Hi Jim, And another one: Today I got another USB stick, the same brand, and it doesn't run on the terminals, too.
It's a traxdata BW08FB with 1 GB if one can trust the stamp on the plug. Just thought people reading this thread might tell us something about it. Rolf Jim McQuillan schrieb: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
