Thanks for the quick response... Well, i will try to use the bridged
network when I am at home. (Boss won't like to have a DHCP Proxy on his net
here... )
>
> It works like this: there are software repositories on the server
> archive.openthinclient.org which provide extra packages not yet in
> the OTC installation archive. Also, you can add other repositories
> yourself if you e.g. develop your own packages.
>
> Your server will have to be able to do HTTP access to get the
> list of packages and the packages themselves when needed. You
> might have to select the proxy during installation (can be
> manually added later, but this involves editing text files).
>
> One thing you might have to do is to issue an update request
> to the package management to get the list of currently available
> packages. This has to be done manually (design decission, we did
> not want to give the "phone home" impression...) by rigth clicking
> on the node "Package management" and selection "reload" which loads
> the current package list via HTTP.
>
> Then, there should be a few new entries in the installable and
> updatable sections...
>
> But you can not simply add a debian/ubuntu software package to
> the system because:
> - to make the software manageable, we have to add the XML file
> for the manager and a launcher for the application (or some
> other mechanism to start it appropriately)
> - in order to not have to depend on Linux as the server, we have
> to package the stuff in a filesystem image (we chose squashfs
> for that purpose due to its features)
> Therefore the OTC packages have to be made especially, which is
> not a huge task once you have done it before. Ok, the first time
> is not that easy, but we will provide help... :-)
I have just tried this. Fixed my DNS and such issues and now I can surf to
this URL well with Firefox.
Still nothing though when i use the Reload.
Do you have more information about the Text based config files? Maybe i can
poke around to see were the issue might be.
Maybe the installation is wrong also? I used the Java version of the
install.
>
>
> > * Then if i use the packaged solution (Mostly German) I can't get a
> > workstation up and running well.
>
> "Mostly german"? Hmmm, that should not be the case, the management
> should detect that your browser prefers English and start with an
> English locale. And the user side is configurable by setting up the
> location accordingly.
Yeah, I mean the settings are mostly german, I have to create new French
ones.... (Yeah, i am a frenchy! LOL)
>
> > * And finally, could someone point me to a good step by step guide
> > on how to set this thing up?
>
> Hmmm, ideally the procedure on
> http://openthinclient.org/tiki-index.php?page_ref_id=78
> should get you going.
>
> Please tell us at what points of the procedure you face problems.
> Then we know where to improve the documentation, insert details and
> remove ambiguities... :-))
>
> > Thanks for welcoming me.
>
> You are welcome! :-)
>
> If you have any questions, please feel free to ask...
>
Yup, once i fix the initial issues, I will follow the steps well and come
bug you guys with more advanced questions.
Thanks for all the quick help.
D
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by:
SourcForge Community
SourceForge wants to tell your story.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword
_______________________________________________
The Open Source Thin Client Solution http://openthinclient.org
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user
