RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Changes to DHCPd.conf when addng LTSP to exist ing network

2002-07-09 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I don't mind half the time I send them direct too. That reply all button is just to far away! > Thanks for the detailed reply, I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow. > Sorry about posting to you directly. I didn't check the reply address. > > -

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Video Problem with VGA Charger and rdesktop

2002-07-09 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
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RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Changes to DHCPd.conf when addng LTSP to existing network

2002-07-09 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Send us your current working dhcpd.conf file. The integration should be simple. > -Original Message- > From: John Murf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 1:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Changes to DHCPd.conf when addng LTSP > to existing

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP POOR GRAPHICS

2002-07-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
First - we are talking about the clients with poor graphics? Second - what kind of hardware have you got in the client (if that is what we are talking about) Third - You say it boos off of the floppy ok but can we see some of your configs? Mainly the lts.conf maybe the dhcpd.conf The more the b

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] (no subject)

2002-06-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
What kind of network card is in your client? Sounds to me like you have an ISA NIC and you need to hit the docs to configure this. It involves passing the kernel a couple of parameters via dhcp so it knows what type of network card to load. Covered in the docs. Matt > -Original Message

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Feasibility of LTSP

2002-06-26 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
The only thing ive noticed that really affects my boot time is if I have a lot of network traffic when the server is tftp'ing the kernel to the WS. (worst case it takes 30 seconds) After that it depends on the speed of the machine booting the kernel. Even my 486's boot the kernel in acceptable ti

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: ltsp/install/trouble

2002-06-26 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
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RE: [Ltsp-discuss] HTML EMAIL HELL

2002-06-21 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
? Is my mail HTML? I use outlook and I know I've turned html sending off to this address but still am unsure. THX and sorry in advance if its me > -Original Message- > From: Ken Barber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:32 PM > To: Charles Marcus; [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Cry of Desperation (was: tcsx-1 modelines)

2002-06-18 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Jason, Your server might be running 4.1 but you WS is going to be running the version that comes packaged in the LTSP files 336 (unless you've changed it which is possible but I have no idea how it is done and setup) So you should have downloaded and installed this package http://prdownloads.sou

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Thanks Jim - Now...

2002-06-14 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> USE_XFS = N fixed it just fine. Am able to get > it to boot into X-Win on either the Linux server > or by using the XDM_SERVER make it X-login to > our primary Unix server. Now, one more tough > item. You'll need to setup XFS to fix that problem (read manual on that one) > When booting off

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Thanks Jim - Now...

2002-06-13 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Change you LTS.conf so that XFS is off see if that fixes it. then Verify that you have XFS running. > -Original Message- > From: sysadmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 3:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Thanks Jim - Now... > > > Gett

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Usage of LTSP with Linux for IBM zSeries

2002-06-13 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> 2. LTSP is not well adapted for the enterprise from a > networking point of > view. It uses DHCP to provide important parameters such as > the image to > boot on the clients. LTSP is well adapted and tested for > workgroups on a > single subnet. It's best to keep it that way for the sake

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] RE: X0rfbserver Citrix Server semi-sol'n

2002-06-07 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
e only thing required is a way to start and stop the > > x0rfbserver remotely. This could be done by running an rsh > > server on all workstations. It could also be done by > > creating a special-purpose daemon just for this task. Then > > we could implement our own

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] RE: X0rfbserver Citrix Server semi-sol'n

2002-06-06 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Oy! To much info. I read through that twice and its still blew me away. Anyway. I think your on track for what I would love to see. These points No end user visibility or intervention required. (even the password supplied by the admin invoking the session) Not always running (I have lots of 4

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix Server

2002-06-06 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> I just attended a presentation in Kamloops BC with their K12LTSP > Project and I can confirm for a fact that the RFB product at > forum.hexonet.com works beautifully with the LTSP for shadowing > users. It even allows you to 'push' out your desktop to multiple > users for teaching purposes, etc.

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf question

2002-06-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Title: Message Yeah that would be great~!!! -Original Message-From: Darel Finkbeiner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:21 PMCc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf question I was just thinking I would need the same thing.  I'

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP with NO Mac adress

2002-06-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
For LTSP it is only practical to use the mac address so you can map a host name to it. The host name is then used in your LTS.conf to define specifics - mouse, modeline etc etc. You can do like I do though. I have a range setup and then I assign a specific ip address it will then just pull an IP

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix Server

2002-06-04 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
John, I tried to get it to run but couldn't ever view the remote desktops (I could see the servers desktop OK) did you have to run it as a local app? I was thinking that was what I would need to do. Also you can view the desktop from almost anything using VNC or tight VNC which has been ported to

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix Server

2002-05-30 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> > No flaming intended here but I am confused by your query. > > Are you suggesting that a Linux Citrix Server boot clients > into MS windows or X? > > > > If booting into MS windows..heh I won't even validate > that with a response. > > > Well, in the corporate world for every Linux app

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] How toget a DHCP server to ignore none-etherboot clients?

2002-05-28 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> > > If your only serving your LTSP machines you need to make > sure you don't have > > a range statement in there. If you do it that way the only > machines that > > will get IP addresses are the ones that match the MAC > address of the host > > declarations (that would be only the LTSP mach

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] How toget a DHCP server to ignore none-etherboot clients?

2002-05-28 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Send us your config. If your only serving your LTSP machines you need to make sure you don't have a range statement in there. If you do it that way the only machines that will get IP addresses are the ones that match the MAC address of the host declarations (that would be only the LTSP machines)

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Misc Questions

2002-05-24 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Looking at this http://www.espritsys.com/100tc-b.html You might need to get with espritsys to find out if you'll be able to rig it to work. Other then forcing it to look for the LTSP kernel the rest looks doable. Finding out what type of graphics chip is used and verifying its compatibility wit

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Misc Questions

2002-05-24 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> > > We're currently evaluating our options in regards to > > > Microsoft's impending new license program. > > > > The new and improved 6.0 right. > > > I was reading about their wonderful Enterprise license. How > can Microsoft tell another company that they can only run > Microsoft Softwa

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 3C509, option-129 and DHCP upgrade from 2.x to 3.x

2002-05-21 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> Oh, and in v3 you can give meaningful names to the options if > you wish, > like etherboot-signature and kernel-parameters. > Or you can give them unmeaning names Like me option nic-thing code 128 = string; option nic-type code 129 = text; Very intuitive I know! >

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 486 Workstation

2002-05-16 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Roger. What do you mean when you say it doesn't work? Does dhcp not start when you add the options? This is all documented very well instructions on the ltsp website. You should be able to track down the problem. Matt > -Original Message- > From: Roger Moreno Quintero [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 486 Workstation

2002-05-16 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I think the 486 workstation thing is something to do with the way it was tagged. Grab an earlier kernel package to use for that 486 WS. As for the 3com card. What doesn't work what errors are you getting etc. Matt > -Original Message- > From: Roger Moreno Quintero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] SMC EtherPower II (9432TX)

2002-05-02 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Sorry I meant to respond to the list but I always forget. I Just wanted to add my second that notion to the cause. As far as making it work I haven't even really looked at it. It was really simple in 2.08 but I've not really played with 3.0 much. Matt > -Original Message- > From: Kyle

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Slowness on low configuration client/10 Mbps c ard.

2002-05-01 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> I am using X3 on the clients and X4 on the server > Debian woody > ltsp v3 > Server=Compaq 1.4Ghz P4/256MB/100mbit Intel e100 > Client=66Mhz 486/#9GXe video 2MB ram/S3 server/10mbit SMC > Network is unloaded/single client running at this time. Is that 2mb of ram in the client??? Or 2 mb of vid

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Skipjack and Crossover Office

2002-04-30 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I loaded skipjack at home but haven't tested LTSP yet. As far as crossover office goes I've never played with it. What problems are you having? What does it do? Doesn't it do? Matt > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 200

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix VS LTSP

2002-04-24 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
n [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:27 AM > To: 'Egan, Matt B. (Artco)'; 'Prakash Advani'; ltsp-discuss > Subject: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix VS LTSP > > > Egan, > > Good point. And this raises another question. How is it &

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix VS LTSP

2002-04-24 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I'm not a citrix expert so I might be way off but are they even similar. Its like comparing a highly specialized race car to a do it all mini van. So what's to compare? > -Original Message- > From: Prakash Advani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:40 AM > To

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] RE: LTSP as alternative to MS Terminal Server

2002-04-23 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> for their > "upgrade advantage" program (now called "Software Assurance"). This > insidious program sells itself as an "insurance policy" > guaranteeing you the > right to use all the new versions of a covered product that > MS releases, for > a 3 year period of time after the coverage is pur

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] newbie terminal server question

2002-04-23 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Another option for other win only apps that you can't find replacements for. Get one 2k server set it up as a terminal server buy a minimal amount of licenses for it. And allow the people that need to do windows stuff to log into the terminal server. I've tested this but not implemented it. Wor

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP

2002-04-03 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You should be OK just putting in a regular entry (same as you would for your LTSP clients) it would even serve windows machines (mine is actually our Company DHCP Server along with DNS Samba and LTSP). Weather or not the option root path would mess up the stand alone linux box is another thing. Th

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Slow network

2002-03-28 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
That's normal!!! No jokin Well, What kinda NIC, (server and WS) What kind of medium are you using (UTP cat5, Coax etc) 10mg 100mg, network layout (xover cable from WS to Server? Hub, switch?) What Kind of network. Is it alone on the network? Matt > -Original Message- > From: Steve

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Screen, Staroffice and shut down

2002-03-28 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> I tested 800x600 45.76 800 816 968 1040 600 612 618 648, and it works. > I absolutely don't know what it means, but it works :-)) > Is there a site explaining those things ? > I don't know the real meaning of all this but there is a cool site that I use to generate those mode lines. http://ww

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] X server not working

2002-03-28 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Edgar, What do you mean lock up??? Like you get a big Grey screen with an X in the middle?? Or you actually get a login screen and you can't move your mouse or cursor? What exactly does that mean > adapter I get the error no screens found, and when I use either the > trident > or the ATI, the

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Always High Resolution in workstations

2002-03-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You have to make sure of a couple of things First make sure in you dhcpd.conf you have this at the very top use-host-decl-names on; this makes it so that the name you type in your host declaration is passed on to the client so it knows its name. then later in your dhcpd.conf you have say this

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Screen, Staroffice and shut down

2002-03-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Comments inserted below... > Hi, Hello > My ltsp server now works fine (Mandrake 8.2), and my workstation also > with a new NIC. Didn't ever get the 3com to work? > Remains a few questions : OK. > - the screen of the workstation blinks, there are many blank lines > appearing and disappea

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] usablility of 486 Was:Nothing happens after kernel boot

2002-03-26 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
That is the same thing I've found It has nothing to do with processor power its just finding a video card and NIC that will work well with it I've made the same call here for us If it doesn't have PCI slots it is gone Anyone else? > -Original Message- > From: Jeff Roberts [mailto:[EMA

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] problems with tftp

2002-03-25 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Try this   Make sure that you have tftpboot not tftboot (it should have a p)   If that doesn't you need to drop the leading tftpboot in your dhcp.conf because by default tftp is looking in the tftpboot dir so when you tell it /tftpboot/lts/kernel.name it is looking in /tftpboot/tftpboo

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] RE: windows terminal ,, why rdesktop , try rwin

2002-03-22 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
OK so I got RWIN   Loaded it on my server and it works (very cool to me)   But I can't run it from any of my LTSP workstations     Here is what I get   Connection successful and the screen pops up for a split second   Then It dies   And I see XIO: fatal IO error 14 (bad addre

RE: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] No boot rom

2002-03-22 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
N, and I get the same thing as above. > > The documentation found on www.3com.com seems to say that among all > the 3c509 (there are many sorts), the 3c509B-TPO is the only one whith > no boot rom socket. Maybe you don't have this one particularly ? > > Romain Surleau. > &

RE: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] No boot rom

2002-03-22 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I have lots of 3c509's that don't have bootproms that work with the boot floppies. What floppy image are you getting from rom-o-matic.com? What does the screen tell you when you boot from the floppy you got for the 3c509? Give us lots of details and we can help more Matt > -Original Messa

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] No boot rom

2002-03-21 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Yes, Check out rom-o-matic.com You can get floppy images and even dos .com images so you can run the .com from a dos bootable floppy and the etherboot will take over. All of my machines (around 10 of them now) boot off of floppies and they work great. Matt > -Original Message- > From:

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c509b ISA not detected at boot

2002-03-20 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You need to add a couple of lines to your dhcpd.conf file to define the nic card Depending on what version of dhcp you have. This is a snippet from the quick install how to found on the ltsp webpage Start Snip ISA Network cards The LTSP kernels can automatically detect the network card, if it

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ati rage 128

2002-03-13 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Which X packages are you using. Which version of LTSP are you using. I have used many ATI cards with out a problem IMHO ATI cards are the best cards to use for linux and LTSP Matt > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Cheapest, Quitest, Smallest

2002-03-12 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Have you looked at these I don't think you'll get any smaller http://www.disklessworkstations.com/cgi-bin/cat/quantity?ne4mbSc3;28;108 Matt > -Original Message- > From: Dave Shiels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:17 AM > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subjec

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-12 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
tion, you may need to do something different. This is from Ted Lemon. > -Original Message- > From: Richard Camp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:20 PM > To: Egan, Matt B. (Artco) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostn

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
> Mosix is getting the IP of the machine based on the value from $hostname. > If I use a static IP for the terminal and pass the hostname > using "option hostname "ws251" for example everything works. I copied the > hosts file from the server to /opt/lts/i386/etc/hosts. No > dynamic address is n

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
What is mosix looking for specifically? Is it looking for a fqdn from the dns? Or just a computer name (netbios type computer name?) If your dynamically assigning IP addresses you'll have to setup DDNS to update the DNS server with the New IP address whenever the lease expires and/or a new IP a

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients

2002-03-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Make sure you have this set in the global scope of things use-host-decl-names on; > -Original Message- > From: Richard Camp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD not sending hostnames to clients > > H

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Joystick as pointing device

2002-03-08 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Have you given thought to an optical mouse?   That's what I use (not in LTS) on my production floor (not a woodshop but a very dirty printing shop)   They work great.   I'm not sure how you would go about the joystick thing, maybe someone else could point you in the right direction.

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] k12os [was Re: hardware demands for Server whe n having 160 client computers?]

2002-03-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
e- > From: Wouter DeBacker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:39 PM > To: Egan, Matt B. (Artco) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] k12os [was Re: hardware demands for Server whe > n having 160 client computers?] > > Matt, >

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] k12os [was Re: hardware demands for Server when having 160 client computers?]

2002-03-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Keep people away from xterm or any terminal type login (that's how I do it) I give them nothing but icewm and it only has shortcuts to the apps that they need to use if they need more they call me and I give them more. I know that obscurity isn't security but it is a good start. Matt > -Or

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] hardware demands for Server when having 160 client computers?

2002-03-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You shouldn't have a problem serving this all out from one dhcp server even if you have it spread out across several subnets (which I agree you should do if you going to have 160 people on it) But you could always divvy up one physical class C network into 3 good subnets and be just fine. I woul

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] hardware demands for Server when having 160 client computers?

2002-03-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I know I don't have experience with this but I've done some looking. You might opt for 2 larger servers have define half of you users to use 1 server as the xserver (in the lts.conf) and the other half to use another server. You should be able to swing it so you fairly redundant and all you conf

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] default desktop for all profiles

2002-03-04 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I'm not to sure about where to install programs. Most of them by default go to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin (that I've noticed so far) As far as shortcuts go it depends on what WM you are using. example I use Icewm it uses a text file to create shortcuts in a shortcut bar you place the textfile

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] SMC800 nic problems

2002-02-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
H!! You've got me stumped All of my machines run 2.08 right now so I don't have any way of testing this off hand. I'll round up a WS and Fire up 3.0 on it and see what I end up with cause I can't remember. Might be later this afternoon maybe tonight Matt -Original Message

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] SMC800 nic problems

2002-02-26 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I've got swarms of those cards too!! I know I have them working with Version 2.08 of LTSP and I'm pretty sure I had them working with 3 a month or so ago when I was testing. What have you got so far? Were do they stop? Errors? Dhcpd.conf samples Matt -Original Message- From: Dave Th

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] still a dhcpd problem

2002-02-19 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I think you have a pre version 3 DHCP server (that's fine) just remove your ddns-update-style ad-hoc; and option option-128 code 128 = string; option option-129 code 129 = text; or comment them out with a # and try restarting. Good Luck matt -Original Message- From: C

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Upgrade to ltsp 3.0 a risk? Re: floppy support on ltsp 2.08

2002-02-07 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You can install version 3 and still run your old version (correct me if I'm wrong) that is what I'm doing I have most people using 2.08 but I've installed and tested version 3 along side the 2.08 without any complications. So you could fire it up set a couple machines to use the v3 kernels make s

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with subnet, dhcp and tftpd.

2002-02-06 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
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RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with subnet, dhcp and tftpd.

2002-02-06 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You'll also need to motify your exports file to include the other subnets Here is what mine looks like ## LTS-begin ## # # The lines between the 'LTS-begin' and the 'LTS-end' were added # on: Mon Oct 8 11:07:29 MDT 2001 by the ltsp installation script. # For more information, visit the ltsp ho

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD option-129 again

2002-02-06 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
ubject: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD option-129 again Matt, Right! But I am 100% sure that won't work without a floppy drive! After all mine is a _diskless_ workstation! ;-) Thanks, Wouter On 05-Feb-02 Egan, Matt B. (Artco) wrote: > But for testing you would be fine just using a boot floppy

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD option-129 again

2002-02-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
But for testing you would be fine just using a boot floppy (temp) Right? Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCPD option-129 again W

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
If you updated the dhcpd.conf and restarted the daemon it would give the IP address (even if it had been infinitely leased to another MAC) to the new mac address. If you version doesn't do this correctly it would be due to a bug and you might have to go and edit the dhcp.leases file search throug

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Starting X

2002-02-01 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Your right and your wrong You'll have to word it right and you might get some Ideas looking through the LTSP RC scripts cause if you boot in runlevel three and go to start X its going to interpret the command and try to start X or another X on the server. I've never looked through the LTSP Scrip

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Recommended NIC for floppy boot

2002-01-30 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
If your looking for 100 meg nics then the 3com 905 is also good and also available in quantity used from here www.sunsetsite.com along with a bunch of other used equipment (like old computers) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, Januar

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Can't find ethercard realteak

2002-01-23 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You don't need to add the line "option option-129 code 129 = text;" line unless you have dhcp V3 or higher if your running DHPC V2 or some other then all you need to have is this. host ws001 { hardware ethernet 00:E0:06:E8:00:84; fixed-address 192.168.0.1;

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] the stupidest question I'll ever ask (about LPP)

2002-01-21 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Suse only makes sparc and alpha versions available for download -Original Message- From: Dave Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 7:47 PM To: Jim McQuillan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Ltsp-discuss] the stupidest question I'll ever a

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp Client supporting multiple monitor and input devices

2002-01-19 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
sounds nearly impossible to me can you do that with a standalone box? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp Client supporting multiple monitor and input devices

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA NIC Nightmare

2002-01-14 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I have used the SMC ultra lots with ltps 3.0 You don't need to specify IO (I don't anyway) and if you use dhcp V3 there are some things you need to add the the dhcpd.conf file so you don't get the syntax error. Below is a sample of my dhcpd.conf also you are restarting dhcp after making changes

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems when the XSERVER is not auto

2002-01-12 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Jim its Saturday I you should take the day off man! (so should I) -Original Message- From: Jim McQuillan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 1:56 PM To: Juan Carlos Zarta Escobar Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems when the XSERVER is not aut

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] [ OT ] Recommended motherboard for LTSP 3.0

2002-01-08 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I looked at this back in the day when I thought my boss had a brain and would let me buy a server for LTSP (boy was I wrong) Anyway The boards I looked at and like for a server were as follows Based on the VIA' Apollo Pro266T these support DDR ram and Dual Tualatin P3's I was going to do a d

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] How do I get Rid of the Redhat logo?

2001-12-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
(assuming we're talking about xdm) You'll see the image file in that script. On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Egan, Matt B. (Artco) wrote: > Ever since I upgraded KDE I've been plagued with these little hang-up. > > How do I get rid of the Redhat logo in the top left corner of the lo

[Ltsp-discuss] How do I get Rid of the Redhat logo?

2001-12-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Ever since I upgraded KDE I've been plagued with these little hang-up. How do I get rid of the Redhat logo in the top left corner of the login Screen? It used to be the ltsp logo which I had replaced with a company logo. I can find the place to get rid of the blasted thing. Thanks Matt

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Hep!!! can't get past login!! why?

2001-12-20 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
/kde2/share/config/kdm/ and enable xdmcp. [Xdmcp] Enable=true On Wednesday 19 December 2001 17:01, Egan, Matt B. (Artco) wrote: > SO I rebooted today don't know why just did. > > I haven't changed anything for quite sometime but now when I go to login > (from terminal) I get noth

[Ltsp-discuss] Hep!!! can't get past login!! why?

2001-12-19 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
SO I rebooted today don't know why just did. I haven't changed anything for quite sometime but now when I go to login (from terminal) I get nothing it just lands back on a new login screen. And for some reason when I started server my login manager didn't pop up automatically (it usually does)

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Alternative DHCP server

2001-12-12 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You need to define the next server option and point it to the server running the ltsp then it should work fine -Original Message- From: Joe MacDonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[Ltsp-discuss] Alterna

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Wireless PCMCIA

2001-12-12 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Unfortunately wireless and PCMCIA are still in the works (from what I know) Problems For you to be able to init the card you also have to init the pcmcia services not an altogether major problem but I don't think they have it done yet (in the form of a boot disk) I remember someone saying they

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Serial mouse with ltsp 3.0

2001-12-12 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Jim, Tim, I don't know if this would cause other people problems but when I first went to ltsp 2.09xxx from 2.08 I had problems cause I was still modifying the lts.conf in /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/etc/ and none of my changes had any affect on my Terminals So I thought I'd throw this one out cause h

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA NIC with LTSP 3.0.0 and DHCP update

2001-12-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
but maybe add it in the next update. -Original Message- From: Jim McQuillan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:01 PM To: Egan, Matt B. (Artco) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA NIC with LTSP 3.0.0 and DH

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA NIC with LTSP 3.0.0 and DHCP update

2001-12-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Jim I tried it and her is what I specified in my dhcp.conf host accntg { option routers 172.25.138.1; filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp-5"; hardware ethernet 00:00:C0:C4:36:B5; option r

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA NIC with LTSP 3.0.0 and DHCP update

2001-12-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I don't think you have to spec the io address try it without once or twice if you need add the io which should be easy to determine because the smc ultra has and dip switch with labeled io irq addresses Good luck Matt -Original Message- From: CaScAdE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ISA NIC with LTSP 3.0.0 and DHCP

2001-12-11 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You didn't mention what kind of nic the 10meg ones where I thought I caught a hint of WD in there WD would be the same as smcultra Try this set option 129 "NIC=smc-ultra"; That is if your nic is a WD or SMC 8000 otherwise known as smcultra But that's just a shot in the dark -Original Mess

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp server smp memory experience? cluster?

2001-12-10 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Really?! I thought about doing it but never got very far (infact I don't think I did much more then think about it) How does mosix work do you have to compile it into your kernel or is it just a program you run in the background of each machine (if so would you need local apps running?) is it

[Ltsp-discuss] Fonts

2001-12-06 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Ok so I noticed this awhile back and its just now starting to bug me. When I log in from a terminal my fonts are all piffed (don't know how else to explain it) I can barely read thinks in kedit and everything else jus looks funny ! if I log in using xthinpro (from my windows machine) everything s

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] hot to autoexecute program?

2001-12-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:24 AM To: Egan, Matt B. (Artco); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Ltsp-discuss] hot to autoexecute program? Hi Matt, > So I'm always getting griped at because people have to actually push the > numlock button (blah) anyway I found the numlock

[Ltsp-discuss] hot to autoexecute program?

2001-12-05 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
So I'm always getting griped at because people have to actually push the numlock button (blah) anyway I found the numlock package and I've got it to work but now I'm not sure exactly where to put this so that it autoexecs for all users. Any ideas? And where are you supposed to put things like th

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcp.conf boot prob? (rh7.1)

2001-11-29 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Take the /tftpboot out of you dhcp.conf Tft already looks in /tftpboot for redhat 7.1 so in essence what your doing is making it look in /tftpboot/tftpboot/lts Also make sure you files reside in the dir you have typed /boot/bootp isn't what I have but you can put them where ever you want but

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] KDE upate! (i broke it)

2001-11-28 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Ok I seem to have fixed it (sort of) Anyway Now I've got it looking like I want the config file I put in /usr/share/config/kdmrc is the one that changes things (the util I used before updates nothing (interesting) So now my question I want to have the clock on the logon screen (it just looks

[Ltsp-discuss] KDE upate! (i broke it)

2001-11-27 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Ok so it isn't totally broke I just updated to kde 2.2.2 from 2.1.1 everything works but now my login screen on the terminals and on the server is ugly as hell, shows all the user pics won't let me pic gnome as a boot option and its just messed up I try to configure it with the tool I used to us

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem using LTSP and DSL

2001-11-23 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Along with all the stuff Jason said I would also recommend not server DHCP out on your DSL line you provider might not like you very much (it might not effect them but hey why find out) so Start dhcp on just the 1 interface using the command line Dhcpd ethX (1 or 0 or any number) And then if y

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem using LTSP and DSL

2001-11-23 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You need to start dhcp on just 1 of the Ethernet adapters. Do you have webmin??? (its really easy to do from there) And if you start from a startup script in init.d its easy too I think when you starting from the command prompt you just pass it some info like Dhcpd eth0 (or you interface name

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] X-client

2001-11-20 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
You might check out this i use it and its great only 90 bucks x thin pro lots of nice settings http://labtam-inc.com/articles/x-thinpro-6-1.html download a free eval works for an hour at a time Good luck Matt -Original Message- From: Emile Snyder To: Marcus Smith Cc: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Connection help!

2001-11-19 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I concur. What you want to be loading is a kernel (either custom made or one from LTSP) you can download the kernel RPMs from ltsp.org The one you want if your running the 2.08 of LTSP is http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ltsp/lts_kernel_ne2000-2.2-0.i386.rpm It will place a file in you /tftpb

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Recommended Linux Server Specs

2001-11-16 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
I'd go for a dual p3 board as well (tualatins) get one that will take 3 gig of ram and put 1 or 2 in for starters. Nic for the clients If you don't already have client machines build you might look into getting a motherboard with integrated nic that supports PXE I played with a few and they seem

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] right click

2001-11-16 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
in the LTS.conf set mouse buttons to = 3 and emulate3button = yes check the spelling on those but you get the idea Matt -Original Message- From: Johann GORLIER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:04 AM To: ltsp Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] right click Hi, I just f

[Ltsp-discuss] New DHCP version !!!!

2001-11-13 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
Hi there, Just a little info on the newer DHCP version (v3 and above) You can't just declare the option option-128 anymore you have to do it like this. Example: default-lease-time 10800; max-lease-time 36000; ddns-update-style none; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 10

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