[Ltsp-discuss] Problems with local devices floppy drive

2006-08-02 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I am a happy user of LTSP since version 3.0, I decided to try on the new 4.2 version and have two problems one of them is with local device access I've read the wiki and also have run numerous searches on past messages from this list and have not being able to figure out why localdev still not work

[Ltsp-discuss] help setting up an HP Scanjet 2300c scanner

2006-02-08 Thread Luis Hurtiz
HelloI have a problem trying to use an hp scanjet 2300c, I have followed all of the steps in both procedures in the wiki, the problem seems to be related to the lack of the backend support for sane-genesys which scanjet 2300c requires. Is there a sane guru here with enough knowledge to guide me th

[Ltsp-discuss] help setting up a usb scanner

2006-02-08 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I have tried the two methods of installing a scanner in ltsp (4.1.1) listed in the wiki, and my scanner does not work is a USB scanner HP scanjet 2300C, it is supported by the sane-genesys back end, which I don't see is supported in neither one of the two methods, this by inspecting the /opt/ltsp/i

[Ltsp-discuss] xdm local devices.

2005-08-26 Thread Luis Hurtiz
sorry if I repeat this message where do I put the LDA-setup.sh and the LDA-shutdown.sh scripts if I use XDM, I use slackware 10.1 with dropline and the GDM included just sucks big time (pinging problems every 15 minutes users get kicked out at random) Second question: I have a few bios roms fr

[Ltsp-discuss] xdm local devices

2005-08-26 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I am using slackware 10.1 with dropline-gnome if I use gdm I have issues with terminals restarting every 15 seconds (ping ws150 failed whacking display), so I drop gdm and use xdm, now it works as I want it to work. the thing is that I don't have a clue where to put the LDA-setup.sh LDA-shutdown.

[Ltsp-discuss] using a computer bios in a lan card rom socket

2005-08-21 Thread Luis Hurtiz
i have read this article : http://www.lemoncube.com/232.html I have done the hot swap thing with uniflash to recover motherboards in the past with success. I wish to know what are the risk involved in using old motherboard bios (286, 386, 586) and using them in 3c905 cards socket roms. Also is

[Ltsp-discuss] boot rom for lan cards from old motherboards

2005-08-20 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I read this how to: http://www.lemoncube.com/232.html Is about hot swap rom writing, I have done that for motherboards that went dead, is it possible to use roms of old motherboards to make the lan cards self boot, use the old bios chips in the lan cards as it says in this article, without burnin

[Ltsp-discuss] can't use local devices

2005-08-10 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I have ltsp-4.1.1 I am using Slackware 10.1 I have read the wiki on local media I have put the LDA-install.sh in /usr/local/bin and make sure it executes and in /etc/X11/gdm/PostLogin/Default I have write the line /usr/local/bin/LDA-setup.sh and also make sure that the above is executed (it

[Ltsp-discuss] see the workstation session with X11vnc without local apps

2005-01-07 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Hello again list! I was not able to understand the local applications mecanism ( I was stuck with ssh keys ), is not the documentation fault is just that I don't get it, anyway I wanted to see the remote sessions on the workstations and I found out experimenting that you don't even need to have l

[Ltsp-discuss] problems running local applications

2005-01-06 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I have followed the documentation on local applications and then some more, I have my NIS server running, lts.conf configure with NIS_DOMAIN, NIS_SERVER, I also ran the make script for NIS to make all the accounts on my server be converted over to NIS, also I did then key gen stuff in the server an

[Ltsp-discuss] accessing the workstations with vnc

2005-01-03 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Hello, is it possible to view the workstations sessions using vnc or X11vnc, I have tried with no success yet, this is a very important tool to help users with different problems, I understand the X server runs on the workstation but it gets its display from the server so where do I have to put th

[Ltsp-discuss] Compiling a kernel for ws with localdev options

2004-11-10 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Hello: I want to compile a kernel for my workstations that includes the require option (perhaps patch) so that it can mount floppys locally, I have had success using local floppy with the regular kernel supplied for workstations in ltsp version 4.1, one problem is that I have to have a special ker

[Ltsp-discuss] cannot see the content of local floppy

2004-10-27 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Excuse me about my last post, I did a check on my kernel options and found out that the smbfs option was not compile in the kernel so I guess this is why I can't mount de file system on my server (obviously), I am now recompiling my kernel with the option and testing, I think this is it dow. Any h

[Ltsp-discuss] Problem mounting local floppy

2004-10-27 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I can't see the contents of /misc/ws129fl I have read the localdev.txt instruccions carefully and also the autofs how-to's, I am using slackware, I have tested that autofs works which it does in the server, in the workstation the fd0 is recognized and is mounted on /tmp/floppy whenever I put a ne

[Ltsp-discuss] ok sorry I think I found how

2004-10-22 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Sorry upon thinking a bit more on the issue I just posted about using /opt/ltps-4.1 instead of /opt/ltsp (version 4.0) it is obvious that I have to change the dhcpd.conf file and that's it?, am I right?... ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register

[Ltsp-discuss] how do I use ltsp-4.1 and ltsp-4.0

2004-10-22 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I recently installed ltsp-4.1 in a server which is using ltsp-4.0, everything installed fast and easy, I wanted to preserve my ltsp-4.0 (in /opt/ltsp) configuration since I have client machines working that I cannot stop. Also I am running all this with a special kernel for the server and the termi

[Ltsp-discuss] Problems making my own kernel.

2004-07-30 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Hello: I want to make my ltsp installation a cluster. it consists of 7 pentium 200 mhz with 32/mb nodes, and possibly (if everything works as expected) to include some 6 pentium 933 mhz more computers to it. I have followed the advise in the documentation to make a kernel and also have read the

[Ltsp-discuss] installing ltsp4 in slackware 9.1

2004-06-17 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I have spent already 3 weeks trying to make this work, mostly at home, so far I have not being successful in top of that in my workplace which is in the gobvernment of the state of Chihuahua Mexico they changed the internet provider and now is blocking my access to sourceforge.net and ltsp.org web

[Ltsp-discuss] how can I set RealPlayer to send the send to the terminal and not to the server

2003-04-04 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Hello everyone: I just installed the sound package for ltsp and it works really nice with XMMS, so I decided to download realplayer, and installed it, and it works, only that is listened on the server not on the terminal, how can I direct the sound to the terminal?, I already read the documentatio

[Ltsp-discuss] installing on mandrake 9.0

2003-03-12 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I once installed this on a Mandrake 9.0 Server, and I remember that there was a problem with the location of the vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1 file (the kernel the terminal is suppose to boot from), I have to go thru another Mandrake 9.0 installation but don't remember how I fix the other problem around,

[Ltsp-discuss] About port 80 forwarding

2003-02-02 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I had the same problem I managed a network of computers (30 computers in all) I needed to have some kind of tool for remote monitoring and troubleshooting and the best there is for free is vnc (tightvnc that is), but we are connected thru a router and also thru a DNS server (of course) via gateway

[Ltsp-discuss] I hear about IDE vs SCSI

2003-02-02 Thread Luis Hurtiz
Someone said that SCSI has no advantage over IDE, my experience is totally different, for a multiuser unix system (Sco Openserver 5.0.5) I used IDE and it slow down the whole processing of each indvidual user, I switched back to SCSI and everything worked fine again, it has something to do with th

[Ltsp-discuss] Is a 512 MB Pentium IV 1.7 Gigahertz Server good enough

2003-01-29 Thread Luis Hurtiz
For how many users?, I could actually have about 23-30 concurrent users logging in my server which is a Dell 1.7 GigHertz with 512Mb or RAM, is it good enough, I am running Mandrake 9.0., I am planning on installing some 2 Gigabytes of memory, and probably deploy a mosix cluster with 3 computers, t

[Ltsp-discuss] In spite of looking like a dinosaur

2003-01-26 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I see nothing wrong with a 386 as a terminal, if you could make a 8086 than better still but it doesn't work with any kernel that I know, you use LINKS for web browser and the many many other packages of linux that don't need a GUI, and if you work at the speed of the server than it has to fly!,

[Ltsp-discuss] eeprom burners

2003-01-23 Thread Luis Hurtiz
ladies and gentlemen of this fine list: I made a mistake not long ago burning a Bios (I needed to make the motherboard boot from a cd-rom in order to install linux), and because the instructions were in german I didn't quite translated the info correctly and ended up with a "dead" mother board, t

[Ltsp-discuss] problems about using tftp on mandrake 9.0 resolved

2003-01-23 Thread Luis Hurtiz
For people trying to install ltsp on Mandrake 9.0 here is what I went thru: Trying to install with a 3c509 network card yield to a bunch of troubles, but I made the mistake of downloading a boot floppy from rom-o-matic.com that was actually from a "developing version" so that might have being my

[Ltsp-discuss] problem booting my xterminal

2003-01-22 Thread Luis Hurtiz
I did everything according to the documentation (I am using Mandrake 9.0), except for the location of the kernel (in /usr/lib/tftpboot instead of /lts), everything was ok. It loads the kernel but when it says done it simply reboots the terminal, I am guessing it is the network card a 3c509 comb