Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Load Balancing in LTSP-cluster

2014-08-24 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I was running EdUbuntu in a school environment and tried to implement clustering and never was able to get it working. Thehttps:// www.ltsp-cluster.org/ is so old it belongs in the wayback archives. I had come to the conclusion that the Ubuntu community is more concerned with the bells and

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lost gui on server

2013-10-02 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Jurkiewicz a.jurkiew...@abix.info.pl wrote: Dnia 2013-10-01, wto o godzinie 11:53 -0400, Robert Lefebvre pisze: I made a new install of edubuntu 12.04 with ltsp last night and left it on. This morning it was telling me it needed to restart in order to finish updates and when I did, it gave

[Ltsp-discuss] lost gui on server

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I made a new install of edubuntu 12.04 with ltsp last night and left it on. This morning it was telling me it needed to restart in order to finish updates and when I did, it gave a window about running in reduced or limited (I forget the exact term). After clicking to continue the screen goes

[Ltsp-discuss] This defies computer science?

2013-09-24 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I have a new installation of Edubuntu 12.04 on a 6 core amd with 16 gb of ram. Everything is working fine when logged into the server and at one client station but none of the other clients will let anyone in. The users on the bad clients do get authenticated but after authentication the screen

[Ltsp-discuss] ltsp cluster installation

2013-09-09 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I am following the instructions here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSP-Cluster trying to build the cluster server in a desktop with Edubuntu 12.04 installed. During the install I got one warning that may have something to do with the problem. Install gave this error

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Clustering or app servers?

2013-09-06 Thread Robert Lefebvre
, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Robert Mavrinac mavri...@uwindsor.cawrote: On 04/09/13 06:51 PM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: Hi, I'm not following the advantage of doing this with VMs. I've only dabbled with them but I'm thinking to add additional processing power to the network. If possible, I would

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Remote Desktop For LTSP

2013-09-06 Thread Robert Lefebvre
that for several years and it has performed very well. Thank you Joseph On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: We've had pretty good success using the X2Go program to enable remote access to both our server and our clients but I have

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Clustering or app servers?

2013-09-06 Thread Robert Lefebvre
AM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: i have experimented with LDAP and had it working (I think) on what is now our back up server. So do I absolutely have to use LDAP to cluster servers? No, you don't have to use LDAP to cluster the servers, but you should manage accounts from one source rather than

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Remote Desktop For LTSP

2013-09-05 Thread Robert Lefebvre
2013 10:35:19 EST, John Hupp wrote: On 9/4/2013 7:16 PM, Michael Pope wrote: Robert, On Thu 05 Sep 2013 01:21:54 EST, Robert Lefebvre wrote: We've had pretty good success using the X2Go program to enable remote access to both our server and our clients but I have just found Guacamole

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Remote Desktop For LTSP

2013-09-05 Thread Robert Lefebvre
the case. There is another aspect of this X2Go saga in that it appears it can compete with LTSP in the thin client area as well. On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: - Joseph -This may be a simple question, but is this different from using NX

[Ltsp-discuss] Remote Desktop For LTSP

2013-09-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
We've had pretty good success using the X2Go program to enable remote access to both our server and our clients but I have just found Guacamole ( http://guac-dev.org/) which looks interesting. I like it because it doesn't require that a client be installed on the remote user's machine. But, on

[Ltsp-discuss] Clustering or app servers?

2013-09-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
We are currently running just one Edubuntu 12.04 server with a 6 core AMD processor and 32 GB of ram but I would like to add 1 or more other servers. I've looked at the ltspcluster.org site and for other tutorials but they all sort of start from scratch. What I was wondering was if I can add the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Clustering or app servers?

2013-09-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
-over scenarios and certainly doesn't make sense in an LTSP cluster. Beyond load balancing On 04/09/13 01:37 PM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: We are currently running just one Edubuntu 12.04 server with a 6 core AMD processor and 32 GB of ram but I would like to add 1 or more other servers

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I just set Chromium to start immediately after a client logs in. On my own chromium I know how to set the default page to open any page I tell it but is there some way I can tell it

2013-09-03 Thread Robert Lefebvre
...@ltsp.org On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Matt Johnson johnson...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 September 2013 01:05, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.comwrote: I just set Chromium to start immediately after a client logs in. On my own chromium I know how to set the default page to open any page

[Ltsp-discuss] I just set Chromium to start immediately after a client logs in. On my own chromium I know how to set the default page to open any page I tell it but is there some way I can tell it to

2013-09-01 Thread Robert Lefebvre
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Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-30 Thread Robert Lefebvre
and was installed at the same time by the Ubuntu Software center. I can't do it now because school is in session and students are logged in but am thinking I need to install Squeak to the chroot too. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: a, have

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-29 Thread Robert Lefebvre
a, have to THEM there first Thanks :-) On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Matt Johnson johnson...@gmail.com wrote: On 29 August 2013 00:07, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.comwrote: Ahhh, ok, it just clicked what they are saying. We do have two nics, one is for internal

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-28 Thread Robert Lefebvre
28, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Matt Johnson johnson...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 August 2013 15:47, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.comwrote: I never picked up that local apps was not the same as fat client. So I looked up local apps and it has this: If you are using a 2-interface LTSP setup

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-27 Thread Robert Lefebvre
wanted the clients to boot to an Apache (localhost) web page instead of the login how would I go about that? Any ideas? Thanks On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Matt Johnson johnson...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 August 2013 00:37, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.comwrote: Hey Matt

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-27 Thread Robert Lefebvre
27, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Matt Johnson johnson...@yahoo.com wrote: On 27 Aug 2013, at 14:21, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: Here is lts.conf # lts.conf, provided by Edubuntu installer # see http://edubuntu.org/documentation for more information [default] LDM_THEME

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-26 Thread Robert Lefebvre
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Matt Johnson johnson...@gmail.com wrote: Update, upgrade and install software into the chroot sudo ltsp-chroot -m -r; export http_proxy=http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80http://wf1.thegrid.org.uk:80 apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-23 Thread Robert Lefebvre
successfully for a year on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. Is that the same thing? What OS you running? I've not come across any problems saving at all. We're using it as a local app but I'm pretty sure we ran it on the server before that. -- Matt On 22 August 2013 01:53, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb

[Ltsp-discuss] MIT's Scratch Program In An LTSP

2013-08-21 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Is there anyone out there with experience running Scratch in an LTSP network? I installed it in our school's network last year and it works but ... the users can't save anything locally. They can open an account at MIT and save it to their system but it would be better if they could save it to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Is ltsp-cluster still being developed?

2013-03-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I noticed the same thing. I've been wanting to get clustering into our school for a while and haven't been able to yet. I've looked at clustering and also at MAAS. I'm not sure which is the better approach. I guess it all starts with setting up the LDAP server doesn't it? On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp as an android app

2012-12-07 Thread Robert Lefebvre
at 2:36 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: I've purchased three android devices - two micro PCs (MK802 and Raspberry PI) and have an Android tablet. Since none of the devices have PXE to boot to the LTSP network I need another method. I was wondering if it were possible

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp as an android app

2012-12-07 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Forgot the link ... sorry http://www.saurik.com/id/10 On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: I came across this step by step tutorial on running Ubuntu and Android together on the same smartphone. While that is not the same as running ltsp

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp as an android app

2012-12-03 Thread Robert Lefebvre
LDM is a piece of software that runs on the client hardware, and uses SSH to connect to the server. I don't understand this as we run about forty thin clients and they boot with PXE and we don't put any software on them? It's probably not feasible to run as an android app, as it is a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Grant write privileges to PHP to the etc/passwd

2012-11-13 Thread Robert Lefebvre
little problem coding to it with PHP as the concepts are basically the same as interacting with MySql. And I get how to add users and such to the LDAP database. But how do I tell Edubuntu to only use the users from the LDAP list? Thanks. On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Grant write privileges to PHP to the etc/passwd

2012-11-12 Thread Robert Lefebvre
suggesting. However.. - LDAP. Kindest regards, Jan Middelkoop Recreatie en Zorg Groep B.V. -- Website: http://www.recreatie-zorg.nl/ E-mail: j...@recreatie-zorg.nl Telephone: +31 10 714 22 97 Op 12-11-12 14:27, Robert Lefebvre schreef: Another thought was to only make

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Grant write privileges to PHP to the etc/passwd

2012-11-09 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Hey, thanks for all the great replies. The reason for using PHP is that I use the list of registered users in Ubuntu as the master data list for a number of present and future custom website functionality. For example, the PHP pulls the list and creates a form to manage their electives. Their

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Possible to have separate non-ltsp path to Internet?

2012-09-21 Thread Robert Lefebvre
be too many of those. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:10 PM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to offer a separate Internet connection through the network that bypasses the Edubuntu DHCP server

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I'm really soured on Edubuntu

2012-09-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Hi everyone, Well, it gets even stranger ... but in a good way. I experimented with the CompizConfig Settings Manager because it is the GUI for the default display right? And all over the place (in the comments, in the package's landing page) it has dire warnings it could crash your system.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I'm really soured on Edubuntu

2012-09-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
...@fantinibakery.com wrote: I saved this to try sometime: [default] LDM_SESSION=gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d try that On Mon, 3 Sep 2012, Robert Lefebvre wrote: Ok, I found it -- sort of. If I change the session manager (down in the lower right corner of the login screen

[Ltsp-discuss] DansGuardian added to Edubuntu 12.04 - Is it a good idea?

2012-09-04 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I don't want to risk breaking our installation so I am wondering if anyone has any information about using DansGuardian along with the Edubuntu LTSP? Thanks -- BungeeBones.com - A B2B Link Exchange - Free Links in limited locations - human edited and reviewed - Networked online advertising

[Ltsp-discuss] I'm really soured on Edubuntu

2012-09-03 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Getting edubuntu has been one of the most exhausting exercises at what seems to be futility (at least right now). I talked this school to invest in it and it is turning into a complete failure. Since the beginning it has been nothing but one problem after another. Its like playing womp-a-mole. I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I'm really soured on Edubuntu

2012-09-03 Thread Robert Lefebvre
, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 05:13:45PM -0400, Robert Lefebvre wrote: Getting edubuntu has been one of the most exhausting exercises at what seems to be futility (at least right now). I talked this school to invest in it and it is turning

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I'm really soured on Edubuntu

2012-09-03 Thread Robert Lefebvre
/etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 My /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf is different than what you wrote # lts.conf, provided by Edubuntu installer # see http://edubuntu.org/documentation

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I'm really soured on Edubuntu

2012-09-03 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Ok, I found it -- sort of. If I change the session manager (down in the lower right corner of the login screen) and tell it to run in 2d then I get the launcher back. I just need to find out how to make that the default for the kids. On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Robert Lefebvre

[Ltsp-discuss] changed nic card and lost client connections

2012-09-02 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Hey all, I'm a noob at networking and Edubuntu but am starting to grasp it (I think :-). I just changed the server over from using a USB to rj45 ethernet connector to a pci express gigabit network card and am having problems getting it re-connected to the clients. At the client I'm getting the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] changed nic card and lost client connections

2012-09-02 Thread Robert Lefebvre
for sure which of the 2 nics is eth0 or eth1 . But swapping the patch cable fixes that. On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Robert Lefebvre wrote: Hey all, I'm a noob at networking and Edubuntu but am starting to grasp it (I think :-). I just changed the server over from using a USB to rj45 ethernet

[Ltsp-discuss] where/how to repair missing pxelinux.cfg/default

2012-09-02 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Could someone please explain to me how to go about fixing the error when booting the client and it reports TFTP prefix: /ltsp/i386/ Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default Could not find kernel image: vmlinuz I can see vmlinuz at the root level but can't find pxelinux.cfg and tried making one and

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] changed nic card and lost client connections

2012-09-02 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I was able to resolve this. I found a tiny reference to the file at etc/default where the eth number was set to eth2 rather than the new eth1. On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Now I get the different error that No DHCP or ProxyDHCP

[Ltsp-discuss] Need advice about server purchase

2012-08-30 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Hi all, We are going to upgrade our server and had one in mind. It has plenty of memory and a gigabit lan (we'll need another) but the question I had was about the 6 core processor it has. AMD-FX6100, 6Cores processor with 14MB cache. Core 1 speed = 4.0Ghz Core 2 speed = 4.0Ghz Core 3 speed =

[Ltsp-discuss] tried to change to fat clients and made a mess

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Lefebvre
Hi all, Our new network is a bit slow and we traced that to needing some equipment upgraded (switches and nic cards) but our budget is maxed out. So I figured I would move some of the stronger client machines to fat client operation but after the process no clients will boot. They give the error

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] tried to change to fat clients and made a mess

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Lefebvre
, Aug 26, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Our new network is a bit slow and we traced that to needing some equipment upgraded (switches and nic cards) but our budget is maxed out. So I figured I would move some of the stronger client machines

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] tried to change to fat clients and made a mess

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Lefebvre
, Aug 26, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: It was a good idea and I gave it a try but still get the error could not find kernel image vmlinuz I was reading that Debian will re generate an image on its own (the instructions I initially used said to order

[Ltsp-discuss] Clients lose Internet access after being idle

2012-08-22 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I am running the latest version of EdUbuntu in a lab of 12 clients. I have not nailed the cause for the entire lab losing Internet but I am suspecting the system is entering a sleep mode and cannot restart. Is such a thing possible? -- BungeeBones.com - A B2B Link Exchange - Free Links in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] no software/dashboard icons on client

2012-08-11 Thread Robert Lefebvre
would be /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/amd64/lts.conf.) Please comment because I would like to put this information on the UbuntuLTSP wiki if many others are having this same issue. -David Amormino On 08/10/2012 09:08 AM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: I am a total noob at Edubuntu and even networking

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] no software/dashboard icons on client

2012-08-11 Thread Robert Lefebvre
, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Robert Lefebvre robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com wrote: Hey David, Hey hey hey HEY! Yes! That worked like a charm! I have four test stations set up and rebooted all of them and got the menus :-) Your instructions worked flawlessly! Thank you so much! Adding

[Ltsp-discuss] no software/dashboard icons on client

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Lefebvre
I am a total noob at Edubuntu and even networking in general but I finally managed to get a client to boot and log into the server but when it does the desktop is missing any navigation. There is no icons in the top right that indicate network connection, date, username reboot etc. There are no

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] installation issues

2012-08-09 Thread Robert Lefebvre
, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 02:22:58PM -0400, Robert Lefebvre wrote: I have been able to get the clients logged into the server but the graphics have a broad spectrum of problems ranging from black screen, to severe resolution problems and even displaying