Hi
If you use the --fat-client option when you build the image, it should
include all the applications that are installed on the server without you
have to worry about it.
Checkout the command ltsp-build-client --extra-help as well.
Peter
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:34 PM, luca predari <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI P Knight
>
> so...
>
> the problem with vlc and in general with LOCAL_APPS_MENU_ITEMS = vlc
> is solved.
> the problem was that i log in in the thin client with the same user who is on
> the server.
> was enough to create a new user and login from thin clients
> and everything 'went ok.
>
> second problem ..
> i have a ion machine. zotac 2 core atom with 2GB ram
> I think it is a good solution for a fat client.
>
> but .. there is a program .. a cad cam program ( heekscad )
> that uses a lot of CPU power when make a job.
> and a 2core atom il too bad for these,
> imho would be better to use the power of the server CPU
>
> but if i make a fat client .. the program, heekscad, rightly disappearsfrom
> the menu
> because
> is not in the chroot.
>
> then asked if there was a way to invoke the heekscad from fatclient
> to the server....
>
> otherwise ok ... I leave everything in thinclient, and only move a few
> things in chroot
> and do the localapps ( ltsp-localapps nameprograminchroot)
>
>
>
> 2011/12/10 P Knight <[email protected]>
>
>> 2 hours later while I have been watching the X factor on TV, I have been
>> thinking about my last answer.
>> I want to step back from that answer and go back to what it's all about.(
>> If i'm wrong , someone out there please correct me)
>> If you want to run a fat client, the clients should have at least 1GB
>> memory. 2GB would be better.
>> The more memory the client has the more it will relieve the server.
>> A thin client is used when the user cannot afford memory and the server
>> takes all the load.
>> For me a local app is used when you need to run an application that uses
>> a resource that cannot be shared. e.g.twinkle need to have it's own port
>> and unless run as a local app will not work. on more than one client.
>> A local app would probably be in order for a thin client of say 500mb
>> where you could run the browser as a local app.
>> I think you should forget about trying to solve running this big app as a
>> separate issue. Just build a fat client and let the ltsp do the job it was
>> designed to do.
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 4:30 PM, luca predari <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I need to create a fat client that gives me the opportunity
>>> of run 1 program on the server.
>>> while the rest is handled well by my client ion,
>>> a program is heavy and I want to go on the server.
>>>
>>> so....It seems to reverse the operation plays ltsp-localapps.
>>>
>>> How can I do?
>>> I would like to make a fat client ..
>>> but then how do I go to that program only on the server?
>>>
>>> I'm running ubuntu natty
>>>
>>>
>>> second question
>>>
>>> I tried to install vlc as local applications.
>>> Then I put in lts.conf:
>>>
>>> [default]
>>> SYSLOG_HOST = 192.168.0.254 #
>>> CONFIGURE_X = True
>>> X_CONF = / etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>> XkbLayout = en
>>> # Ldm = SCREEN_07
>>>
>>> # LDM_DIRECTX = True allows Greater scalability and performance
>>> # Turn this off if you want Greater security instead.
>>> LDM_DIRECTX = True
>>> NETWORK_COMPRESSION = True
>>>
>>> # LDM_SYSLOG = True writes to server's syslog
>>> LDM_SYSLOG = True
>>> LOCAL_APPS_EXTRAMOUNTS = / media / opt
>>>
>>> LOCAL_APPS = true
>>> LOCAL_APPS_MENU = True
>>> LOCAL_APPS_MENU_ITEMS = vlc
>>>
>>> Then I did an upgrade of chroot
>>> I rebooted and everything.
>>>
>>> the menu of the client regarding vlc has not changed.
>>> if i use ltsp-localapps vlc works ok.
>>> why not 'changed the menu?
>>>
>>> If I have to write LOCAL_APPS_MENU_ITEMS = "vlc" and not vlc without a
>>> "" ?
>>>
>>> Bye
>>>
>>>
>>>
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