Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ssh issue with LDM

2011-12-14 Thread David Hopkins
lv.conf and test lookups using the nslookup command. > > -Rob > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 07:38:44PM -0500, David Hopkins wrote: >> Yep .. that is exactly what mine looks like and it gets overwritten at >> each client though I do not know how. >> >> On the serve

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ssh issue with LDM

2011-12-14 Thread David Hopkins
30 seconds .. so it appears that the one server is working only because it completes something just before the timeout. Sincerely, Dave On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 07:05:05PM -0500, David Hopkins wrote: >> All, >> >> I am beginning t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ssh issue with LDM

2011-12-14 Thread David Hopkins
/etc/hosts. Logging in at the console for any account also works. This is very very very confusing and unfortunately, come tomorrow morning is going to be a major issue. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:13 PM, David Hopkins wrote: > We are having a major issue wit

[Ltsp-discuss] ssh issue with LDM

2011-12-14 Thread David Hopkins
We are having a major issue with thin client authentication. It started just after lunch time today. Authentication works fine from console and on terminal, but ssh takes a very long time to connect. One server (out of 5) can still connect though the login process takes quite a while to complete.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Announcing Epoptes, a computer lab management and monitoring tool

2011-10-28 Thread David Hopkins
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > Στις 28-10-2011, ημέρα Παρ, και ώρα 16:46 -0400, ο/η David Hopkins > έγραψε: > > Please ignore. I hadn't noticed that I had selected my system as one > > of the systems to which to send the broadcast. So, loo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Announcing Epoptes, a computer lab management and monitoring tool

2011-10-28 Thread David Hopkins
Please ignore. I hadn't noticed that I had selected my system as one of the systems to which to send the broadcast. So, loopbacks are not good. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins 2011/10/28 David Hopkins > Perhaps I spoke to soon. When I broadcast to more than 5 systems, the > broadcasting s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Announcing Epoptes, a computer lab management and monitoring tool

2011-10-28 Thread David Hopkins
. Everything else is working, just this issue with broadcasts. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins 2011/10/28 David Hopkins > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > >> Στις 28-10-2011, ημέρα Παρ, και ώρα 10:27 -0400, ο/η David Hopkins >> έγραψε: >> >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Announcing Epoptes, a computer lab management and monitoring tool

2011-10-28 Thread David Hopkins
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > Στις 28-10-2011, ημέρα Παρ, και ώρα 10:27 -0400, ο/η David Hopkins > έγραψε: > > Alkis, > > > > I am getting an error when trying to run the latest version of > > epoptes. Specifically, it says my

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Announcing Epoptes, a computer lab management and monitoring tool

2011-10-28 Thread David Hopkins
Alkis, I am getting an error when trying to run the latest version of epoptes. Specifically, it says my account is not a member of the epoptes group. However, that is not the case, see the output from the terminal session below. david.hopkins@ncslts1:~$ epoptes User david.hopkins must be a member

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Error with ltsp-build-client

2011-08-05 Thread David Hopkins
Answering my own query: The issue was that the State proxy corrupted the file and then was serving the corrupted cached copy. The State admins cleared the cache and the issue is gone. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM, David Hopkins wrote: > I am trying to build

[Ltsp-discuss] Error with ltsp-build-client

2011-08-05 Thread David Hopkins
I am trying to build the client directory using ltsp-build-client --arch i386 This has gone flawlessly on 4 other servers until last night. Now, I get W: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/popt/libpopt0_1.15-1_i386.deb was corrupt and the build fails later with the following (see belo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Too old thin client - VIA Eden CPU - 10.10 Beta

2010-09-25 Thread David Hopkins
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Horst Prote wrote: > asmo.koski...@arkki.info schrieb: >  > >  > Is HP t5125 just too old? I installed 10.10 Beta as a LTSP server. >  > >  > "This kernel requires the following features not presented on the CPU: cx8 >  > cmov >  > Unable to boot - please use a ke

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Issue with dbus-daemon

2010-09-22 Thread David Hopkins
us. >> >> Thanks! >> Dave ... >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Jakob Unterwurzacher >> wrote: >>> Am 22.09.2010 03:25, schrieb David Hopkins: >>>> I believe I have tracked down the cause of this problem ... >>>> dbus-daemon exce

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Issue with dbus-daemon

2010-09-22 Thread David Hopkins
schrieb David Hopkins: >> I believe I have tracked down the cause of this problem ... >> dbus-daemon exceeds the nofile limit: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/381063 > > [...] > >> >> How can I increase the nofile limit for dbus?   In RHEL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Issue with dbus-daemon

2010-09-21 Thread David Hopkins
ce is greatly appreciated as I don't know where to turn next on this. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins Newark Charter School On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:23 AM, David Hopkins wrote: > All, > > I am having major issues with the dbus-daemon suddenly spiking to 100% > cpu usage and hanging the

[Ltsp-discuss] Issue with dbus-daemon

2010-09-16 Thread David Hopkins
All, I am having major issues with the dbus-daemon suddenly spiking to 100% cpu usage and hanging the server. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 with all patches (as of two weeks ago). This happens randomly since the system will run without issues for a day or so and then the dbus-daemon (owned by message

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] GX110/GX150 Video issues

2010-08-29 Thread David Hopkins
Pixie >    SOUND=True >    NBD_SWAP=True >    SYSLOG_HOST=server >    SEARCH_DOMAIN = ncs.k12.de.us >    DNS_SERVER = 10.179.2.6 > > [Dell_GX1XX] >        LIKE               = Default >        CONFIGURE_X = TRUE >        XSERVER=intel >        X_CONF=/etc/X11/xorgGX150.c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] GX110/GX150 Video issues

2010-08-28 Thread David Hopkins
9-27 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server i686 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux ws021 2.6.31-22-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 22:54:26 UTC 2010 i686 Kernel command line: ro initrd=initrd.img quiet splash nbdport=2000 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz Build Dat

[Ltsp-discuss] GX110/GX150 Video issues

2010-08-28 Thread David Hopkins
First, I am running Ltsp 5 on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 and I am having some video issues with the GX110/GX150 systems. The issue is that the screen does not properly refresh under the mouse cursor. So, when you pick a drop-down menu, for instance, wherever the mouse scrolls, the text behind the mouse i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to make Firefox Browser running as Local Application in LTSP

2009-10-08 Thread David Hopkins
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:20 PM, David Burgess wrote: > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM, David Hopkins > wrote: > I'm > > trying to determine whether OpenSUSE 11.1 or Ubuntu 8.10 is better. But > ... > > which version of 8.10 do I download? Server (no graphical inte

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to make Firefox Browser running as Local Application in LTSP

2009-10-04 Thread David Hopkins
> Please - use Debian, Fedora, openSUSE or Ubuntu - all these distros do > everything out-of-box - including Firefox as a local application. > > Use your Redhat box for something else. > > http://www.ltsp.org/~sbalneav/LTSPManual.html > > http://wiki

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-xorg.conf - which script generates it?

2009-05-12 Thread David Hopkins
> Peter Stein wrote: >> Well, this quite exactly what is done by >> /usr/share/ltsp/configure-x.sh. I creates a complete xorg.conf file. >> If that doesn't work for you, you should make sure you have the right >> module etc. Mostly there is no problem. >> There are certain reasons for having such a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-xorg.conf - which script generates it?

2009-05-12 Thread David Hopkins
> To accommodate this, Xorg now understands partial xorg.conf files. > Meaning you only add the sections that you need to force.  Otherwise, it > discovers everything.  That's why you might see minimalist xorg.conf > files. > Maybe this is obvious to someone, but not me. How can I get the new LTS

[Ltsp-discuss] LDM question

2009-03-23 Thread David Hopkins
I am running FC10 with LTSP 5.0. I have two questions. 1) The login screen doesn't offer the option of resetting the default desktop settings as was possible with LTSP4.2. Is there a way to re-enable this option at login? If I set (via gconf-editor) new defaults or mandatory settings, they don'

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-12 Thread David Hopkins
> I should have begun there: here is my network config > > - - 2 ethernet devices eth0 an eth1: eth0 is the internet interface, > associated to an ADSL connection, and eth1 is plugged to a switch > providing a private network for computers and thin client (which used to > connect the server with lt

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-11 Thread David Hopkins
> I am wondering if there is not an IP issue because the boot server has > default IP 172.31.100.254 and ldm seems to answer on 192.168.1.1 which > is the eth1 IP on which my lan is connected. > In the instructions on https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide > there are no information o

[Ltsp-discuss] OT: How to play media that requires mms?

2009-03-10 Thread David Hopkins
This is OT but I have a fresh install of FC10+LTSP5. I need to be able to play video from NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/index.html for the school. This requires libmms? But, what do I need to install to get this playback in FF3 on the thin client? Totem is the default and it plays

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-10 Thread David Hopkins
>>> >>> I try to install an ltsp-server to boot thin clients on my f10 box. >>> >>> I followed instructions there: >>> >>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide >>> >>> But failed >> >> Make sure you follow them exactly up to the point that you have to >> enable the network for re

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-10 Thread David Hopkins
> Bonjour, > > I try to install an ltsp-server to boot thin clients on my f10 box. > > I followed instructions there: > > https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide > > But failed Make sure you follow them exactly up to the point that you have to enable the network for real thin clien

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Messaging on LTSP 5 - David or others

2008-09-12 Thread David Hopkins
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did read the web-page you refer to but I don't have yum on the Ubuntu Hard > machine. I have just learned to use apt-get and dpkg and not yum. And I > can't seem to work out how to use them with Teacher Tools. > Keith > I haven'

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Messaging on LTSP 5 - David

2008-09-11 Thread David Hopkins
Keith, The instructions I followed are here: http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/installation.html when I installed 0.62. Just make sure you install all the required libraries via yum (or whatever package manager you use) which will resolve dependencies. I actually did not need to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Messaging on LTSP 5

2008-09-10 Thread David Hopkins
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > 1. How can I, as the class teacher, type a message from my terminal and send > it to all the children who are logged in to explain that they must logout in > 5 minutes? > 2. Another reason for requesting this is that

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS mount fails with permission denied

2008-09-08 Thread David Hopkins
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Horst Prote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Hopkins wrote: > > I have searched unsuccessfully for an answer on exactly what services > > need to be restarted to allow clients to boot. Note that my > > authentication server is not

[Ltsp-discuss] NFS mount fails with permission denied

2008-09-08 Thread David Hopkins
Every time I reset my authentication server (which isn't often), all my LTSP servers stop allowing clients to boot. The error message says that /opt/ltsp/i386 cannot be mounted and gives a permission denied. Any clients that were already booted can be used. Only clients that reboot get denied. I h

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] printer configuration problem

2003-03-21 Thread David Hopkins
Nirmalya, The instructions for setting up the printer are at: http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-3.0.0/ltsp-3.0.html#AEN456 Basically, it involves uncommenting some options (possibly with slight changes), in the lts.conf file. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 13:26, Nirmalya

[Ltsp-discuss] How-To use USB flash device with K12LTSP

2003-03-14 Thread David Hopkins
All, After some effort, and the much appreciated help of Alain Knaff, I have my Casetronic 2688R thin client working very smoothly with a USB flash device, and can access it from MToolsFM. For those that do not want to use floppies, but these devices instead, I wrote this up and added it to the K1

[Ltsp-discuss] How to use usb mass storage with ltsp?

2003-03-04 Thread David Hopkins
Help? I would like to use a usb 'pen drive' instead of a floppy on the ltsp clients with mtools (or MToolsFM). The device works fine with mtools when plugged into the server. (Alternatively, I can mount it on the server using mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash (lack of better mount name), but really