A patch file must be given as stdin to the patch command and cannot be executed.
You can do that as follows: patch -p0 < /path/tp/patch/file For the ugly details (especially regarding the p option) see: man patch Best regards, Umberto On 10/25/05, Catherine Stéfan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Many thanks for your help. I am trying your solution. The only thing is that, > running a MEPIS, I don't know how to apply the special Debian Patch. It comes > as a text file, and after a chmod 755, it did not execute anything. > I suppose there is a basic manipulation to do, but I don't know which one. > Thanks in advance, > > Catherine > > Le Mardi 25 Octobre 2005 2:MM AM, Umberto Nicoletti a écrit: > > I think my LDA implementation does just that: > > > > http://www.unicolet.org/linux/ltsp.html > > > > (it is also listed on > > http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LocalMedia under the name > > 'Unicolet method') > > > > Best Regards, > > Umberto > > > > On 10/24/05, Catherine Stéfan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have two questions, related to the implementation of LTSP as a > > > cybercafé. > > > > > > First question : I am using a Mepis with KDE and I would like to get rid > > > of the icons (partitions, CD-ROM and floppy) that are automatically > > > displayed on a new user's desktop. After hours of search, I still could > > > not locate which file I should modify and put as such in /etc/skel. > > > > > > The second question is about the local media. It works fine and I would > > > like to put icons on the desktop that are corresponding to the local > > > media (CDROM and Floppy). I use a cybercafé management software > > > (DireqCafé > > > http://www.silentcoder.co.za/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=DireqCafe ) that > > > generates 'temporary' users and tickets with usernames to log one's in. > > > > > > The users are generated using the /etc/skel, but as nobody can guess > > > which ticket (corresponding to a 'temporary' user) will be used on which > > > machine, it is not relevant to generate a desktop icon pointing to : > > > smb://nobody@<192.168.0.2>/drives > > > if the session happens on the machine 192.168.0.10. > > > The customer may be surprised to read the CD of another customer and not > > > his own. > > > > > > So my question is : is there a way to retrieve the name or IP of the > > > thin-client that is being used by the customer ? The icons could then > > > point to a little script that would itself display the content of the > > > relevant local media. > > > > > > Many thanks in advance for your tips and advice, > > > > > > Catherine > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. > > > Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course > > > Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 > > > Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. > > Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course > > Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 > > Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. > Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course > Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 > Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _____________________________________________________________________ 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
