Ok, I suppose this isn't an easy issue for most people here, because I'm not getting any answers... probably Only Gadi could help me and he must be busy elsewhere. Fair enough.
I developed a workaround which might be useful for someone... Since USB pen drives aren't getting automatically mounted for Windows clients, I'm asking my users to 1. plug in their drives, 2. wait a few seconds, then 3. drop to the shell with CTRL-ALT-F3 and 4. run a script called "pen" which will basically do something like a "mount /dev/sdb1 /media/root". Finally, 5. bring back the rdesktop screen with CTRL-ALT-F8 and continue their work. The problem is that the drive is not always on sdb1, so the slightly smarter script is this: mount `ls -a /dev/sd* | tail -1` /media/root ... which is not /that/ smart because it basically mounts the last device listed... it works for most cases but not all. For example, if the USB drive is already plugged in at boot-time the order of the devices can get swapped and this fails. Ugly, but at least they can use their USB pen drives... Pedro ---------- Allow me to gently bump this thread... Quick abstract: ltspfs (version 0.5.5-0ubuntu1) is installed in the client, usb pen drives work in Linux, not in Windows over RDP. It _does_ work if I drop to the shell and mount it manually (mount /dev/sdb1 /media/root). What is keeping the drives from mounting automatically in Windows? Any help troubleshooting this would be appreciated. thanks Pedro ------------ Hi, Only today did I have the chance to check this out - I'm afraid I'm only near this server on Mondays and Fridays, and remote access is not available... I have ltspfs installed with version 0.5.5-0ubuntu1, I can check this both on the server using chroot and on the client shell. I suppose this confirms that it is installed and the image is updated. Where can we go from here...? Many thanks Pedro Gideon Romm wrote: > I. On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 19:57 +0100, Pedro G. Rodrigues wrote: > >> With me the usb drives _never_ automount, even when inserted after the >> thin client has finished booting. >> >> (BTW, my setup includes two SCREENs, one for ldm, another for rdesktop. >> The usb drive auto-mounts just fine on Linux. I tried removing the Linux >> SCREEN from my lts.conf to see if it helped Windows "get" the drive, but >> no, Windows never sees anything). >> >> I'm still hoping someone will have a solution for this - but, if not, I >> could try some way of providing an icon in Windows for users to "Mount >> USB Drive", if I could make one that actually worked! :-) Perhaps using >> Putty to evoke a remote command to "mount /dev/sdb1 /media/root" on the >> thin client system? But it might be hard to get the client's ip address >> and to figure out how to authenticate... >> >> Thanks >> Pedro >> > > > Pedro, > > Did you install ltspfs in the chroot and remember to udate the image > after you did? > > To check, you can either set a SCREEN_09=shell in your lts.conf and > switch to crtl-alt-f9, and at the shell, type: dpkg -l ltspfs > or, you could, on the server: sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 dpkg -l ltspfs > > It is important, though, that the runtime OS on the thin client have > ltspfs installed. > > Also, what version of ltspfs do you have there? > > -Gadi > > >>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:55:25 -0700, David Burgess wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Pedro G. Rodrigues <> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Can anyone tell what's wrong here, and how can I get USB drives working >>>> without manually mounting them? >>>> >>>> >>> I have found that my usb drives mount automatically only if I plug >>> them in after booting the thin client, at which point they appear in >>> Windows as expected. If, on the other hand, I plug in the USB stick >>> before booting the thin client, it will not automount, but I can mount >>> it manually as you described. I'm not sure if there is any way to make >>> it mount even if plugged in early. >>> >>> db >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
