Re: [Ltsp-discuss] For just a server + 1 client, setup without a switch?

2012-07-23 Thread JF Straeten
Hi, On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 05:37:26PM +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: On 07/23/2012 05:15 PM, PRP Company wrote: I posted not long ago about a client PXE boot error: Media Test Failure. [...] A switch should not interfere with pxe booting. I don't believe it either. I see the very

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Computer Lab with LTSP

2012-05-29 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 05:16:12PM -0400, Abraham Close wrote: Oh and I forgot to ask: How do I do a PXE boot? You select the entry saying Network boot or PXE boot in the BIOS of the machine. It will then get network parameters (IP, etc.) from your DHCP server and download what is needed

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Computer Lab with LTSP

2012-05-29 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 05:34:23PM -0400, Abraham Close wrote: Wow thanks for the quick reply. Just three more questions: Are you guys saying I shouldn't do fat clients? I don't think so (so, you should probably do fat clients in your case). If I understand right, your clients are just

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Monitor off

2011-09-22 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 02:01:09PM -0700, mario salcedo wrote: Hi. I have a problem. I use LTSP5 with Ubuntu 10.10. I want that my monitor dont off in all day. I disable screensaver and power manager for that the monitor dont off, but after 10 minutes my monitor off. I dont know what is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp -default xsession

2011-06-08 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 06:03:48PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: [...] For the daily use by the students I would like to set LXDE as default. I tried to adjust the lts.conf file but nothing changed. Have you tried to put the command to start LXDE in .Xsession ? I have this here :

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Graphics card for client and Xorg support

2011-02-25 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 09:39:30AM +0100, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: So, where can I see which graphics adapters the xorg version supports (it is Xorg, isn't it?) that is delivered by LTSP? Or is the graphics of the host system used? LTSP's Xorg (since LTSP 5.0) will support any card

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] how to reference a usb device in ltsp5

2011-01-10 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:09:19AM -0500, bob_C wrote: Retrying localapps I get something that I don't understand; As mentioned by Gadi it ought to function, from a terminal opened on an ltsp workstation, like this; ltsp-localapps your-program-here when I do that there is no

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lbmount problem and other fun

2010-12-12 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 08:56:21AM +, Ben Green wrote: which sounds like the point where it's failing. that's basically what lbmount is doing: mount --move /tmp/.ltspfs-user/mountpoint /media/user/mountpoint Bingo!! You've found the fault. r...@platinum:~# mkdir -p /foo/

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lbmount problem and other fun

2010-12-11 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:40:10AM -0800, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: [...] Remote usb disks do actually get mounted, it's just that they don't get bind mounted to /media/user/ as they should and hence don't get shown on the desktop. There are also remove cleanup issues, but I'd be

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lbmount problem and other fun

2010-12-10 Thread JF Straeten
Hi Ben, On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:24:02PM +, Ben Green wrote: Remote usb disks do actually get mounted, it's just that they don't get bind mounted to /media/user/ as they should and hence don't get shown on the desktop. There are also remove cleanup issues, but I'd be happy to get to a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5.0.40(ubuntu 8.04) : is cd-burning supported?

2010-11-08 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:06:10PM +0100, Simone wrote: does ltsp 5.0.40 supports cd-burning from thinclients? Yes, you can. I'm using ltsp 5.0.40 under ubuntu 8.04.4 and I can automount cdrom/floppy and browse their content but when I insert a blank cd-r and try to burn with

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local devices

2010-11-08 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 02:48:25PM +, evan.ing...@cariss.co.uk wrote: [...] the only items that dont look good on that page is lsmod | grep fuse, nothing shows up for me (all the fuse packages are installed however on the server) Just load the module with 'modprobe fuse' (fuse is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local devices

2010-11-08 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 03:06:24PM +, evan.ing...@cariss.co.uk wrote: Just load the module with 'modprobe fuse' no change, i didnt get any output from modprobe fuse ?? @ltsp:~$ sudo modprobe fuse @ltsp:~$ sudo lsmod | grep fuse @ltsp:~$ Strange. The module seems to be loading

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local devices

2010-11-08 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 03:50:23PM +, evan.ing...@cariss.co.uk wrote: fuse is not listed in /etc/modules, does it need to be ?? I do that like this on Debian Lenny, yes. But see Gadi's post : be sure to not have it already in the kernel. If find /lib/modules/ -iname *fuse*

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-07 Thread JF Straeten
On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:05:51AM +0100, Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote: [...] If you want to speed up the first access after reboot, read-ahead like https://launchpad.net/ureadahead included in Ubuntu should do what you want. Also does installing 'preload' (available in Debian). It makes a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSp Server on LXC container.

2010-08-03 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 05:06:42PM -0300, Osvaldo Filho wrote: What devices are needed for ltsp? For LTSP, you'll want at least /dev/fuse for localdev. Hih, -- JFS. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] default session

2010-08-03 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 08:42:59AM +0800, james wrote: Where can I set the default session? I have tried all the gdm options for default session. Short of hacking Xsession (which does work) I cant see how to set the default session. Have you tried in ~/.Xsession ? Mine's looks

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems with USB stick on Squeeze

2010-07-30 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 03:21:41PM -0300, Luiz Eduardo Guaraldo wrote: I'm in a trouble with an ltsp on a Debian Squeeze machine... It can find the USB stick, mount it on /tmp/.USERNAME-ltspfs/usbdrive-sdXX, but doesn't create the link on the desktop, so the user can't access it...

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems with USB stick on Squeeze

2010-07-30 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 03:57:54PM -0300, Luiz Eduardo Guaraldo wrote: Yes, I'm using squeeze stock, last actualization: yesterday. Ok, so you have the same versions as mine. Yes, under /tmp I I can read/write when plugged by the first time, after that, not anymore... The directory

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problems with USB stick on Squeeze

2010-07-30 Thread JF Straeten
Luiz, On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 05:12:44PM -0300, Luiz Eduardo Guaraldo wrote: d? ? ? ? ? ? usbdrive-sdXX After that ? Means unpluging ? Ops... Yes, after unpluging and repluging the usb stick does not work anymore I saw this for a short time

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Localdev working only to some extend in Debian 5.2 backports

2010-07-28 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 05:46:19PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: - CD/DVD doesn't work at all (nothing happens on pluging drive/inserting media/removing/etc) ; i've had some weird issues with CD/DVD drives, but only on squeeze. seems like it will spuriously create CD insertion

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Localdev working only to some extend in Debian 5.2 backports

2010-07-28 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:28:23AM -0700, Jordan Erickson wrote: I'm on Debian Lenny + backports for LTSP. I just copied files yesterday to a USB flash drive so I know basic localdev works.. It works here too, but in /tmp rather than /media... 1) Plugging in my USB DVD-ROM without

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Localdev working only to some extend in Debian 5.2 backports

2010-07-28 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 02:02:04PM -0700, Jordan Erickson wrote: Oops - forgot to mention I'm on AMD64 server install w/i386 chroot. AFAIK localdev still isn't implemented for AMD64 chroots. I've the same setup here. The only exotic point is that the LTSP server is a VServer, but it has

[Ltsp-discuss] Localdev working only to some extend in Debian 5.2 backports

2010-07-19 Thread JF Straeten
Dear List, This evening, I tried to upgrade my LTSP server to 5.2 with Debian backports. After upgrading the server, I've created a new chroot, with the backports too, as stated in http://wiki.debian.org/LTSP/Howto/Lenny-With-Backports giving this output to ltsp-info[1]. But the localdevs

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Scanner device on fedora 12 ltsp

2010-07-08 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:36:42PM +0700, Diwakoe wrote: We now already upgraded from ltsp 4.2.2 to fedora 12 ltsp5 and all client running well. Problem is scanner device canon lide series which attached on client not recognize by system What means Not recognize by system ? By udev

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Scanner device on fedora 12 ltsp (errata)

2010-07-08 Thread JF Straeten
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:54:14PM +0200, JF Straeten wrote: 3. configure the SANE layer in the chroot : * comment all backends in /etc/saned.d/dll.conf ; Please read : /etc/sane.d/dll.conf 5. configure the network access : * add 'localhost' in /etc/saned.d/net.conf (also

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] help with xfce and thunar, kde-desktop-icons/localdev

2010-05-26 Thread JF Straeten
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:22:41PM -0300, Osvaldo Filho wrote: Please, how can i use kde-desktop-icons with xfce and thunar? I need icons for usbsticks on my clients desktop! I did that with XFCE some 18 month ago, but can't remember exactly the followed procedure :-( FWIR, the script

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] HP t5325, ARM, gPXE

2010-05-11 Thread JF Straeten
Hi David, On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:05:06AM -0600, David Burgess wrote: [serial console access] Do you have one ? (I don't remember that you replied to that question.) No 9-pin port or header even, just a 4-pin connector on the board. I think it's called a TTL serial connector. I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] HP t5325, ARM, gPXE

2010-05-05 Thread JF Straeten
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 11:19:42AM -0600, David Burgess wrote: Once booted, do you see a /proc/mtd file ? r...@hpf4ce462349e3:~# cat /proc/mtd dev:    size   erasesize  name mtd0: 0001 0001 u-boot env mtd1: 0001 0001 permanent u-boot env mtd2: 0001 0001 HP env

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp on LXC container

2010-05-03 Thread JF Straeten
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 08:04:22AM +0200, Marc Jean wrote: Le dimanche 02 mai 2010 à 19:55 -0300, Osvaldo Filho a écrit : is it possible to run ltsp in a container LXC? It's fine in VZ container (NBD, OpenVZ kernel doesn't include kernel NFS server support ) ; how-to : ltsp-cluster.org And

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] HP t5325, ARM, gPXE

2010-04-28 Thread JF Straeten
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:24:31AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: If anybody has any more ideas I would love to hear them. [...] then all you need to do is figure out how to network boot... Do we know which bootloader it use ? Isn't it u-Boot ? In a previous message in this thread, it

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] HP t5325, ARM, gPXE

2010-04-28 Thread JF Straeten
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 03:40:27PM -0600, David Burgess wrote: Do we know which bootloader it use ? How would I determine that? The first thing I see on screen after powering the thing on is the linux boot sequence. I have so far figured out how to get it to boot to USB by pressing the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CD/DVD Burner

2010-03-12 Thread JF Straeten
Hi Scott, On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 01:25:50PM -0600, Scott Balneaves wrote: ist it possible to use a CD/DVD Burner on a thinclient?? If yes - tell me more Possibly, if you install burner apps as a localapp, but I don't think anyone's tried it. Without localapps, no. With the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Recommend Server for 25 clients

2009-07-30 Thread JF Straeten
Hi, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:32:18PM -0600, David Burgess wrote: My 2 cents: My modest setup consists of a server and exactly 4 thin clients. 4 TC or... 40 ? Tkx, -- J.-F. STRAETEN --- Mutt 1.5.18 - Debian GNU/Linux

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 6.0 misses 2009-04-01 release date

2009-04-02 Thread JF Straeten
Re, On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 05:22:07PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadean wrote: * CD and DVD burning Funny :-) ... but this feature is actually only a few keystrokes away with a (true) LTSP installation ! With the rscsi part of cdrecord in place on the TC, I'm able to burn at least CDs (DVDs not yet

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 6.0 misses 2009-04-01 release date

2009-04-02 Thread JF Straeten
Lo, On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:30:28PM +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: With the rscsi part of cdrecord in place on the TC, I'm able to burn at least CDs (DVDs not yet really tried) on the TC burner transparently (the burning is done at +/- 10x on a 100Mbit link). I am very interested to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP boot server != root server (Ubuntu 8.04) - how?

2009-01-29 Thread JF Straeten
Hi, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:03:02AM -0500, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote: [...] Basically all I need is to tell the client that root server is Ubuntu VM rather than the host. Yes. Is this DHCP deficiency, or just not assumed in LTSP design? It is assumed. Basically : 1. you will

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP boot server != ltsp server

2009-01-29 Thread JF Straeten
Hello, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 01:56:44PM -0500, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote: Thanks for the reference. As I follow the The boot process of a thin client chapter, I believe that my client goes up to item 8 (I see reply from ipconfig). If NBD is used, which IP will the client's init use to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP boot server != ltsp server

2009-01-29 Thread JF Straeten
Dimitry, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 03:45:15PM -0500, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote: [...] Exactly. The reason for this: VMs come and go, diskless setup on client is much easier to accomodate with that. But general services provided to all VMs (DHCP, DNS, HTTP cache/proxy) belong to the host.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP boot server != ltsp server

2009-01-29 Thread JF Straeten
Hi, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:51:14PM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote: if you want to split dhcp/tftp and nbd server you need to add: nbdroot=serverip:nbdport to your pxelinux.cfg/default file in your tftp dir (nbdport is usually 2000 by default, each subsequent image served from the same

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

2008-11-17 Thread JF Straeten
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 09:06:34PM -0600, Steve Cayford wrote: Mark David Dumlao wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:47 AM, JF Straeten [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps could you give gPXE a try, instead of etherboot, and see if it change anything

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

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM_REMOTECMD issue

2008-09-01 Thread JF Straeten
Hi, On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 02:36:09PM +0200, Krzysztof Paliga wrote: In an users home directory I've created an .xsession file which looks like this: What's going on if you try with an .Xsession (caps X) file ? #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/opera Here, you should put an after the command.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Xsession to another machine (not ltsp-server) with ldm?

2008-04-26 Thread JF Straeten
Hello Peter, On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 02:45:32PM +0200, Peter Stein wrote: Indeed, it is only necessary to enter an IP address instead of LDM_SERVER=${SERVER} in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/lib/ltsp/screen.d/ldm. Yes, but more easily, you can add : LDM_SERVER=IP list, blank separated in