I gave this version of LDM a whirl and was pleasantly surprised. It does boot quicker and, after configuring GDM for remote logins, I was quickly presented with a login screen. Sound still works, but I notice that the USE_XFS and LOCALDEV options in the lts.conf file do not have an effect. Local devices aren't critical, but I need access to the XFS server since we use IBM's iSeries Access that requires un/scalable fonts.
Am I doing something wrong? On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 09:34 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: > Hello all, I met with Gideon Romm at our North Central Linux Symposium. He > has been > working on modifications to the code for ldm to allow the bypass of X being > encrypted > over ssh. He has also added functionality to be able to use autologin. You > can > download the modified ldm from here: > > http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~gideon/ltsp/gadi-ldm-mods-ltsp/download/gadi%40ltsp.org-20070521205254-ek710bofdpdtlwlz/x_Matt_Zimmerman_%3Cmatt.zimmerman%40canonical.com%3E_Tue_Jun__7_19%3A59%3A49_2005_32192.0/ldm > > Replace your current "/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/sbin/ldm" with the new file (you may > want to > backup your current ldm just to be safe). The in > "/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf" add the > following line: > > LDM_DIRECTX=True > > You will now be able to run without X being encrypted, which in theory should > allow LTSP > 5 to run at the same speed as LTSP 4.2. Bootup times and logout times will > still be > slower, but once booted things should zoom along. So far my tests show that > this works > awesome! I am still waiting for my new clients to really give this a go. > > If you would like to use autologin features you simply need to add the > following line to > lts.conf: > > LDM_USERNAME=hostname > > Apparently this lets you use the same user=workstation method that worked in > LTSP 4.2. > You will still need to setup ssh keys OR create the same password for each > user and > specify LDM_PASSWORD="mypassword" (in lts.conf). You also need to specify > workstation > names in dhcpd.conf so that workstations do not all have the same hostname (I > am not > sure if this is able to be done with the /etc/hosts file as well). > > Anyhow this hacked ldm should allow LTSP 5 to finally be usable in larger > installations > instead of hanging on to LTSP 4.2. Also I guess that Scott Balneaves has > rewritten some > of the python startup files in C, which should clear up some boot time > problems in the > next Gutsy release (Scott, sorry if I butchered up what exactly you have been > working on). > > Jim Kronebusch > Cotter Tech Department > 453-5188 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
