Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Instalation of oo.org in each account

2004-06-01 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Marcelo Franklin da Silva wrote: > Hi > I've tried to do something like this, but no way. You may create a > profile for each user. > > Regards *** Actually there is a way - we're doing it with our users. I have a very simple script that I'll share. I'll leave it to the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VNC automatically - answer placeholder

2003-03-27 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Alex Perry wrote: > I can't respond in more detail right now. A search of the archives > will find a message from me to someone else about how to have VNC > start without manually running the Xvnc command or its script. > The relevant command line option is "--inetd" and is u

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: [forum] FW: XFree86 future (fwd)

2003-03-22 Thread John_Cuzzola
not need it, but it's definitely the case that some people find it essential. Not only that, I disagree with him. I think direct rendered 2D has little to no benefit. Mark. > > From: John_Cuzzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp and wine

2003-03-04 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Who knows?! Perhaps calc.exe has a bug, or wine, or both! Ask the > Chinese government! They probably have access to the source code of > calc.exe by now. ;-) > > Better still: start your $$$ copy of VB or VC (Are they bug free?) > through wine (Does

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] considering k-12ltsp, have a few questions.

2003-02-15 Thread John_Cuzzola
> What is a good win98-ish GUI? *** This is a really common question with a bunch of good answers. You might want to take a look at the ltsp mailing list archives. ANyways my favorite is the ICE window manager (www.icewm.org) it has a Windows XP theme as well as a Win98ish look theme(s). > As we

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Can I share this and get your comments?

2003-02-14 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** This is old news ... besides why would you believe something posted by Microsoft? On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Rudhuwan Abu Bakar wrote: > > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/dec02/12-17TCOstudy.asp > > Sorry. > > > --- > This

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] putting my users in jail?

2003-02-13 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > rpm -V `rpm -qa` *** This only works for installed RPM packages, not for programs you compile (non-RPMs) nor can it 'find' new files that were added. Still good idea I havent thought of this one. > > > Thanks for the detailed reply... I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] putting my users in jail?

2003-02-12 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Thanks for the replies I've gotten so far... From them I guess I didn't > really express clearly what I'm trying to do.. Even being somewhat new > still to Linux I realize that with the permissions set right the users > *shouldn't* be able to seriously mess things up like on a windows machine

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Multiboot LTSP Win98

2003-01-29 Thread John_Cuzzola
On 29 Jan 2003, surleau wrote: > What I did on old P100 with 500 Mb hard disk : > Create a little partition where to install freedos (www.freedos.org). > The autoexec.bat of freedos launches the etherboot "Dos Executable ROM > image (.com)" from www.rom-o-matic.com , --> LTSP. > It works everyday

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] games working slow

2003-01-05 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Keresztely-Krall Gyula wrote: > Hi all! > Iam a new on list, and i have a question: > How to setting ltsp (v.3.0) for running games like Quake2, cstrike, Warcraft > etc.. ? > This games work good on a server (with WineX), but work verry slow on a > workstations ... (Video is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Remotely rebooting a terminal

2002-12-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
reboot (must run as user root thankfully) > > --- John_Cuzzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Darryl Bond wrote: > > > > > Has anyone been able to reboot a LTSP terminal > > remotely. > > > The terminals are not d

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] killing processes

2002-12-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
You might want to do a google search for "verynice" .. It might do the trick. On 19 Dec 2002, garry wrote: > I have a very successful LTSP installation that at most times behaves > impeccably. However, sometimes i have runaway processes that require > killing by hand and others that linger

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Remotely rebooting a terminal

2002-12-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Darryl Bond wrote: > Has anyone been able to reboot a LTSP terminal remotely. > The terminals are not designed to shut down with init/shutdown/reboot etc > They don't need to be cleanly rebooted but I would like to force a reboot to > save a bit of walking. > > There are occ

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP & tftp AGAIN [Redhat 8.0]

2002-11-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Well it *might* be a buggy tftp daemon...I've had problems with stock tftp programs in the past. You might want to replace your tftp with atftp (advanced trivial file transfer protocol). It's what we use and it has always worked. I believe the software is available on the ltsp.org site.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] StarOffice, gdm, NT problem?

2002-11-02 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Does anyone know what "magic file" StarOffice is looking for in the user > home directory that indicates it's been successfully installed? *** I think you are looking for the file .sversionrc Take a look at the contents of that file. It's easy to reconstruct. On 2 Nov 2002, Tom Lisjac wrot

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] centralized desktop menu management

2002-10-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Use ICEwm as your Window Manager. Not as 'pretty' as gnome/kde but only consumes about 2Megs of ram to run. Also menu configuration is a snap. Assuming a default install of ice you simply modify the "menu/preferences/toolbar" files in /usr/local/lib/X11/icewm and ALL your ltsp clients get t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP and security

2002-09-21 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Does anyone out there have some advice they could share with me on > security? My first real exposure to linux was this summer when we decided > to go all out and run all our school's dorm computers as LTSP stations... > > Specifically my concern is this: On all our the PCs (yes, I'm paranoi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Session Limit in LTSP not working

2002-09-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
i'm using kdm.. > > delz > > - Original Message - > From: "John_Cuzzola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Delz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 2:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Ltsp

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Session Limit in LTSP not working

2002-09-18 Thread John_Cuzzola
the same username on another workstation it > still managed to login even though I > have an active session of the same user. I even did a reboot of my server a > couple of times already but to no > avail. Any idea on what might be the problem?? > > > > - Original Messag

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Session Limit in LTSP not working

2002-09-18 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Delz wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Redhat 7.2 and I'm having some problems with users limiting > maximum logins to only 1 using LTSP. I have configured > /etc/security/limits.conf to use the following : > > user1 hardmaxlogins 1 > user1 hardrss 30

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How can I stop Netscape from browsing the filesystem?

2002-09-03 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Zoilo wrote: > On Tuesday 03 September 2002 18:17, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > *** Well thinking about it a little further another possibility (without > > running local apps) is simply to create a change rooted environment for > > Netscape that doesn

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How can I stop Netscape from browsing the filesystem?

2002-09-03 Thread John_Cuzzola
ication. > > Hope that helps. > > Zoilo wrote: > > >On Tuesday 03 September 2002 17:51, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > > > > >>*** I'm not sure there is a way to stop it and even if there was there are > >>s many programs that would allow

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How can I stop Netscape from browsing the filesystem?

2002-09-03 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** I'm not sure there is a way to stop it and even if there was there are s many programs that would allow you to read /etc/passwd (basically anything with a open file dialog). I wouldn't waste my time with it. /etc/passwd has always been readable to the users (just make sure /etc/shadow is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Which video card carries the burden, client orserver?

2002-08-30 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Which video card carries the burden, client or server? *** Client... The video card on the server has no impact. > > Could either video card specified below for the server do the job? > > Our planned setup: > server - 1000MHz AMD TBIRD w/256MB SDRAM @ 133fsb > with either a > > ATI RA

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] high color support

2002-08-21 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Farly wrote: > Hi all, I'm new in ltsp and before started I just curious about couple of > things in LTSP expecially client side. > > 1. Does LSTP client can support High/True Color in X-Windows? *** Absolutely > 2. If does so how's GIMP performance in LTSP ? *** Works

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] RE: automatic logins with ltsp

2002-08-20 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you Duane. Unfortunatley this worked and then didn't work. When I > restarted the xserver the client autologged in. But if I > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace on the client it goes right back to the kdm screen. > Got any other help? *** I'm not familia

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Resources w/ KDE

2002-08-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Could you elaborate on how to do this? I tried to figure out how to > accomplish this in a Redhat box some time ago, but was unsuccessful, > although I didn't spend a whole lot of time on it. > > How do you set KDM/XDM/GDM to run as a daemon for LTSP clients? *** Well I use XDM so I can help

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Resources w/ KDE

2002-08-18 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Hmmm...I tried switching the server to runlevel 3 after everything was > working fine in runlevel 5, and the clients hung on the grey X screen with > no login prompt -- I assumed that was because there needs to be an X *** That's because in run-level 3 you don't have a display manager running

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Resources w/ KDE

2002-08-18 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Lee Hughes wrote: > I've got my thin clients set up running KDE off the server -- is there any > performance/resource advantage of *not* running KDE in the server login > itself? *** Plenty...KDE is beautiful (version 3) but resource heavy (150-300MB per client). I'd rather

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ash shell

2002-08-15 Thread John_Cuzzola
on the server as root type: chsh -s /bin/bash your_username_here On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, John Firkins wrote: > Somehow I've managed to give myself an ash shell when I log in a > client. If I su, I get my regular bash or if I log in on the server. > Any ideas as to how I've achieved this &

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Flash & my rant

2002-08-15 Thread John_Cuzzola
to > > the United > > States it might be plausible. > > > > I am not a lawyer. I in no way want this to be read as the only > > possibility. It is a risk and one worth weighing. > > > > Chris Tooley > > > > On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 13:30, John_Cu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Flash & my rant

2002-08-15 Thread John_Cuzzola
ewhere like that, that > > would be willing write it and didn't ever want to journey to the United > > States it might be plausible. > > > > I am not a lawyer. I in no way want this to be read as the only > > possibility. It is a risk and one worth weighing. &g

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Flash & my rant

2002-08-15 Thread John_Cuzzola
quot; > > messages it may get a little more attention, not to mention it would be > > nice if LTSP users understood why they can't view Flash. > > > > I wish I knew something about plug-in programming! > > > > Pete > > > > John_Cuzzola wrote:

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Flash & my rant

2002-08-14 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** In regards to a previous post (I accidently deleted instead of hitting *reply* doh!): Flash always worked for me on Netscape 4.78 regardless of version. Problems occur with all versions of Mozilla whos display is exported (the problem as I understand it is actually Macromedia's). Just a quick

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Quotas on NFS-root ?

2002-08-13 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Wim Godden wrote: > Is it possible to use quotes on an NFS-root mount (well, it's not > mounted, is it ?) ? > > The funny thing is that, if you type 'df', you get all mounted > partitions, including NFS mounts, but not the NFS-root partition. Is > this right or should I get

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS Problems

2002-08-13 Thread John_Cuzzola
> > On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 11:39, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > On 13 Aug 2002, Chris Tooley wrote: > > > > > Portmap is running on the client. rpc.lockd is on the server. Still no > > > love. > > > > *** try running rpc.lockd on the client. > > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS Problems

2002-08-13 Thread John_Cuzzola
On 13 Aug 2002, Chris Tooley wrote: > Portmap is running on the client. rpc.lockd is on the server. Still no > love. *** try running rpc.lockd on the client. > > Chris > > On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 11:19, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > On 13 Aug 2002, Chris Tooley wrote: &g

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS Problems

2002-08-13 Thread John_Cuzzola
On 13 Aug 2002, Chris Tooley wrote: > I'm having some serious NFS issues. I've got LTSP not really doing > terminal services as much as diskless workstations and the clients are > having all kinds of issues access files via NFS. Where we're really > running into problems is with locking. When

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution

2002-07-31 Thread John_Cuzzola
> I prefer OpenMosix > > Take a look at http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/ltsp-om5r3c.html *** Absolutely, I would *HIGHLY* recommend anyone looking at Mosix to forget it and go with OpenMosix (www.openmosix.org). The reason is Mosix is not open source (It was) and they have somewhat of an unclear

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] OT question regarding localapps

2002-07-30 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Joey Officer wrote: > Is using Local Apps option the same as clustering? *** No, quite different > > I'm fairly confident that it is not, but I was trying to clear up a > conversation I had with another tech here. The other question, regarding > the same topic, is how far

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP and Sound plus Flash

2002-07-29 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Barry Newman wrote: > Am I wasting my time here? I have tried esddsp and artsdsp wrappers > to get netscape with sound, but have been unsuccessful. I guess I > don't understand why it wouldn't work as a local app if sound is > supported locally , but have came across no one

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] best distro?

2002-07-27 Thread John_Cuzzola
> > i did a ldd /usr/bin/xmms and copied all the libs it wanted but didn't > > overwrite any of the libs that already existed in /opt/ltsp/i386/. Do a ldd xmms and copy the libraries into a unique directory such as: /opt/ltsp/i386/xmms-libs On the client drop into a local xterm then try this:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] segmentation fault

2002-07-12 Thread John_Cuzzola
compress it (gzip) > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > > > > > > *** Here something that might help you track down where the problem > > is. On the server Change to the root directory of the l

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] segmentation fault

2002-07-12 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Here something that might help you track down where the problem is. On the server Change to the root directory of the ltsp client. (For LTSP V2 its /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot for V3 its in /opt). Now look for any core (or core.) files find -name core* and delete them. Now edit /etc/exports

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Backup the installation

2002-07-10 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Gabriel (hotmail) wrote: > We are going to install LTSP in a elementary school as a sample > installation to promote the use of old computers to help low income > student to have access to computers and Internet. We plan to have a > server and 10 clients all donated. There i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] elementary school software

2002-07-10 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Gabriel (hotmail) wrote: > Could someone guide us on where to find software design for childrens > of a elementary school for a LTSP system that will be installed?. It > would be better if it is in spanish. You might want to use this ltsp package: www.k12ltsp.org geared s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS sharing

2002-07-08 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: > Folks, > just a general reminder, NFS is *not* local and "nolock" means > just that: "no lock". do *not* attempt to access and update files from > multiple systems and expect consistent data. just a voice of experience. > julius *** Can't a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS sharing

2002-07-08 Thread John_Cuzzola
This is most definitely a FAQ. Try mounting from the client using the "nolock" option. ie: mount -o nolock -t nfs 192.168.0.254:/export/path /to/mount/point On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I have LTSP working fine, but I've run into a problem with NFS. > > I have a directory on a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Application Publishing

2002-07-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Run the App-server (client machine ) > Get an X server for windoze (several good commercial, cygwin - seems > awefully hard and messy, some free low feature X servers, VNC - nice) *** You're right with cygwin seeming hard - it was for me at first, but truthfully so was LTSP in the beginning

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Application Publishing

2002-07-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
> This batch file can be linked to a shortcut on the users > desktop. The only problem is most X Window software is not free, but > neither is Citrix. *** Very true, *most* X Window software is not free, but cygwin is :) > Michael > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, John_Cuzzola wr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Application Publishing

2002-07-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, vcare wrote: > Can i publish a application which is stored on the Linux Server using > LTSP. > > I want to combine windows network with Linux LTSP where the windows > client will use XDMCP software to access linux applications. I want to > give them the facility to access dir

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ICEWM Configuration

2002-07-03 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Okay. I'm stuck. I've messed up something here. It looks like > what I had working was KDE on top of XDM. (I'm a little confused > about the differences between KDE, KDM, XDM, etc..but thats > another story). The following are Desktop/Window Managers: KDE (executable /usr/bin/startkde) GNOME

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Different window managers

2002-07-03 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Brian Johnson wrote: > Recently, there's been discussion about ICEWM and other graphical > configurations > > If they are faster, smaller, etc what are they missing when compared to > Gnome or KDE? *** Well simply because in Linux/Unix there is a choice. There are many, many

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ICEWM Configuration

2002-07-02 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, John Holbrook wrote: > Okay, > > I've got my LTSP box all set up with Redhat 7.2. Everything works > fine under KDE. > > However I want to run icewm to save resources. I've installed > icewm from source without any problems. > > Can anybody give me pointers, docs, etc on se

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] crossover office

2002-07-01 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** I would have to agree whole-heartedly with Glenn re: Don't give in to a few teachers. We have a solid LTSP installation base and are continuing as quickly as possible but it's an uphill battle. There are always those few "vocal" people who don't pay the bills that sometimes get in the way.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Using LTSP in Danish schools

2002-07-01 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Hi. > FIRST: I am new to the list and perhaps some local settings are wrong > (although I don't think so) - but - can someone please tell me why - whenever > I press r (for reply in kmail) I would reply directly to the recipient > instead to the mailinglists? *** I don't use KMail so I coul

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Using LTSP in Danish schools

2002-07-01 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Just a few comments > We. There is a project in Goa /India (www.goasudharop.org/gscp - sorry not > much usefull information YET) where we distributed around 350 machines > (Pentium 1) to schools all over goa. Around 100 were sent out configured with > ltsp. I am one of the main volunteer

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: StarOffice & TrueType Fonts

2002-07-01 Thread John_Cuzzola
Adding True type fonts to Star Office is tricky. First get them working with all your other programs (add them to your X Font server's font path or directly to the XF86Config file if you don't wish to use a font server and are using version 4 of X). Once you get them working you'll find that Sta

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] re: Using LTSP in Danish schools

2002-07-01 Thread John_Cuzzola
> >>Has anybody made some economical com- >>parison between the two? > *** http://www.sd73.bc.ca/tux See the PDF files long term technology plan. > we made some economical comparison on > http://slixs.tsn.at/ > there choose 'Preisvergleich' > >>Has anybody compares with a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] x0rfbserver dies when user logs in ?

2002-06-25 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Hi there, I haven't experienced these problems and in fact I'm using it currently at three schools. You might want to compile using only the stealth patch (located at: www.sd73.bc.ca/tux/rfb). Jason's patch contains the stealth plus a "consent" option. If you're just looking for stealth yo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: HeavyMetal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-25 Thread John_Cuzzola
> > I have one question though. How much of this type of information is > the BC school system willing to make public on the internet so that > others may learn from your experiences. > *** All of it. Although I must confess the info is fairly out-of-date (So hard to find the time). We are

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: HeavyMetal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-24 Thread John_Cuzzola
weeper" "file" /usr/ltsp/software/ace-of-penguins/start minesweeper prog "Taipei" "file" /usr/ltsp/software/ace-of-penguins/start taipei prog "Thornq" "file" /usr/ltsp/software/ace-of-penguins/start thornq } prog "

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Heavy Metal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-24 Thread John_Cuzzola
--- Original Message - > From: "John_Cuzzola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jan Humme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Derek Zoolander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 04:04 > Subject: Re: [Ltsp

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Heavy Metal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-24 Thread John_Cuzzola
> And what desktop environment (KDE / Gnome) ? *** ICEwm (Nice and light, can't beat ICE) > Are you using local apps? *** Yes, most programs run locally (clients are primarily P166s). For programs that the client can't handle (ie: StarOffice, Corel Photopaint, CAD, etc) the server runs the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Heavy Metal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-24 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Jan Humme wrote: > On Monday 24 June 2002 05:02 pm, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > On 24 Jun 2002, Derek Zoolander wrote: > > > Should I assume from the lack of replies, apart from some ebay pointers > > > to bargains, that nobody is using the LTSP f

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Heavy Metal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-24 Thread John_Cuzzola
On 24 Jun 2002, Derek Zoolander wrote: > Should I assume from the lack of replies, apart from some ebay pointers > to bargains, that nobody is using the LTSP for anything other than home > use. *** Of course that's not true. Our setup: Dual Pentium 1000 w/ 4Gigs Ram 80 Gig Har

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

2002-06-21 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** If you drop into runlevel 3 on the workstation, what is the output of: SuperProbe lspci (you may have to copy the above programs into the ltsp tree to run them) On 21 Jun 2002, Jason Fillman wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far... > > With the help of Mr. Cuzzola, I was able to

[Ltsp-discuss] Memory tester

2002-06-18 Thread John_Cuzzola
Hi everyone, Can someone please repost the URL to that recommended memory tester program. I would really like to try it out on some of our servers. I'm sorry about this post - I accidentally deleted the message instead of saving it :( Thanks --

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

2002-06-18 Thread John_Cuzzola
> 2. At the very least, how can I mount an additional nfs partition (in > this case my /home/jason directory under /mnt? This way I can copy the > Xfree86 log from the term's /var directory and post it to the list. I > run mount from the terminal, and mount just hangs. If I look at the > server

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] newbie question: runaway apps

2002-06-12 Thread John_Cuzzola
On 13 Jun 2002, Derek Zoolander wrote: > On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 15:12, Peter Billson wrote: > > > > You are correct that if one Evolution (or whatever) process dies, it will not > > take down the rest. > > > > However, what the documentation is saying is that if a process runs away, it will > >

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

2002-06-11 Thread John_Cuzzola
> The ability to shadow sessions on different LTS networks over a WAN link. For > example, say I have 5 LTS networks located in different cities... I would like > to be able to shadow sessions in our local office *and/or* in remote > offices... > > Is this gonna require additional coding, or is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: x0rfbserver authentication problem

2002-06-11 Thread John_Cuzzola
> This is the kind of hacking that i'd really like to do, but > if you guys wait for me to do it, you'll all grow really old :) > > I'm sure that someone else (John Cuzzola maybe ?) could hack that > into it very easily. > *** It wouldn't be all that difficult (maybe next weekend), but it wo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] x0rfbserver authentication problem

2002-06-10 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Just thinking about authentication with the .x0rfbserver file that I > assume contains the necessary password information for accessing the > x0rfbserver for the thin client sessions. Talking it over with my boss, > he pointed out that there seems to be a flaw with this implementation. >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: X0rfbserver stealth sol'n

2002-06-09 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Do we go on maintaining a set of patches > for this project as the main development progresses? Or do > we submit our patches to the author with an explanatory > email and get them accepted into the main source? *** Submit to the author would be more favorable :) The patches are quite simp

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

2002-06-08 Thread John_Cuzzola
> John, > > Just a couple of questions. You say that you run your clients locally, > does this include the window manager? ** Yes, but I run a very lightweight manager (ICE) > How much ram do you have in the clients and do you use local or network > swap?? Also what CPU do you have in them?

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

2002-06-08 Thread John_Cuzzola
hey'd just > connect up to it. > > I can see where I'd like to add a dialog box, giving the > user a chance to permit/deny the connection. > > Anyway, I won't be doing much with this until I get v3.1 > out the door. > > Jim. > > > > On

[Ltsp-discuss] X0rfbserver stealth sol'n

2002-06-08 Thread John_Cuzzola
> > I can see where I'd like to add a dialog box, giving the > user a chance to permit/deny the connection. > > Anyway, I won't be doing much with this until I get v3.1 > out the door. > > Jim. > > > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, John_Cuzzola wrote: > >

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

2002-06-07 Thread John_Cuzzola
> Ooh! What about this... What about starting a program > with xinit as was recently suggested, but instead of > starting x0rfbserver it starts a monitoring app? *** I've written a similiar program (God it's a hacked up mess, but I get by) that listens on the client machine (tcp port) for a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix Server

2002-06-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
> > Any idea how well it works over a WAN connection? *** Well it works OK with an ADSL type connection which although it isn't all that great it is infinitely faster than getting a technician to physically drive to a site. > Charles > > ___

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

2002-06-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
o run a "local > window manager"? Why would someone want to run a local window manager > (to be able to easily launch local apps?). Which WM are you running? > > Did you have to copy "xinit" and x0rfbserver into the /ltsroot directory > to run them locally? >

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

2002-06-06 Thread John_Cuzzola
ide it (which I may look at when I get a free moment - I'm sure the very capable programmers on this list can hack something up quicker than I) :) On 6 Jun 2002, Derek Zoolander wrote: > On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 11:21, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > > > > > > > *** Oh yes,c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] StarOffice on a 486sx

2002-06-04 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Thanks everyone for all your comments...It's always appreciated. I will look into a better video card - not that this is urgent. These 486 machines are used primarily for web surfing in the classroom at which they work fine - just curious on what is causing the drag with star office (specifi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] StarOffice on a 486sx

2002-06-04 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Jason A. Pattie wrote: > Are you using swapping of any kind? (i.e., NFS swap, local HDD swap, etc.) *** Local Hard drive swap, but it doesn't seem to matter :) > John_Cuzzola wrote: > > >Hi everyone, > > > > I was wondering if any e

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix Server

2002-06-04 Thread John_Cuzzola
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 almost > any OS you can think of. > > TIA > > Matt > > > -----Original Message- > > From: John_Cuzzola [

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Citrix Server

2002-06-04 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** I've tried the x0rfbserver that was mentioned on this list (I had no idea it existed!) and it works. It would be fairly trivial to use it in the LTSP distribution. Simply give the user the x0rfbserver option in his/her menu choices. When they need your help tell them to launch it and supply

[Ltsp-discuss] StarOffice on a 486sx

2002-06-03 Thread John_Cuzzola
Hi everyone, I was wondering if any else has experinced this. We have thin clients as low as a 486sx with 12Megs ram. They work fine but I noticed with Star Office (in particular) there are certain actions that will almost hang the client (even though the app is running on the server). For exam

[Ltsp-discuss] Remote sound & Flash

2002-05-30 Thread John_Cuzzola
Hi everyone, I'm trying to get remote sound working with Netscape + Flash (I'm using an older copy of netscape to avoid the flash bug). I've tried ltspsound-1b and for version 3. I have remote sound working (tested with xmms) and was wondering if it works with the flash plugin. I'm using nasd

[Ltsp-discuss] Shockwave Problem

2002-05-24 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Hello Everyone, I see Mozilla has introduced version 1.0 Patch RC3. According to the web-site they've 'fixed' 129 problems but I can't find a list of issues they addressed. Has anyone tried it specifically in regards to the Flash problem? (btw: Jim, How was the Petition to fix Flash recei

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Who is using LTSP?

2002-05-22 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Richard Simpson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 May 2002 4:11 pm, John_Cuzzola wrote: > > Detailed > > info as well as our three year budget plan outlining the dollars and cents > > savings can be found at: > > > > www.sd73.bc.ca/tux > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Who is using LTSP?

2002-05-22 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Stuart Baird wrote: > In a couple of weeks I'm going to be running a half-day workshop on IT > alternatives for non-profits at a local conference here in Toronto. One of > the main things I will be talking about is our LTSP setup here at ICLEI. It > would be great if I cou

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] poweroff command does not really power down the pc!

2002-05-21 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Katsonis, Dennis wrote: > But when you issue the powerdown, doesnt it run in the server? I shouldnt > think that the LTSP kernel makes a difference. *** That's true, it would only have an effect if ran locally :) > > > ------ > > Fro

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] poweroff command does not really power down thepc!

2002-05-21 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** My guess the LTSP kernel doesn't have Advanced Power Management (APM) support and you'll have to compile your kernel to get it. On Wed, 22 May 2002, [big5] ³¯À³«n wrote: > Hi, > > I use pxelinux to boot remotely from nfs server. When I use /usr/bin/poweroff to >shut down my pc, it can

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] two lan cards?

2002-05-20 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Sheilafel Vida wrote: > where do we do all the configurations? > > what specific files are to be edited for us to correctly configure this set-up? *** Well I'm going to assume your internet is working fine on the server. If it's not type 'netconfig' and enter the appropri

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: dont shoot me...boot from hard drive

2002-05-15 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Wed, 15 May 2002, Chris Matchett wrote: > > It worked perfectly on first attempt but subsequently on two other > machines I haven't had any joy. I am getting "filesysem type > unrecognised" when trying to write Grub to the MBR. *** hmmm, not sure there but you may want to try fdisk /mbr to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] dont shoot me...boot from hard drive

2002-05-13 Thread John_Cuzzola
On Mon, 13 May 2002, Chris Matchett wrote: > > Is it possible to dual boot Windows/LTSP from the hard drive in this > type of setup? I noticed that the romamatic site allows for dos *.com > files to be created from the boot roms and I wondered is this because > there is a means to boot from DOS.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] light windowmamgers , was: KDE 3.0 installed.

2002-04-27 Thread John_Cuzzola
> > So well be nice to have a light weight Window managers and windows alike > (Ice, qvwm), with proper feedback about launchig apps (WM). Anyone tried > that? *** Try xalf (you can get it at www.freshmeat.net). Then launch your program like this: xalf -s mozilla or xalf -s xcalc The above

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw (fwd)

2002-04-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Ooops didn't send the email to the list at first (sorry Jim) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:11:53 -0700 (PDT) From: John_Cuzzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw > Adding 'rw&#