On 03/09/2012, at 12:55 AM, ltsp-discuss-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Smoothest first day of school ever! I have my whole school on Edubuntu > (probably about 75 clients) and I have many applications (web browsers, > the "tux" games, and a few others) all running as localapps...Epoptes is > running very well...I have wake-on-lan working so I can shut down and turn > on machines as needed....life is good. Except for one thing... > > I have a Macbook Pro that I use as my "teaching machine". It is wired and > hooked to my SmartBoard. I have a session in VirtualBox that boots to the > network via PXE and thus acts as a thin-client. Since the thin-client is > "also" on the Mac...my SmartBoard software running on the Mac will also > control the thin-client in VirtualBox....again....life is good. > HOWEVER...since the thin-client is running in a VM I can only get 1024x768 > resolution unless I do something like install VirtualBox Guest Additions. > My question is....is there anyway I can force the resolutiuon for the > thin-client running in Virtualbox either via lts.conf...or is there a way > to install the VirtualBox Guest additions so I can get a more acceptable > resolution like 1440x900? Any ideas welcome. You don't *need* to run a thin client, you could run an ordinary distro with guest addons and xdm to your ltsp server. I once tried Xnest from the Mac to achieve the same thing Arch linux has a 'arch tools' not 'guest addons' guest addon suite. I'd look what and how they do. Alternatively install a system and list all files, then install guest addons diff to see what modules they add then put those in your chroot. The answer from Christian does not work on VBox VMs (Christian the VBox screen size is set by the VM. You can't configure it until you install the guest-addons then you can drag the window size to what you like) James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
