Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Curious--impact of GNOME 3 on LTSP-pnp--take2?

2017-07-24 Thread David Groos
formance options than Unity. Seems strange that a font was chosen as default for GNOME 3 (and thus Ubuntu 18.04) which doesn't support Greek (and other languages') glyphs. Really. I wonder how that happened. Thanks for the further details. David ---

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Curious--impact of GNOME 3 on LTSP-pnp?

2017-07-24 Thread David Groos
does also want 3D hardware acceleration like Unity. Thanks for letting me know, Richard. David On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 4:30 AM, richard kweskin wrote: > On 2017-07-23 18:18, David Groos wrote: > >> Hi All, >> Just curious how Ubuntus movement from Unity to GNOME 3 is likely t

[Ltsp-discuss] Curious--impact of GNOME 3 on LTSP-pnp?

2017-07-23 Thread David Groos
hallenging problems (or more likely both!). Thanks, David G -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org!

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Epoptes command via ssh?

2017-05-06 Thread David Groos
Xscratch that! Guess I've twice left off the -X when sshing into that server! Thanks though. -david On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM, David Groos wrote: > I often ssh into a remote server to update it and the client image. > Afterwards I want to reboot the server. If I reboot the

[Ltsp-discuss] epoptes over -X ssh

2017-05-06 Thread David Groos
n't a major problem as I can just go to this classroom and work locally--only 6 weeks left to this school year before creating a fresh server image w/ 16.04. But, thought it might be at least useful to share out this error message. Thanks, David adminuser@south-sci-4:~$ epoptes /usr/lib/pyth

[Ltsp-discuss] Epoptes command via ssh?

2017-04-13 Thread David Groos
much less communication/coordination if I could just issue a command via ssh to shutdown all detected clients after the updating/image-rebuilding. Does such a thing exist and if so, what would that command be? Thanks, David --

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] help page on auto-setting firefox java prefs in clients?

2017-03-09 Thread David Groos
= not to worry, Thanks Alkis! David On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > Opening a .jnlp file is like opening a .doc file; it doesn't require any > support from the browser, and it doesn't require any plugins. > It runs locally and natively inside th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] help page on auto-setting firefox java prefs in clients?

2017-03-09 Thread David Groos
orry about the java apps on that site working w/FF? 2. If I do have to concern myself with this for the phet site, how can I set FF to stay at the latest version of 51.x? David On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 7:33 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > David yes solutions for this exist for al

[Ltsp-discuss] help page on auto-setting firefox java prefs in clients?

2017-03-08 Thread David Groos
t's different I think. Also seems at one time I added a customized pref file by cp to everyone's home directory. Looking for a pre-existing help page on this if available (With google help I can do Greek-->English translate!). Thanks! David -

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Baffled by fat client login problem

2017-02-27 Thread David Groos
FWIW, I was unable to get 16.04 Ubuntu fat clients (which is all I'm using) to authenticate to our district's AD server using PowerBroker Open. I'm still using 14.04 as I wasn't able to get 16.04 to authenticate. David On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Ean Price wrote: >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Where is the official website?

2017-02-06 Thread David Groos
Cool. I suggest we use iframes instead of just links to pages that are maintained on other sites like the already mentioned DebianEdu or help.ubuntu.com. David On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:15 AM, LTSP-PNP Adam wrote: > W dniu 06.02.2017 o 16:07, James McQuillan pisze: > > I just noticed

[Ltsp-discuss] web proxy setup on 14.04 ltsp-pnp FAT clients?

2017-02-01 Thread David Groos
Hi All, Is there a recommended way to set up a web proxy server for the 14.04 FAT clients? We use Firefox. Thanks, David -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] firefox crashes

2016-12-30 Thread David Groos
Have you tried completely removing ff, moving/backing up your .~/.mozilla folder and doing a fresh install?What other non-standard software or alterations do you have on your system? - Does it crash on both the ltsp server and on the ltsp clients? David G On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 9:02 AM,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] cannot build fat client image on Ubuntu16.04

2016-12-28 Thread David Groos
Hey Kentarou -- it's fine right now because I'm using my old 14.04 system! In 6 months or so I will again try to solve the LDAP/AD problem with 16.04. Thanks and best of luck to you as well! David On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 11:26 AM, NeK kentarou wrote: > Hi, David, > > I reall

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] cannot build fat client image on Ubuntu16.04

2016-12-27 Thread David Groos
aybe I mis-configured when I set it up) and if that doesn't work I'll explore other methods--and get on the ltsp-discuss list-serve. So I may ask for your support--and that translation--then. David On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:02 PM, NeK kentarou wrote: > Hi,David, > I adds to prev

[Ltsp-discuss] Please accept my invitation to join Marbella Hardware invention/ Electronica/ Programming

2016-12-26 Thread David Laurence
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Re: [Ltsp-discuss] cannot build fat client image on Ubuntu16.04

2016-12-26 Thread David Groos
info on record. Thanks, David On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 9:27 PM, NeK kentarou wrote: > Dear all, > Thanks for your advice. > > Today, I reinstalled Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 and set up ldap carefully and > set up LTSP. > I could construct fat client image and log in ldap users. > &

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-update-image hangs

2016-09-25 Thread David Groos
To make use of the school district's AD I use PowerBroker Open ( https://www.powerbrokeropen.org/) and have been using it since 2010 (formerly called "likewise open"). This software allows me to join the domain and authenticate to it. David On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Dav

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-update-image hangs

2016-09-25 Thread David Groos
chool (in case there is an issue I'll have some time to address it). THANKS! David On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 12:46 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > On 25/09/2016 08:45 πμ, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > > On 25/09/2016 01:49 πμ, David Groos wrote: > > > >> Based on the outpu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-update-image hangs

2016-09-24 Thread David Groos
ng properly--its urgency to solve has decreased drastically since I see now that I *can* update the image. Based on the output at the end of updating the image: Removing /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/vmlinuz-3.19.0-68-generic i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-update-image hangs

2016-09-24 Thread David Groos
seconds or so it showed a different local user. Thanks Alkis! David On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > On 23/09/2016 11:55 μμ, David Groos wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > When I try to update the client image on the ltsp-pnp 14.04 server I run: > > s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2016-09-23 Thread David Groos
Sorry, the complete response printed was: rmdir: failed to remove ‘/tmp/tmp.75v6rgFYwg’: No such file or directory On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:55 PM, David Groos wrote: > Hi All, > > When I try to update the client image on the ltsp-pnp 14.04 server I run: > sudo ltsp-update-ima

[Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2016-09-23 Thread David Groos
ctory" I've googled this and haven't found anything to help me trouble-shoot. Any ideas? Thanks, David -- _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Question about ltsp-pnp and rc.local

2016-09-01 Thread David Groos
in the "editing lts.conf" section. > It's recommended that you don't install too many services on your LTSP > server (e.g. apache, clamav, ...), but if you do, you may prevent them from > running on your clients with the RM_SYSTEM_SERVICES lts.conf directive. > Good luc

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDAP/AD user can log into shell at client but not at the splash screen. Local user, neither.

2016-08-31 Thread David Groos
Makes sense, thanks again. Sounding like time to do a fresh install. I poked around in the logs as to why this happens: sudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup / [sudo] password for xyz: ^Crmdir: failed to remove '/tmp/tmp.f6EaWaAzef': No such file or directory and nothing sticks out. Dav

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Patching /usr/share/ldm/rc.d/X01-localapps gives unanticipated results

2016-08-31 Thread David
That's very helpful to know, thanks Alkis!  David Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Alkis Georgopoulos Date:08/31/2016 11:29 PM (GMT-06:00) To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Patching /usr/share/ldm/rc.

[Ltsp-discuss] LDAP/AD user can log into shell at client but not at the splash screen. Local user, neither.

2016-08-31 Thread David Groos
user can log in at client. When dropping into shell, however, LDAP user can log in but local can not. Any ideas? Thanks, David -- _ Ltsp-discuss mailin

[Ltsp-discuss] Patching /usr/share/ldm/rc.d/X01-localapps gives unanticipated results

2016-08-31 Thread David Groos
"and it just hangs. When I Control + C, I get the following error message: ^Crmdir: failed to remove '/tmp/tmp.6nLBVnjB0z': No such file or directory. Any ideas? Thanks, David G https://imagebin.ca/v/2tWrqAQ2Ee2y *Here's auth.log results from trying to log log into

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Install local video drivers

2016-08-30 Thread David Groos
Hi Luis, Are you using a Thin client LTSP setup? David On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Luis Roberto Romano wrote: > Hi. > > I've installed a LTSP server. I'm having some issues about the video > performance in youtube, > Is there any way to install locally the video

[Ltsp-discuss] Info lists on Epoptes?

2016-08-26 Thread David Groos
he info on the selected clients, include a column for an administrator-defined client name, then press some button and that info is placed into the lts.conf file, properly placed and formatted :-) Just brainstorming here... Tha

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mate vs Unity in "low graphics mode"

2016-08-17 Thread David Groos
Interesting, I assumed that the 1.14 would have more bug-fixes as this page seems to imply: http://mate-desktop.com/blog/2016-04-08-mate-1-14-released/ Thanks for sharing your perspective! David On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:04 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > On 17/08/2016 11:27 μμ, David Gr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mate vs Unity in "low graphics mode"

2016-08-17 Thread David Groos
-mate-dev/xenial-mate sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade Thanks for the reference, David On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Jigish Gohil wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 1:57 AM, David Groos wrote: > > Hi Alkis, That settles it, Mate it is. Do I want 1.12 or the newer 1.14, > the &

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mate vs Unity in "low graphics mode"

2016-08-17 Thread David Groos
Hi Alkis, That settles it, Mate it is. Do I want 1.12 or the newer 1.14, the former is what downloads from Mate's web page when I download the arch64 version but there's an update, apparently: https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/mate-desktop-114-for-xenial-xerus/. Thanks, David On Wed, Aug 1

[Ltsp-discuss] Mate vs Unity in "low graphics mode"

2016-08-16 Thread David Groos
orted). But, students do like Unity. Anyone know how these compare for LTSP-pnp (will be using FAT clients)? I'm wondering about speed and reliability. Thanks, David G From: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/28/ubuntu-version-16-04-point-1-is-out/ Low graphics mode An interesting improvement

[Ltsp-discuss] X11 not accepting remote connections after installing GUI on server

2015-05-26 Thread David Burgess
I have set up a minimal Ubuntu 14.04 server, then install ubuntu-desktop and ldm on it after the fact. I can log into a desktop on the local console just fine, but my ltsp thin client can't get past the login screen. A packet dump revealed that the server was refusing connections on port 6007. So

[Ltsp-discuss] xfreerdp usb redirection

2015-05-20 Thread David Burgess
Would somebody please give me a hint on USB redirection from the thin client to a Windows 7 host? I've had it working in the past, but can't seem to find anything on the web that works. Most resources point to options that look like /usb:id,dev:0c45:6128, but I don't think the short form options w

[Ltsp-discuss] experienced thin client platforms?

2015-05-14 Thread David Burgess
I've been out of the loop for a couple of years, and wondering what the current favourites are for thin client hardware. I used to deploy the Intel D525MW Atom board with a couple GB of RAM and PicoPSU and case from mini-box.com. With Intel out of the board market, what are people recommending for

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] No response from server

2015-05-04 Thread David Burgess
On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > Do you have an entry in /opt/ltsp/*/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts for "slab", > or is it just listed as "server" or by the ip address? I didn't have an entry for slab. > If you comment out LDM_SERVER, does it just work? The default is to use

[Ltsp-discuss] No response from server

2015-05-02 Thread David Burgess
Hi, all. I've been off list for a couple of years and not working with LTSP during that time. It's good to be back! I have an Ubuntu 14.04.2 amd64 virtual server, and was able to get an HP t5710 thin client booting and connecting to a Windows 8 Pro machine with FreeRDP with little trouble. I wou

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Not Having Much Luck with LTSP 5 on Centos 6

2013-12-12 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Graham Harvey wrote: > Has anyone successfully got LTSP 5 to work with Centos 6 and HP thin > clients. I have been at this for days now and I’m not seeing a light at the > end of the tunnel. > > We've had no kernel problems with LTSP 5.x on Ubuntu and HP models T

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Clients fail to boot: 'Error: socket failed: connection refused' (like bug 951526)

2013-11-07 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:18 PM, John Hupp wrote: > On 11/6/2013 5:53 PM, John Hupp wrote: > > I finished a new installation of LTSP-PNP on Lubuntu 13.10, but I find > > that clients won't boot. > > > > After the Plymouth splash screen, a text screen reads: > > > > Error: socket failed: connection

[Ltsp-discuss] Bay Trail

2013-09-11 Thread David Burgess
With Intel finally moving past Imagination Technologies for their Atom graphics, do we finally have a replacement for the aging D525 in thin clients? I'm starting to get impatient for a low cost board with digital video output. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7318/intel-demos-14nm-broadwell-up-to-30

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Thin Clients

2013-07-09 Thread David Burleigh
s on HP's site everything looks good too, pretty good > graphics chip and Atom CPU with DDR3. > > So yeah, that kind of machine is definitely what I'd recommend for a > modern LTSP setup. > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:24:40PM -0400, David Burleigh wrote: > > Will th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Thin Clients

2013-07-09 Thread David Burleigh
Will the HP T5740 or T5740E work with LTSP? On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 05:31:43 PM Stéphane Graber wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:08PM -0400, David Burleigh wrote: > > Are the Diskless Workstations J-225 Model ST325E a good value for a > > computer lab running Ubuntu 12

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Thin Clients

2013-07-09 Thread David Burleigh
Thank you for the advice! On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 05:31:43 PM Stéphane Graber wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:08PM -0400, David Burleigh wrote: > > Are the Diskless Workstations J-225 Model ST325E a good value for a > > computer lab running Ubuntu 12.04 and LTSP? I can

[Ltsp-discuss] Thin Clients

2013-07-09 Thread David Burleigh
Are the Diskless Workstations J-225 Model ST325E a good value for a computer lab running Ubuntu 12.04 and LTSP? I can't seem to find specs for them anywhere, but there are several for sale on eBay right now, and I'm on a tight budget. Any other suggestions are more than welcome.

[Ltsp-discuss] Kubuntu-based LTSP computer lab

2013-07-04 Thread David Burleigh
I set up my prototype computer lab based on Ubuntu 12.04, and it's working fine, but I prefer the KDE desktop. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has tried it. My main concern is the overhead of Nepomuk & Akonadi, which I suppose I could just disable. Also, how is 13.04 compared to 12.04 as

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Internet Access

2013-07-04 Thread David Burleigh
That worked! Thank you so much! On Thursday, July 04, 2013 08:06:16 PM Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote: > On 04.07.2013 14:46, David Burleigh wrote: > > Thank you, Rolf. I have tried a few settings with iptables, but I must be > > doing something wrong because it has the effect of block

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Internet Access

2013-07-04 Thread David Burleigh
its a matter of which network interface is being controlled. My client-side interface is eth1 (192.168.0.1), while the router side is eth0 (192.168.1.1). On Thursday, July 04, 2013 01:10:59 PM Sprachschule Eilert wrote: > David, > > I'm doing this with iptables for quite some ye

[Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Internet Access

2013-07-03 Thread David Burleigh
I am in the process of setting up a computer lab with Ubuntu 12.04, LTSP, and a number of thin clients. All is well, except that I cannot figure out how to deny internet access to particular users while allowing internet access to others. Is there a straightforward way to do this on a per user b

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Any LTSP/Linux ideas?

2013-04-18 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:22 PM, David Burgess wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Joseph Bishay wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I hope you are all doing well today. >> >> So every few years the issue of "shouldn't we be running a Windows &

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Any LTSP/Linux ideas?

2013-04-18 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Joseph Bishay wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I hope you are all doing well today. > > So every few years the issue of "shouldn't we be running a Windows > network?" pops up. It very recently came up again and I'm looking for > help on how to tackle it. Well, there

[Ltsp-discuss] itx w/ hdmi recommendation?

2013-02-06 Thread David Burgess
Can somebody recommend an itx board with hdmi output for use with Ubuntu 10.04? I don't care who makes the video chip, as long as it will output 1920x1080p. We normally use Intel D525MW boards, but I need something with hdmi out. I tried an Intel DN2800MT, but the gpu is proprietary garbage, so I'm

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp client build error Centos 6.3

2013-01-21 Thread David Burgess
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Eddie Bonifacio Yanguas-Johnson wrote: > /etc/xinetd.d/tftp is configured to tftpboot while /var/lib/tftpboot is > expected. > /tftpboot was the old location while /var/lib/tftpboot is default in Fedora > 9+ > you may need to edit /etc/inited.d/tftp manually I do

[Ltsp-discuss] Cedar Trail

2012-11-27 Thread David Burgess
Has anybody used this new anti-social hardware from Intel? We have mostly the older D510MO atom boards around here, but we need something with dual display. Seeing no affordable alternative, we opted to try the DN2800MT board (http://ark.intel.com/products/56455/Intel-Desktop-Board-DN2800MT), but a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] volume too low

2012-11-21 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:06 AM, David Burgess wrote: > Ubuntu 12.04.1 amd64 (chroot i386) > > I have a couple of very different models of thin client, and both have > the same problem. When the client is booted, the sound is too low to > be useful, despite the fact that th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] disk redirect not working

2012-11-06 Thread David Burgess
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote: > > My current working options look like this: > > > [WindowsStations] > # settings here apply to stations using "LIKE = WindowsStations": > *** > RDP_OPTIONS= "--no-auth --no-nla --ignore-certificate > --composition -f -a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Stackexchange site proposed

2012-10-18 Thread David Burgess
Second! On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:08 PM, James McQuillan wrote: > Hey all, > > I've created a "proposed" LTSP site on StackExchange. If you aren't > familiar with StackExchange, it's sort of a "forum" for asking questions and > getting answers. The answers can be voted Up or Down, so over time

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] A script for shutting down an LTSP client from the host?

2012-10-12 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Rüdiger Kupper wrote: > That's the way we are doing it. For this to work, you need to install > the ssh server in the client chroot, set up a root account und list > root's ssh fingerprint in the authorized-keys file. Here are some helpful bits for accomplishing t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Possible to have separate non-ltsp path to Internet?

2012-09-21 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: > Is it possible to offer a separate Internet connection through the network > that bypasses the Edubuntu DHCP server? Yes, and how you do it depends on your network configuration. I have set up an LTSP network where the LTSP server had only

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Test of mailing list performance

2012-09-20 Thread David Burgess
12:39PM MDT (1839 GMT) db On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:05 PM, James McQuillan wrote: > Hello all, > > We're evaluating alternatives for the mailing list server. > > One thing we've been hearing is that the current list server is slow at > sending out messages. > > I'm sending this message at 2:05P

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Using a UPS and Apcupsd with a 2-PC LTSP network

2012-09-20 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:41 AM, John Hupp wrote: > I'm ready to install an APC UPS to power a 2-PC Lubuntu LTSP network. I > want the UPS to gracefully shut down the LTSP server and client in the event > of an unattended power outage. > > Under normal operation, you can't simply shut down the s

[Ltsp-discuss] RDP client woes

2012-09-18 Thread David Burgess
We are testing Ubuntu 12.04 with the intention to upgrade from 11.10. All our thin clients use RDP exclusively. We have tried xfreerdp and rdesktop, and both have problems that we haven't been able to work out yet. With xfreerdp, all seems well, but colours are displaying funny in Windows. For exa

[Ltsp-discuss] an SSH issue and a stuck thin-client issue

2012-09-17 Thread David Trask
k it"any ideas? Some file I can remove? David Trask Technology Director/Teacher Vassalboro Community School dtr...@vcsvikings.org (207) 923-4305 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cove

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] disk redirect not working

2012-09-12 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Gideon Romm wrote: > Sounds like you are missing the freerdp plugins package in the chroot. > (It is a separate package from the main freerdp package, if memory > serves, "libfreerdp-plugins-standard") Exactly right; thanks for that. Word to the wise: It appears

[Ltsp-discuss] disk redirect not working

2012-09-11 Thread David Burgess
Ubuntu 12.04.1 When I run xfreerdp thus: SCREEN_07=xfreerdp RDP_SERVER=172.21.34.1 RDP_OPTIONS="--no-auth --no-nla --ignore-certificate --composition -f -a 32 -x l -d GPRC -u ''" I get a Windows Server logon screen, and happiness. When I append the disk redirect options as per http://linux.die.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xfreerdp and Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-11 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > Στις 11/06/2012 09:05 μμ, ο/η David Burgess έγραψε: >> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: >>> It appears that xfreerdp started segfaulting if $HOME is unset. >>> It used to work some mo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Client time

2012-09-11 Thread David Burgess
On 09/09/2012 11:12 AM, Richard Doyle wrote: >> >> What's the current status of hwclock, time zones, shutdown time, and >> such? Do clients need to have hardware clocks set to UTC? I took matters into my own hands, and created a file in the chroot: /etc/ltsp/timeset #!/bin/bash # # hwclock -w #

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] thin vs fat for RDP clients

2012-09-04 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > Also, NFS is fairly resilient to handling some types of disconnects- it will > just block filesystem access until the connection becomes available again. So > that might be a short-term way to explore resolving your issues. It is slower >

[Ltsp-discuss] thin vs fat for RDP clients

2012-08-31 Thread David Burgess
We have roughly 100 diskless thin clients here running LTSP, all for RDP. This morning I had a thought, so I'm hoping some discussion here might help to enlighten us on where this might lead me. Please correct me if I'm wrong: both thin and fat clients load a basic Linux OS from the tftp server. F

[Ltsp-discuss] Edubuntu thin-client and VirtualBox Guest Additions

2012-08-30 Thread David Trask
ditions. My question isis there anyway I can force the resolutiuon for the thin-client running in Virtualbox either via lts.conf...or is there a way to install the VirtualBox Guest additions so I can get a more acceptable resolution like 1440x900? Any ideas welcome. David Trask Technology Directo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Running/Installing via WINE in the chroot

2012-08-22 Thread David Trask
scuss@lists.sourceforge.net writes: > 22/08/2012 12:44 ?, / David Trask : >> Hi, >> >> Running Edubuntu 12.04. We use NWEA TestTaker for our testing here at >> our school. I'd like to run it as a localapp...therefore I need to be >> able to i

[Ltsp-discuss] Running/Installing via WINE in the chroot

2012-08-21 Thread David Trask
st give us some issues that I think would be solved by running it as a localapp). Is there a way I can get a GUI from the chroot to be able to install this program via WINE? Any ideas? David Trask Technology Director/Teacher Vassalboro Community School dtr...@vcsvikings.org

[Ltsp-discuss] possible to use an "include" statement in lts.conf?

2012-08-17 Thread David Trask
ong? Bear in mind...I've only shown you a fraction here...the server actually serves close to 75 thin-clients...ranging from my lab to the whole building...and they are mixed auto-login and standard login. I'm trying to clean things up a bit and not have a HUGE lts.conf file. David Tra

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-discuss Digest, Vol 75, Issue 8

2012-08-16 Thread David Markovich
printer on a client. > Just set it up with cups. > Peter > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:20 PM, David Markovichwrote: > >> >Hello, >> > >> >I have a new install of Edubuntu 12.04 64bit server with i386 clients. >> >Have not been able to set-up >>

[Ltsp-discuss] Edubuntu 12.04 Thin Client Printer Problems

2012-08-13 Thread David Markovich
Hello, I have a new install of Edubuntu 12.04 64bit server with i386 clients. Have not been able to set-up thin client printers. No problem with setting a static IP address and also host name. But the lsp.conf spec of PRINTER_0_DEVICE = /dev/usblp0 causes the client not to complete boot. Appears

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need to disable lock screen for all users (12.04)

2012-08-13 Thread David Amormino
ed and set per above. Let us know if these work. On 08/11/2012 07:31 PM, David Trask wrote: Another one... I need to disable the lock screen for all users. (Edubuntu 12.04) I tried the commands on this page...no luck https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/DisableScreenLock My

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] no software/dashboard icons on client

2012-08-13 Thread David Amormino
than 10.04. We have been running 25 users on LTSP for about 4 years in a production manufacturing environment. -David On 08/11/2012 08:32 AM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: Hey David, Hey hey hey HEY! Yes! That worked like a charm! I have four test stations set up and rebooted all of them and got

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need to disable lock screen for all users (12.04)

2012-08-12 Thread David Trask
sting are the logout_enabled and >logout_delay keys. > >Don't forget to change root's settings back to how you want them after >making the settings mandatory for everyone else. > >-Rob David Trask Technology Di

[Ltsp-discuss] Need to disable lock screen for all users (12.04)

2012-08-11 Thread David Trask
able screen lockingand set the screen blanking for a ridiculously long time, like 3 or 4 hours. David Trask Technology Director/Teacher Vassalboro Community School dtr...@vcsvikings.org (207) 923-4305 -- Live Securit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help with localapps on 12.04 Edubuntu

2012-08-11 Thread David Trask
t and got the same results. > >Anyone know of a log file or debug command I can run to see where it's >failing? > >David Trask >Technology Director/Teacher >Vassalboro Community School >[ mailto:dtr...@vcsvikings.org ]dtr...@vcsvikings.org >(207) 923-4305 David T

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] no software/dashboard icons on client

2012-08-10 Thread David Amormino
nformation on the UbuntuLTSP wiki if many others are having this same issue. -David Amormino On 08/10/2012 09:08 AM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: I am a total noob at Edubuntu and even networking in general but I finally managed to get a client to boot and log into the server but when it does the deskt

[Ltsp-discuss] Need help with localapps on 12.04 Edubuntu

2012-08-10 Thread David Trask
see where it's failing? David Trask Technology Director/Teacher Vassalboro Community School dtr...@vcsvikings.org (207) 923-4305 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today&#x

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP on Edubuntu, Client Issues

2012-08-09 Thread David Amormino
Before I tried LDM_XSESSION, I had tried using LDM_SESSION="ubuntu-2d" this did not work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. But perhaps the correct value for LDM_SESSION would have been: LDM_SESSION=”gnome-session -–session=ubuntu-2d”. Thank you for you help Vagrant. David Amormino On 08/09/201

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP on Edubuntu, Client Issues

2012-08-08 Thread David Amormino
boot the thin client and log in. Many of these steps may be unnecessary, but I am not certain which are required at any point. -David Amormino On 08/07/2012 07:38 AM, Muhammad Jaiteh wrote: I'm running Edubuntu 12.04(64-bit)and trying to setup an LTSP server that boots 32-bit th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] OT: shared remote client session

2012-07-31 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > > Instead, I'd try to encode the server screen output in some video format > (mpeg, theora, webm...), then broadcast that (only a few mbps per > client), and decode it on the clients with some local video player. > > Both VLC and gstrea

[Ltsp-discuss] OT: shared remote client session

2012-07-31 Thread David Burgess
It's not exactly on the topic of LTSP, but I figured the smart folks here would have some expertise, so I hope nobody minds the indulgence. I'm looking for a way to have two or three clients (preferably Android) view the same desktop on a server (preferably Linux). If all works out, the clients wi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] having issues with SCREEN_07=shell

2012-07-19 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Robert Fantini wrote: > the screen hangs forever at the > screen that shows " Ubuntu " > > Does anyone have a suggestion? > Hit the escape key at the Ubuntu splash screen to see boot messages. db

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP on Lubuntu?

2012-07-06 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:30 AM, PRP Company wrote: > > 2) If not, is there a how-to for installing LTSP 5 in an existing Lubuntu > installation? > In Ubuntu I just Configure my interfaces apt-get install ltsp-server ltsp-build-client --arch=i386 --copy-sources I haven't used Ubuntu's dhcp se

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CDROM and USB

2012-07-06 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Wellington de Souza Pinto < wellspi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ubuntu 12.04 with LTSP5, not mount CDROM and USB. > Any ideia? > I have no experience with CDROM in LTSP, but for USB and rdesktop I believe we had to install ltspfs from the repos. db ---

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04: two clients, identical options, only one connects

2012-06-26 Thread David Burgess
Bump. Although I can ssh into the thin client just fine, none of the vt appear to function. For example, I can't ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a prompt, as I normally can, and even setting SCREEN_06=xterm doesn't allow me to ctrl-alt-F6 as long as SCREEN_07=xfreerdp. The screen is on, but blank. Any ideas

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04: two clients, identical options, only one connects

2012-06-19 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Jan Middelkoop wrote: > What happens when you manually run the xfreerdp command on TAG2011479? It works as expected when run from xterm with the same options on the that client. db -- Li

[Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04: two clients, identical options, only one connects

2012-06-18 Thread David Burgess
Here are the relevant sections of my lts.conf: [default] TIMESERVER=172.21.35.0 SHUTDOWN_TIME=17:30:00 SCREEN_07=xfreerdp RDP_SERVER=172.21.34.1 RDP_OPTIONS="--ignore-certificate --no-nla -d GPRC -a 32 -f -x l" KEEP_SYSTEM_SERVICES=acpid X_BLANKING=300 XINITRC_PROMPT_ON_EXIT=True SOUND=False RCFI

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04 lts.conf weirdness

2012-06-18 Thread David Burgess
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:39 AM, David Burgess wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:13 AM, David Burgess wrote: >> I'm still testing Ubuntu 12.04 with LTSP and I have run into an issue >> that is baffling me. I seem to have this licked. It came down to some syntax errors

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04 lts.conf weirdness

2012-06-18 Thread David Burgess
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:13 AM, David Burgess wrote: > I'm still testing Ubuntu 12.04 with LTSP and I have run into an issue > that is baffling me. More interesting new (news to me, anyway). When I comment out all my group sections, like this: #[classroom] #SHUTDOWN_TIME=18:00:0

[Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04 lts.conf weirdness

2012-06-18 Thread David Burgess
I'm still testing Ubuntu 12.04 with LTSP and I have run into an issue that is baffling me. When I use a small lts.conf with only a default section, my test virtual client boots fine and connect to a Windows server via xfreerdp as expected. When I copy a bunch of host sections over from a working lt

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Sound just broke on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric, LTSP 5.2.16-0ubuntu7

2012-06-12 Thread David Burgess
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Philip Loewen wrote: > Ubuntu LTSP relies on pulseaudio It doesn't have to. We found better performance by disabling pulseaudio by simply using the 'SOUND=False' option in lts.conf (on the past several versions of Ubuntu, including 12.04). Mind you, we use RDP e

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xfreerdp and Ubuntu 12.04

2012-06-12 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > Cool, pushed in > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/ltsp-trunk/revision/2334 And here's the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp/+bug/1011790 db

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xfreerdp and Ubuntu 12.04

2012-06-11 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > It appears that xfreerdp started segfaulting if $HOME is unset. > It used to work some months ago when I last tested it. > > Try this: >   sudo editor /opt/ltsp/i386-original/usr/share/ltsp/xinitrc > and after this line: >   . /usr/share/

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xfreerdp and Ubuntu 12.04

2012-06-08 Thread David Burgess
SCREEN_07=xterm root@virtual-tc:~# hexdump -C /proc/1731/cmdline 78 66 72 65 65 72 64 70 00 2d 66 00 2d 2d 69 67 |xfreerdp.-f.--ig| 0010 6e 6f 72 65 2d 63 65 72 74 69 66 69 63 61 74 65 |nore-certificate| 0020 00 2d 2d 6e 6f 2d 6e 6c 61 00 2d 64 00 67 70 72 |.--no-nla.-d.g

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