Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Jim McQuillan
Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 08:01:51PM -0500, Todd Shoemaker wrote: >> Ryan Boyes wrote: >>> Not really sure. I think they're redundant now as rather than the client >>> make a startx call or similar and then use XDMCP to forward the X >>> session, the session is forwarded

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Jim McQuillan
Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > So if I end up disabling SSH by setting SCREEN_07 = startx and enable > XDMCP connections within GDM, this will improve the performance of the > thin clients? There's lots of factors that contribute to the performance of a thin client. Using XDMCP instead of SSH *s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Anthony M Simonelli
So if I end up disabling SSH by setting SCREEN_07 = startx and enable XDMCP connections within GDM, this will improve the performance of the thin clients? On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:19 -0400, Jim McQuillan wrote: > Todd, > > SSH is used by default with LTSP-5 but you can change to xdmcp by setting:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 08:01:51PM -0500, Todd Shoemaker wrote: > Ryan Boyes wrote: > > Not really sure. I think they're redundant now as rather than the client > > make a startx call or similar and then use XDMCP to forward the X > > session, the session is forwarded via an ssh tunnel. > > Is ssh

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Jim McQuillan
Todd, SSH is used by default with LTSP-5 but you can change to xdmcp by setting: SCREEN_07 = startx Just make sure you enable remote xdmcp in gdm (or kdm) The reason you need to set SCREEN_07, is because the first 6 screens are taken up by getty processes. We're still working on that par

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Todd Shoemaker
Ryan Boyes wrote: > Not really sure. I think they're redundant now as rather than the client > make a startx call or similar and then use XDMCP to forward the X > session, the session is forwarded via an ssh tunnel. > Is ssh required with LTSP 5, or is it a matter of setting SCREEN_01=ssh / te

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Mike Robinson
>>Thanks, Ryan. I'll give it a try. So do screen scripts (SCREEN_01, >>SCREEN_02, etc.) not apply anymore? >> > > > Not really sure. I think they're redundant now as rather than the client > make a startx call or similar and then use XDMCP to forward the X > session, the session is forwarded v

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Ryan Boyes
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 20:34 -0400, Mike Robinson wrote: > Thanks, Ryan. I'll give it a try. So do screen scripts (SCREEN_01, > SCREEN_02, etc.) not apply anymore? > Not really sure. I think they're redundant now as rather than the client make a startx call or similar and then use XDMCP to for

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Mike Robinson
>>So I guess my question is, how can I get a local shell using version 5? >> And I guess the followup question is, how do I trouble shoot the >>execution of the screen scripts? > > > On the Debian package of ltsp5 I was able to just hit Alt+CTRL+F1 to > open up a shell. I had to do "chroot /op

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Ryan Boyes
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 13:49 -0400, Mike Robinson wrote: > So I guess my question is, how can I get a local shell using version 5? > And I guess the followup question is, how do I trouble shoot the > execution of the screen scripts? On the Debian package of ltsp5 I was able to just hit Alt+CTR

[Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf in LTSP 5

2007-03-18 Thread Mike Robinson
I've been running LTSP 4.1 for over a year now and love it. I tried upgrading to LTSP 5, but the video resolution was too low. In order to fix it, I copied the lts.conf file over from my 4.1 directory and rebooted the client, but there was no change. To further troubleshoot the problem I cha