Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Anti-virus on LTSP

2014-06-25 Thread Joseph Bishay
Hello, I hope you are doing well. Often I have had students and teachers download email attachments that were viruses into their accounts. While it is true that they won`t run in Linux, they sometimes use their USB sticks to then transfer files to and from home. So to keep everything clean, I r

[Ltsp-discuss] "ltsp-build-client --dist" for non-pae i386

2014-06-25 Thread Osvaldo Filho
Is there a "ltsp-build-client --dist" for non-pae i386 ? -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need non-PAE, true i386 compatible kernel - advice?

2014-06-25 Thread Lance Levsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Also, if you want pure i386, don't forget the --arch option and the - --chroot option if you want to maintain multiple chroots. i.e.: - --arch i386 --chroot i386-thin - --arch i386 --chroot i386-thick On 25/06/2014 11:55 AM, hazzmat wrote: > Aha! So

[Ltsp-discuss] Anti-virus on LTSP

2014-06-25 Thread Denis Croombs
Hi Anyone got experience of anti-virus systems on LTSP ? Thanks Denis -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-build-client and dist parameter

2014-06-25 Thread Fabrizio Carrai
Hello Vagrant, thanks for the fast reply 2014-06-25 19:54 GMT+02:00 Vagrant Cascadian : > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:35:41PM +0200, Fabrizio Carrai wrote: > [...] > Since Ubuntu and Debian are fairly close, you might be able to install one > from > the other, but you'll need to force the VEND

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need non-PAE, true i386 compatible kernel - advice?

2014-06-25 Thread hazzmat
Aha! So it's just a matter of juggling some apt sources. I should have thought of that. I am not very fluent in Debian/Ubuntu, though, having come from a Redhat/ Mandrake background. While I was expecting to need to compile a custom kernel probably in the ltsp chroot -and I am still interested t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need non-PAE, true i386 compatible kernel - advice?

2014-06-25 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 25/06/2014 07:47 μμ, ο/η Vagrant Cascadian έγραψε: > Other options that may involve more work and troubleshooting include running > the Debian kernel in an Ubuntu LTSP environment ...I've been running clients that way under Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04, and I've had no problems at all. Just downl

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-build-client and dist parameter

2014-06-25 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:35:41PM +0200, Fabrizio Carrai wrote: > Can somebody explain me what the lts-build-client really does ? According to > the man, the command with no parameters build a client chroot using the server > distribution (please confirm that). > > What if I specify a --dist para

[Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-build-client and dist parameter

2014-06-25 Thread Fabrizio Carrai
Hi everybody, I'm just approaching LTSP and despite I have been able to let it working with Ubuntu 14.04 on VirtualBox, I still have to understand several aspects. Can somebody explain me what the lts-build-client really does ? According to the man, the command with no parameters build a client ch

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need non-PAE, true i386 compatible kernel - advice?

2014-06-25 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:55:47AM -0400, hazzmat wrote: > I am seeking guidance on how to supply that i586 compatible kernel. > Building the client with the arch-i386 option does not -with these > Ubuntu packages at least- actually build an i386 compatible > client/kernel. ... > The ThinkNiC ha

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need non-PAE, true i386 compatible kernel - advice?

2014-06-25 Thread Steffen Schaumburg
I'm pretty sure that these days i386 *arch* is usually compiled for the >= i686 *processor*. This is certainly the case for Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/i386/hardware-supported.html "However, Ubuntu precise will /not/ run on i586 or earlier processors. Despite the archi

[Ltsp-discuss] Need non-PAE, true i386 compatible kernel - advice?

2014-06-25 Thread hazzmat
Hello LTSP-discuss, I am trying to set up LTSP to make some old hardware useful again, for a family that cannot afford new pc or upgrades. The spare hardware to be converted to a LTSP thin client is a ThinkNIC book size pc. It has an ancient laptop harddrive, 256mb ram and a AMD K6III+ 4