On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:10 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > James, that was my first attempt, and couldn't get autologin to work > in the > first place. From what I have read in many other posts I'm not alone > there. > Everybody points to ldm as the source of the problem, and I even tried > a ldm > replacement (don't remember where I got it, had read so many docs > before > asking for help here) but couldn't get it to work either. Any help > here? > > Just to make things easier for me (I'm trying to educate myself about > ltsp) > I installed a fresh copy of ubuntu-7.10-server for the sake of having > no > gnome nor wm to worry about, then installed ltsp5. Then created > a .xsession > file with a call to xcalc as a test and, after logging in the client > complied about not having desktop manager/window manager. Then > installed > blackbox wm and the test succeeded, but now even if .xsession file > does not > exist because somehow blackbox is automatically launched. For now, its > ok to > have a wm, what bothers me is not knowing why things happens. I'm not > worried at this time about performance/refinements just want the whole > thing > to work. > > Please be patient with me, I'm working hard trying to acquire all the > required knowledge while doing this project and of course having fun!. > > > > > > Now I came with this project: I want to build a "remote graphics > > > display > > > > device" that will allow me to connect it into my local net and > show > > > > dynamically generated png (or whatever) image files from a > central > > > server to > > > > this "special thin-clients". The purpose is to create a network > of > > > > information screens that can be spread across a building. > > > > > > > > This thin-clients would be "special" because they won?t have > > > keyboard nor > > > > mouse (nobody is going to use them as a workstation), only a > cheap > > > small > > > > form factor i386 compatible pc and monitor. The image files > > > transferred from > > > > server to clients would be < 50KB, one each 10 seconds or so. > Plan > > > > > > > > > > Thoughts... > > > > This is utterly trivial to achieve: > > > > 1) Install ubuntu > > 2) Add ltsp5 > > 3) Set LDM_USERNAME and > > LDM_PASSWORD
Sorry, kept the whole quote as it is all relevant :-) A Thin Client is a KEYBOARD MOUSE and DISPLAY on your server !! So installing 'server ubuntu' will give you terminal utilities only. You need whatever X desktop/window manager on the server to have them on your client. There are wars waged over this topic. I suggest that until you decide to change one day, that a bog standard ubuntu desktop is a good starting point. You want standalone kiosc displays, so you won't use the desktop on your TCs, but you still need X and the gnome desktop lets you configure screensaver and powerdown modes, as well as you need 'sometool' to display your picture. There are so many you choose, but synaptic (X application, running on the server) is a good place to start. There has been much said about autologin with LDM fixes proposed etc. The last I thought was that it is all fixed, but I compiled a LDM that does work for my mouseless-keyboardless displays. Mail me if you want it. As I glibly said 'utterly trivial' your needs are really easy to achieve even if the way there is a rocky-road for you to learn :-) James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _____________________________________________________________________ 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
