Hi John, thanks for letting us all of the resolution, we all do things when tired :) Whilst not a script kiddie, I was somewhat surprised at what was happening - Most important thing? you got it sorted.
Regards, Phill. On 21 December 2012 02:16, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/20/2012 8:13 PM, John Hupp wrote: > > > On 12/20/2012 4:56 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > > On 12/20/2012 07:23 AM, John Hupp wrote: > > > I also tried > > sed -e 's/DEVICE$/DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551/' > > And that had no effect whatsoever. The result was still "DEVICE > Lubuntu1:3551 Lubuntu1:3551". > > That makes no sense to me at all, if the file originally had a line > containing only DEVICE (you did check that, right?). But > > > sed -e 's/DEVICE.*$/DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551/' > > might still be worth a shot. Also, can you re-verify exactly what the > file has in it *before* you do all this sed editing on it? Is there a > line containing only the word "DEVICE" ? > > Is there any chance something else is editing the DEVICE line, so you do > not need to do so? If you omit this edit (for DEVICE) but leave all the > others in place, what does the final file look like? > > Jonathan > > > > Thanks for giving this a good look. I can verify now that the script is > doing its job. Something else is overwriting the file again after that. > > Given the nature of the overwrite, I have to think that I must have set in > place whatever is doing the damage. Probably some earlier troubleshooting > attempt which I did not record and have now forgotten. If I can't remember > then I suppose I'll have to look through every location where something can > start from in an LTSP client bootup. > > > OK, got it! > > In some bleary-eyed moment two weeks ago I inserted the script in > /usr/share/ltsp/ltsp_config.d as well as in /usr/share/ltsp/init-ltsp.d. > Apparently both locations launch startup scripts in the LTSP client > environment only. Undoubtedly they are designed for different functional > groupings or for intentional sequencing of certain kinds of > configurations. But both launch locations serve effectively for modifying > this particular configuration file (twice). > > A big thank-you to everyone who responded and prodded my mental processes. > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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