[Ltsp-discuss] New LTSP, old PC's, I'm stuck

2012-11-28 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi everyone, I need your help, please! I use LTSP on a 8.10 Ubuntu server running inside VmWare. I now have the following requirements: 1. Move from Vmware Server to Hyper-V 2012 2. On LTSP, move from rdesktop to xfreedrp to access new Windows desktops on a Multipoint Server. 3. Keep

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] disk redirect not working

2012-10-27 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hello, I had a bit of trouble with this also. David and Gadi's tips really helped. I spent quite a while trying to understand xfreerdp option in a xterm, most of the time getting only black screens with a mouse pointer... My current working options look like this: [WindowsStations] #

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Stackexchange site proposed

2012-10-27 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
I was there yesterday and registered (as pgr), voted and questioned. It still needs cooperation, everyone please go there and do your part so we can get a very nice discussion forum working there... it will be a great improvement compared to this list which is pretty old and awkward to use, by

[Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 12.04 LTSP breaks compatibility with old client PC's?

2012-10-27 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi everyone, I've been using LTSP in my network for a few years, not for every user, but as a way to make good use of old hardware, 3 or 4 old PC's that connect to virtual desktops through RDP. I am now building a new server, I installed Ubuntu Server 12.04 with LTSP. (BTW, this is a server

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot menu?

2010-02-19 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
I want to thank everybody who answered me on this issue - it took me a few weeks to find time to start working on this (my LTSP installation is on a non-profit organization for which I work voluntarily... occasionally, when I find the time), but now it's done and I'd like to post my findings

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot menu?

2010-02-05 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Ok, it seems everybody is too busy to answer... I understand. Perhaps someone could just tell me briefly no, you can't do that or yes, you can, but I don't have time to explain now That would be useful. Thanks Pedro [Ltsp-discuss] Boot menu? Pedro G. Rodrigues Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03

[Ltsp-discuss] Boot menu?

2010-02-02 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi there List, I have several users using LTSP to access Windows Desktops via rdesktop. Each user accesses a different Windows instance (running in VM's). My lts.conf directs users' rdesktop to a specific Windows instance based on the client's MAC address. My question is this: if I want a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Antw: Re: rdesktop and usb

2009-12-14 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Frank, Just go to this directory on the LTSP server (BTW, I have my LTSP on Ubuntu 8.10): /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/bin ... and put this into a text file named pen or something similar: #!/bin/sh mount `ls -a /dev/sd* | tail -1` /media/root Then make it executable: sudo chmod 777 pen Then do

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop and usb

2009-12-11 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
this confirms that it is installed and the image is updated. Where can we go from here...? Many thanks Pedro Gideon Romm wrote: I. On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 19:57 +0100, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote: With me the usb drives _never_ automount, even when inserted after the thin client has

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop and usb

2009-10-23 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
installed. Also, what version of ltspfs do you have there? -Gadi On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:55:25 -0700, David Burgess wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote: Can anyone tell what's wrong here, and how can I get USB drives working without manually

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop and usb

2009-10-16 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
this confirms that it is installed and the image is updated. Where can we go from here...? Many thanks Pedro Gideon Romm wrote: I. On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 19:57 +0100, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote: With me the usb drives _never_ automount, even when inserted after the thin client has

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop reconnect

2009-10-16 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
. David Burgess wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Pedro G. Rodrigues go...@netcabo.pt wrote: What do you have in lts.conf? I have SCREEN_03 = shell, SCREEN_07 = ldm, SCREEN_08 = rdesktop. I wonder if all these sessions might be interfering with one another... I'm using only

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop and usb

2009-10-13 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
a remote command to mount /dev/sdb1 /media/root on the thin client system? But it might be hard to get the client's ip address and to figure out how to authenticate... Thanks Pedro On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:55:25 -0700, David Burgess wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop reconnect

2009-10-13 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
I tried this but I have to admit my inexperience with scripts and LTSP - I couldn't get anything better than an endless loop of text mode to graphics mode and back. Can some kind soul explain this procedure a little better? Exactly which files to change, and perhaps their full contents after

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop reconnect

2009-10-13 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
another... Pedro David Burgess wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Pedro G. Rodrigues go...@netcabo.pt wrote: Can some kind soul explain this procedure a little better? Exactly which files to change, and perhaps their full contents after altered? r...@ltsp-server:~# cat /opt

[Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop and usb

2009-10-12 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi I'm trying this setup described by Gadi here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/RdesktopLocaldev so that my users can see their USB flash drives on the WinXP desktop they access via LTSP. Although I started getting a folder Drives on ltsp inside My computer, when I plug in a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop lock ups

2009-05-28 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
from restarting when left alone, at least there could be a way of making LTSP not restart it automatically until it is required by the user changing to that screen. Thanks. Pedro Chris Roberts wrote: On Wednesday 29 Apr 2009, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote: Would you say this is the same issue

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] rdesktop lock ups

2009-05-08 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Would you say this is the same issue as I described here http://www.mail-archive.com/ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net/msg36419.html? I never got any help with that, but I would still like to know some answers as this is totally blocking my LTSP project... Thanks Chris Roberts wrote: On

[Ltsp-discuss] Problems with simultaneous Linux/Windows sessions

2009-03-05 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi, I'm trying a setup with LTSP 5.0 on Ubuntu 8.10 where I have two sessions setup in my ltsp.conf: one is a typical LTSP ldm session, the other is an rdesktop session connecting to a Windows Vista machine. It seems to start up fine and I can toggle between the two worlds with ctrl-alt-f7

[Ltsp-discuss] Rdesktop - current state of support on LTSP5/Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-04 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi I am a beginner with LTSP. I installed it on Ubuntu 8.10 and it was really easy to get everything working. Now I'm trying to access Windows stations using rdesktop, so I changed my lts.conf and am now able to use those desktops as well. However, I'd like to know what functionality I should

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mailing List Test

2009-01-15 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
I sent my first email to the list on the 8th of January, with the title VMWare remote console as front-end. I didn't get any answers, so now I'm wondering if nobody saw it due to some email filter, or if there really was nothing useful to say about the issue... I'm reproducing the content

[Ltsp-discuss] VMWare remote console as front-end

2009-01-08 Thread Pedro G. Rodrigues
Hi all, this is my first post here. I'm just starting with LTSP and it is amazing! I have a VMWare Server 2.0 that runs these machines: M1- Ubuntu 8.1 with LTSP server M2- Windows Vista M3- Windows XP ... and others. Then I have a bunch of old PC's that I want to use to access these