Hi Robert On 03/09/2012 17:13, Robert Lefebvre wrote: > Getting edubuntu has been one of the most exhausting exercises at what > seems to be futility (at least right now). I talked this school to invest > in it and it is turning into a complete failure. Since the beginning it has > been nothing but one problem after another. Its like playing womp-a-mole. I > fix one problem and another pops up.
Ouch! Sorry to hear about your experience and thanks for bringing up some feedback instead of quietly quitting. > Earlier today I tried installing fat clients for the third time only to be > greeted with yet another crash. This time the screen was completely black > and I could see no sense in trying to recover it. I re-installed everything > over again - edubuntu, apache, mysql, php, webmin and still have moodle and > wordpress to go. Tip: If at all possible, try to avoid Webmin. While the interface is somewhat nice, it's known to cause so much security and configuration problems that it's one of the few programs that's been completely removed from Debian and Ubuntu because of it. > The only problem is .... yet another couple issues ..... > > Out of six machines that were working previously two booted to the Edubuntu > desktop but had no launchpad for the programs. Probably a misconfiguration > somewhere. > > Two others boot into the desktop but then go black .... hmmmm. > > The other two don't want to accept the network kernel for some reason and > miss the network boot and boot to the hard drive. I hate to say it but > those windows screens are looking better each time. Is something different on the machines that don't boot and have display issues? Different BIOSs, network cards, display cards? Unfortunately Edubuntu isn't perfect but the problems you've listed so far are typically easily solvable. -Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
