Rolf, what happens if you plug that USB stick into a Linux machine that ISN'T a thin client?
This would rule out any LTSP specific issues. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is simply a question if there's someone else out there who has seen > the same things happen. However, if you have any solution... > > We've got USB-stick access here in our school for the students, the > system on the server is Suse 10.3 (so it's relatively up-to-date), but > sometimes weird things happen: > > 1) One out of 10 or so sticks seem not to be detected by the system, i. > e. Linux simply ignores them. No message in /var/log/messages, simply > nothing happens. The lamp on such stick will glow permanently, no > connection is made. We tried several terminals, but to no avail. I > remember vaguely a thread about this (or something similar), but at that > time, USB wasn't a topic for us here, so I never followed the > discussion. Is there a general LINUX problem with USB sticks, or does > this relate to LTSP somehow? > > 2) Most students come with unformatted USB sticks. Sometimes (sorry, > cannot put it more precise) if they save more than one file or folder on > the stick, Windows will not see the very last one saved. It's there, > under Linux, no data lost, but the name only appears on the Linux side. > It's invisible on Windows. Is this a specific problem on our system, or > does this have to do with formatted/unformatted sticks (couldn't clearly > sort it out yet). > > Thanks for all your comments. > > Rolf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
