More info on this.... I've noticed that on the thin client, the mouse cursor will appear for a second then disappear for a second over and over. The lights on the keyboard will blink during this 'pulsation'.
> -----Original Message----- > From: M Rathburn [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:39 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Adobe Reader as localapp (thin client black screen) > > > and add the medibuntu repositories to the chroot sources.list (as > > Jonathan said, see > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu, it is > > really a well-written document. Just remember to put sudo chroot > > /opt/ltsp/i386 before each command.) you will get all > dependencies and > > updates via apt-get, that is way easier to maintain than to > watch out > > for every update of acroread and then install it by hand via gdebi. > > > > Yes, that was the best way to go. Excellent documentation. > > I installed into the chroot Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Reader. > From all indications that went okay. I then did an > ltsp-update-image. When firing up a thin-client, I get the > pretty little Ubuntu graphical logo and status bar. It goes > through that, then it displays the mouse cursor, then the > screen goes black and nothing else. It is at this point > where we normally get the Ubuntu login screen. We don't do > anything like LDAP/NIS, etc. > > I've rebooted the machine. I can log into the console okay. > I can even log in via VNC, if that matters. All else looks > well. All thin-clients get the black screen. > > How can I either get this to fire up, or at least revert back > to a workable environment (preferably before Monday morning!) > :). I have no idea as to where to even begin tracking this down. > > Thanks. > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
