin client. I know I can > specify PRINTER_0_DEVICE and PRINTER_1_DEVICE in lts.conf. But how does > the thin client not get "confused" between the two printers? How do I > guarantee that, f

[Ltsp-discuss] 2 usb printers on thin client

2008-11-14 Thread Rob Owens
I need to attach 2 usb printers to a single thin client. I know I can specify PRINTER_0_DEVICE and PRINTER_1_DEVICE in lts.conf. But how does the thin client not get "confused" between the two printers? How do I guarantee that, for instance, the HP printer is recognized as PRINTER_0 and the Cano

[Ltsp-discuss] multifunction printer/scanner on LTSP 5

2008-11-14 Thread Rob Owens
Will a multifunction printer/scanner machine work on LTSP 5 (Ubuntu Hardy)? Do I simply treat it as separate devices in lts.conf? Do scanners even work on LTSP thin clients? -Rob The information transmitted is intended only for the person