I know some earlier adopters will have noticed this problem, I install Edubuntu classroom server on a system that has 2 nic cards with LTSP activated, but it is just not giving out IP addresses to the clients. I have followes some links on ubuntu forum etc but now solution yet. Please give me a lead on what is happening, i know it is a problem from my end, because Edubuntu works! Regards David
----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:00:02 PM Subject: edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 26, Issue 12 Send edubuntu-users mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of edubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Edubuntu Install Issue (Matt Georgetti) 2. Re: Edubuntu Install Issue (Gavin McCullagh) 3. making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page (john) 4. Re: making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page (Oliver Grawert) 5. any tips for compressing TC boot time under Hardy? (john) 6. Re: making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page (john) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:03:58 -0500 From: "Matt Georgetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Edubuntu Install Issue To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am the IT Tech at a small K-12 school district. While we are, I guess you could say, a Windows school, I have been experimenting with various versions of Linux for a possible roll-out on some of our machines. Anyway, I have found the Edubuntu product and was going to give it a try but when I go to install it on a PC it tells me that the software I am using is for X86 machines and that I am running a machine with an i1586 processor. Both of the machines that I have tried (A Dell GX240 and AcerPower F2) have P4 processors. To my understanding, these should be considered an X86 architecture. Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Matt Georgetti IT Technician Mountain View School District (570) 434-2501 X 556 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/attachments/20080715/a2ae620f/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:10:07 +0100 From: Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Edubuntu Install Issue To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Matt Georgetti wrote: > when I go to install it on a PC it tells me that the software I am using > is for X86 machines and that I am running a machine with an i1586 > processor. Both of the machines that I have tried (A Dell GX240 and > AcerPower F2) have P4 processors. To my understanding, these should be > considered an X86 architecture. Any help with this issue would be greatly > appreciated. You're right in saying that a P4/i586 is certainly an X86 machine. Are you sure you didn't download the x86_64 CD image? That's the 64-bit version of edubuntu. It might then complain about the cd being for X86_64 machines. Gavin ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:22:49 -0700 From: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page To: "Edubuntu Users Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello all, I want to give Olie or somebody some feedback about the download directions for the LTSP Server install located at http://www.edubuntu.org/Download. Here's the part that I think may lead to issues for some downloaders. Under the section heading titled: Install Edubuntu Classroom Server (thin client) 1. Get the Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD - Don't forget to select the checkbox for the alternate desktop CD on the download page! Following the link takes you to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and the Ubuntu download dialog. Here you have the opportunity to choose your edition, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition - Supported to 2011 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition - Supported to 2013 and to tick the checkbox that reads" Check here if you need the alternate desktop CD." Because I am a little bit dim, I choose the Server edition, after all I had just come from the page and section entitled "Install Edubuntu Classroom Server" AND I ticked the box that said "Check here if you need the alternate desktop". The download I got was indeed the server addition (despite the fact that I had also ticked "Alternate Desktop), which doesn't include (AFAIK) the LTSP installation option. I've realized my mistake and I am now downloading what I hope is the correct version. The reason I bother to bring this up is I could imagine this process being even more ambiguous and lame for someone for whom English wasn't the first language or for someone with a very slow internet connection. If I'd just taken several days to download the ISO I would feel really bad! I think this issue could be solved by: (1) not letting me near computers ever again or (2) by putting an extra line under the "Install Edubuntu Classroom Server (thin client)" heading at http://www.edubuntu.org/Download that says something like: 1. Get the Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD - Don't forget to select the "Desktop Edition" release and tick the checkbox for the alternate desktop CD on the download page! Anyway, my .02 John ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:54:47 +0200 From: Oliver Grawert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" hi, Am Dienstag, den 15.07.2008, 10:22 -0700 schrieb john: > 1. Get the Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD - Don't forget to select the > "Desktop Edition" release and tick the checkbox for the alternate > desktop CD on the download page! That sounds a lot better indeed ... the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyClassroomServer though is a lot clearer and points directly to teh download directory with the isos ... it was tried to get the site on edubuntu.org to comply as close to teh default ubuntu page as possible which is why this confusion comes up ... i will try to trigger the change to www.edubuntu.org ciao oli -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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( I assume once I tie authentication in to Active Directory via pam/winbind, I'll lose USB support, but I have a work around from http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LTSP-42-LocalDev#Install_FUSE_on_your_system) But since I am always tinkering I was wondering if there was a way to shorten the boot times on the thin clients. I am using Ntavo 6030's with 512 mb ram/400 mhz via processor. The server is a quad core AMD 64 with 8gigs of ram and gig nic. My boot time on the thin clients once PXE kicks in is around 70-75 seconds. I know that isn't a really long time, but if there was a way to cut this down, I'd love to know about it since I could imagine kids staring at the edubuntu progress bar as it hung there for 30 seconds and reboot the machine several times. Does any one have any favorite hacks to /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf that they feel improves the user experience? Thanks! John ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:59:28 -0700 From: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page To: "Edubuntu Users Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyClassroomServer though is a lot clearer > and points directly to teh download directory with the isos ... it was > tried to get the site on edubuntu.org to comply as close to teh default > ubuntu page as possible which is why this confusion comes up ... > i will try to trigger the change to www.edubuntu.org > > ciao > oli > > Thanks Oli, I appreciate the response! 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