Hey benjamin

Just a thought, but have you double-checked the /etc/exports file to see 
if the shares are configured right? I can imagine it needs /home and the 
/opt/*architecture*/chroot stuff shared, but i'm not sure what others 
are needed.

On 03/12/2012 12:04 AM, Benjamin E. Nichols wrote:
> Well its irrelevant anyway since my pxe thin client cannot find the nfs
> root.
>
>
> Now, the tuts on ltsp say to use a dhcp server as the ltsp server.
>
> Well I dont want, nor need to do that since I have a router with pxe or
> "next server" options in the dhcp server
>
> and PXE booting installs works just fine, but correct me if I am wrong.
>
>
> But in these tuts it looks like the dhcp-server to run typically with
> ltsp has an extra entry
> in its conf for the location of the nfs root, is this neccesary? is this
> why I my clients cant find the nfs root?
>
> On 03/11/2012 10:37 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:28:20AM -0800, Benjamin E. Nichols wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, need a howto for LTSP Fat-client on Debian Squeeze
>>>
>>> Ive got ltsp setup and booting thin-client just fine, but I heard about
>>> this Fat-Client option
>>>
>>> I have the following in my lts.conf
>>>
>>> [default]
>>>        LTSP_CONFIG=True
>>>        SOUND=True
>>>        #LOCALDEV=False
>>>        #CONFIGURE_X=False
>>>        LTSP_FATCLIENT=True
>>>        REMOTE_APPS=True
>>>
>>>
>>> But its still using the cpu on the server, as well as the sound.
>>>
>>> I also install xdm instead of gdm as my x manager since I read that gdm
>>> doesnt support "fat clients"
>>>
>>>
>> You need to create a chroot which has all the fat client software in it.
>> Quoting from this thread:
>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.terminal-server.general/28839
>>
>> You do this:
>>
>>     ltsp-build-client --late-packages 
>> "$desktop_environment_or_window_manager $other_apps"
>>
>> alternately, after you've already built an LTSP chroot:
>>
>>     sudo ltsp-chroot apt-get install
>>     $desktop_environment_or_window_manager $other_apps
>>
>>     in either case, then set LTSP_FATCLIENT=true in lts.conf. that's
>>     pretty much
>>     it.
>>
>> I don't think it matters if you use xdm or gdm on the server, but the
>> thin clients should probably be using ldm, which is the default.
>>
>> -Rob


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