[Ltsp-discuss] No full-blown server needed anymore?

2017-08-02 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Just to make that clear for me: Using current LTSP with fat clients would need some power for the HDDs on the server, some work for delivering images over the network, but it would not need a full-blown server having a bunch of CPUs plus a lot of RAM to do massive calculatory work. So

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fat client HDMI -> DVI no picture

2017-05-31 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 30.05.2017 21:36, schrieb Eberhard Roloff: On 30.05.2017 18:19, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: [...] Yes it seems to be something similar. But I cannot force it with changing the resolution (see my answer to Alkis). It is a problem that all ports stay disconnected. On the NUC it runs

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fat client HDMI -> DVI no picture

2017-05-30 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 30.05.2017 09:24, schrieb ABIX Adam Jurkiewicz: W dniu 30.05.2017 o 09:02, Rolf-Werner Eilert pisze: Yes, as I've written above, BIOS screen is shown, and boot menu is shown, and the first few seconds of booting are shown. Only when graphics is switched from text to graphics mode

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fat client HDMI -> DVI no picture

2017-05-30 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 30.05.2017 09:14, schrieb Alkis Georgopoulos: On 30/05/2017 10:05 πμ, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Yes, as I've written above, BIOS screen is shown, and boot menu is shown, and the first few seconds of booting are shown. Only when graphics is switched from text to graphics mode, the monitor

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fat client HDMI -> DVI no picture

2017-05-30 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 29.05.2017 14:03, schrieb ABIX Adam Jurkiewicz: > W dniu 29.05.2017 o 13:19, Rolf-Werner Eilert pisze: >> >> Any idea where I should start searching? > Firs of all, check if your hardware hdmi->dvi works.. Does it shows BIOS > screen? And start Zortac from USB Li

[Ltsp-discuss] Fat client HDMI -> DVI no picture

2017-05-29 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Additionally to the NUC, I now tried a Zotac. My monitor has only DVI. For the NUC, I have used an adapter from HDMI to DVI, so I thought it would work for the Zotac as well. Bios screen runs, boot menu runs. But as soon as graphics is switched on, the screen switches off. Via epoptes, I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] From fat clients to server directory - how to

2017-05-29 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 24.05.2017 08:38, schrieb Alkis Georgopoulos: On 24/05/2017 09:34 πμ, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Ah! Thank you, somehow didn't see this one. And it works for fat clients as well? Yup! Yes, works perfectly, thanks for the hint! Rolf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] From fat clients to server directory - how to

2017-05-24 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
extra mount points to be mounted on the thin > client with sshfs. This require a commas separated list of > directory. > > > On 23/05/2017 06:14 μμ, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> Currently I am establishing a new server with fat clients. >> >> Some of the users

[Ltsp-discuss] From fat clients to server directory - how to

2017-05-23 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Currently I am establishing a new server with fat clients. Some of the users should be able to use couple of common directories for special groups. These directories should be on the server, not in the chroot. As you know, /home is on the server. So I thought it would be easy to add a symlink

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VirtualBox LTSP

2017-05-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 18.05.2017 09:04, schrieb Sean Carte: > Is anybody running LTSP in a VirtualBox VM? > > I did try this a long time ago, with KVM, but was not able to figure out > how to get the nework interfaces working. > Yes, before I started setting up a physical server, I tried Oracle VM and had an LTSP

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Video drivers for NUC

2017-05-17 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 16.05.2017 18:49, schrieb Kim B. Heino: >> Are there video drivers for an Intel NUC (NUC5CPYH) which can somehow >> be installed in the chroot? > > Take a look at your /var/log/X.org* files to see which driver it is now > using. It probably should be "intel". > > On RHEL6 I had to do "usermod

[Ltsp-discuss] Video drivers for NUC

2017-05-16 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Are there video drivers for an Intel NUC (NUC5CPYH) which can somehow be installed in the chroot? With the standard drivers, I can do standard office work, and it plays even a video in a window on the web page. But in fullscreen mode, the video will stutter and eventually stop playing. So I

[Ltsp-discuss] Image copies don't appear in boot menu - Kiwi-Ltsp

2017-04-13 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
I followed the instructions for making a copy of the chroot, but I never get a chance to choose one of those when the client boots. They are not mentioned in the boot menu. The only chroot which is mentioned is the original i386, so I made the copies but then continued my experiments with this

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Good (cheap) fat client to be purchased in US

2017-04-13 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 10.04.2017 22:31, schrieb Simon Baev: > Hello All, > > I am planing to rebuild our existing *thin-client* LTSP setup based off > of the Lubuntu 14.04 and replace all thin terminals by *fat clients*. > Couple weeks ago I read here that there exist cheap desktops (around > $150) that are good

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Igel clients on LTSP?

2017-04-13 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 07.04.2017 09:52, schrieb Helmut Lichtenberg: > Hi Rolf, > > Rolf-Werner Eilert schrieb am 07.04.2017 09:09: >> I got a box with Igel clients. They have 1 GB RAM and run on 500 MHz. >> >> There is some SD or SSD on these clients which boots a minimum Linux

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fat clients with software from host

2017-04-07 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 06.04.2017 13:19, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > > > On Thursday, April 6, 2017, Rolf-Werner Eilert > > Somewhere I read that ltsp-pnp under some ubuntu flavour is able to do > > this > Pick any 16.04.2 flavor, Mate desktop works best. I'd recommend this > https

[Ltsp-discuss] Igel clients on LTSP?

2017-04-07 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
I got a box with Igel clients. They have 1 GB RAM and run on 500 MHz. There is some SD or SSD on these clients which boots a minimum Linux desktop. Then they look for an rdesktop server. Strange, I could not find a way to PXE boot in the Bios. Do you think I could somehow make use of them?

[Ltsp-discuss] Fat clients with software from host

2017-04-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
I installed LTSP on a Suse Leap 42.2 server successfully (it is Kiwi LTSP there) and then switched to run the clients as fat clients. I also succeeded in installing firefox (as a first example) in the chroot, it runs fine, BUT: Isn't it rather roundabout to use a separate virtual disc with

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Forcing VGA output

2017-03-13 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Thanks a lot for your quick response, Alkis. I started the Edubuntu 14.04 life DVD, started LTSP and connected to the client. After loading, it shows the blinking cursor as described. I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 and got the prompt for tty1, but how to login here? Are there standard passwords for the

[Ltsp-discuss] Forcing VGA output

2017-03-13 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Thinking over my experiments to get my Intel NUC going, I remembered that when connecting it to an Edubuntu server, it failed to show the graphics screen and only displayed a blinking cursor instead. The TTYs were running, however, so we can presume everything else was running fine. The NUC

[Ltsp-discuss] Client booting fails at /dev/etherd/e0.1

2017-03-09 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Meanwhile I have a server running with 2 NICs in a VM, and when I start my Intel NUC, it loads and boots, but booting fails: 1. Loading init-rd is very slow, about 1 minute; anything wrong here, or could that be the effect of the VM? 2. At some point when booting, it says Waiting for block

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-03-08 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 07.03.2017 04:06, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > No it can't cope with no network configuration, it can work with 1 or 2 > nics, but network has to be configured properly. That is step 1. Ok, got it > > Step 2 is install packages. > > Step 3 is kiwi-ltsp -c > > There is nothing more to it, steps

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Li-f-e: Linux for Education based on Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2 out

2017-03-08 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 01.03.2017 07:06, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > Hello Community > > Li-f-e: Linux for Education based on the latest Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2 > LTS release is out, this release brings in HWE stack consisting of I burned this on a DVD, started it and did as described: > sudo -i > > add-apt-repository

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-03-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
rtant ones: - it will create a 32 bit setup - but there are a number of packages missing for 32 bit - tftp will be done by dnsmasq So, what can I do now? Better download 32bit packages too? Regards Rolf Am 03.03.2017 15:00, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Rolf-Werne

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-03-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
15:00, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-...@osnanet.de> wrote: >> >> Ok, I ran into this because the text starts with >> >> If you are not using Li-f-e then install kiwi-ltsp and kiwi-desc-ltsp >> p

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-03-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Thank you for this line, now it ran through and installed everything. Am 03.03.2017 15:00, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-...@osnanet.de> wrote: >> >> Ok, I ran into this because the text starts with >> >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-03-03 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 03.03.2017 09:37, schrieb Jigish Gohil MSS: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-...@osnanet.de> wrote: >> Hi Jigish! >> >> Am 25.02.2017 08:30, schrieb Jigish Gohil: >>> >>> See parts under "If you are not using Tumble

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-03-02 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Jigish! Am 25.02.2017 08:30, schrieb Jigish Gohil: > > See parts under "If you are not using Tumbleweed..." here > https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KIWI-LTSP_quick_start I set up a Suse Leap 42.2 in a VM. Then tried to copy the instruction from the page above into the console, changing 42.1 to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-02-27 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
etimes sensitive on there ram modules. > Which model is it? > > Jef > > On 02/17/2017 11:52 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> That was the final idea, Jef. I found a dealer around here who could >> deliver me one of these NUCs (without HDD but with 2GB RAM). >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-22 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Johan, you are right: > Even with the option: --extra-help? ...strange... > > Actually, I don't know much about that kiwi implementation of ltsp. Tried it > some time several yrs ago, but abandoned it due to complications. But I guess > you can run it in the live DVD, or if you install it

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-22 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Thank you, Alkis, for this link Am 22.02.2017 07:23, schrieb Alkis Georgopoulos: > This is an up-to-date tutorial, with an up-to-date distro (ubuntu 16.04, > proposed DE=mate), with an up-to-date ltsp, with an up-to-date kernel, > with an up-to-date xorg: > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-22 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Just looked it up: Am 21.02.2017 19:14, schrieb Johan Kragsterman: > > Hi! > > > Hmm, what about the bios settings for the pxe boot in that nuc? Should be set > to legacy boot only, not uefi. > > It is set to legacy, UEFI is switched off, and the first (and only) booting device is Realtek PXE

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-22 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Johan, > > I attach one of my old dhcpd.conf files for you to have a look at. > Browsing the file, I wonder why there is this if-else clause with either pxelinux.0 OR nbi.img. I saw this on other examples in the net. On my system, I have only pxelinux.0 defined in dhcpd.conf, and there is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Johan, when I invoke it like that > Just run this, and you get a list of the options: ltsp-build-client > --extra-help > it starts with building a new chroot immediately. Maybe it's too old? > I attach one of my old dhcpd.conf files for you to have a look at. > Thank you very much, I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
ll the Edubuntu live DVD to download, according to this site: > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/14.04.2/release/ > > It is 14.04 though, but I'm sure it is modern enough. > > > Best regards from/Med vänliga hälsningar från > > Johan Kragsterman >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
load, according to this site: > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/14.04.2/release/ > > It is 14.04 though, but I'm sure it is modern enough. > > > Best regards from/Med vänliga hälsningar från > > Johan Kragsterman > > Capvert > > > -Rolf-Werner Eile

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 21.02.2017 11:25, schrieb Horst Prote: > Hi Rolf, > >> My brand new Intel NUC connects to the server, loads the kernel, but >> stops/hangs at setting up the network card. When booting in debug mode, >> it says "try setting the option-129". > I had this once, many years ago (ltsp-2.x). The

[Ltsp-discuss] Client stops at setting up NIC

2017-02-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks! My brand new Intel NUC connects to the server, loads the kernel, but stops/hangs at setting up the network card. When booting in debug mode, it says "try setting the option-129". As already described, this is an older 64bit server (Suse 12.1) with an older LTSP5. Has anyone here an

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-02-17 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
rked fine as a > thincient. > > greetz > > Jef > > > On 01/12/2017 08:27 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> As this year we plan to replace our old clients by newer ones, I was >> looking around for someone who could show me Zotac ones, but

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Where is the official website?

2017-02-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
And from an design point of view, I would leave the site running as it is (if the system it's running on is still safe), because it still looks ok, and after all it's the contents that counts. When we have a lot of good contents, we still can brush up design things. Just my two cents... Rolf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Where is the official website?

2017-02-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
> I'm a firm believer that we need a central place like > http://www.ltsp.org to go to for all things relating to LTSP. Whether > it is original content hosted in our own wiki or links to Vagrants > excellent documentation on LTSP in Debian or to the fantastic work that > Alkis has been doing

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Where is the official website?

2017-02-05 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 27.01.2017 09:14, schrieb Alkis Georgopoulos: > On 27/01/2017 09:59 πμ, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> >> Wouldn't it be good to bring the website back to life? Wouldn't it be >> better to collect all instructions at a single place? >> >> I rem

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-02-01 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
liga hälsningar från > > Johan Kragsterman > > Capvert > > > -Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-...@osnanet.de> skrev: - > Till: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > Från: Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-...@osnanet.de> > Datum: 2017-01-18 10:41 > Ärende: Re: [Ltsp-di

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Where is the official website?

2017-01-27 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 22.01.2017 16:19, schrieb richard kweskin: > On 2017-01-19 13:19, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> Just wanted to browse the ltsp.org website for information and saw >> that >> the latest news is from Jan 2013. >> >> According to the information there, LTSP is

[Ltsp-discuss] Where is the official website?

2017-01-19 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Just wanted to browse the ltsp.org website for information and saw that the latest news is from Jan 2013. According to the information there, LTSP is mainly for thin clients. So, is there a more up-to-date site? What did I miss? Regards Rolf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-01-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 19.01.2017 07:44, schrieb Alkis Georgopoulos: > On 18/01/2017 06:32 μμ, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> Alkis, this is an interesting value, >3000 for a new fat client. You are >> right, in this case I would need the big ones with fans. Is this just >> what you read or

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ang: Re: Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-01-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
re than a year, and they're silent(no fan) and reliable. Actually seldom > turn them off. Use to have uptime of 2 months or so... > > > Best regards from/Med vänliga hälsningar från > > Johan Kragsterman > > Capvert > > > -Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-...@osnanet.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-01-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Nobody here who has an opinion or has experience with these machines? Rolf Am 12.01.2017 08:27, schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert: > Hi folks, > > As this year we plan to replace our old clients by newer ones, I was > looking around for someone who could show me Zotac ones, but as far as

[Ltsp-discuss] Which flavour of Zotac clients - C or M

2017-01-11 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, As this year we plan to replace our old clients by newer ones, I was looking around for someone who could show me Zotac ones, but as far as I can see there is no dealer around my home town. So I wont be able to test them prior to buying a whole number of them. This is why I ask

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CPU consumption with firefox after version 45

2016-11-23 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
everything works fine in version 45 or lower. Above version 45 everything slows down. Thanks Em 23/11/2016 11:58, Rolf-Werner Eilert escreveu: Just an idea... One of our teachers tends to leave a lot of tabs open when closing FF. When she logs back in and starts FF, it may take some 30 seconds

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CPU consumption with firefox after version 45

2016-11-23 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Just an idea... One of our teachers tends to leave a lot of tabs open when closing FF. When she logs back in and starts FF, it may take some 30 seconds with full load on all eight CPUs until FF has reloaded all her tabs. This leads to a complete stall on the system for everyone for some

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-22 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 21.09.2016 09:34, schrieb LTSP-PNP Adam: > W dniu 20.09.2016 o 12:38, Rolf-Werner Eilert pisze: >> As I am currently planning a new LTSP environment, there is the question >> about thin or fat clients. We have a thin client setup now. >> > If you need - I have made quic

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-22 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Thank you very much for your concise answer, Helmut. Am 21.09.2016 09:19, schrieb Helmut Lichtenberg: > Hi, > > Rolf-Werner Eilert schrieb am 21.09.2016 08:36: >> Am 20.09.2016 19:34, schrieb Vagrant Cascadian: >>> The main advantage of LTSP Fat Clients, especial

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Vagrant, thanks for your answer. Am 20.09.2016 19:34, schrieb Vagrant Cascadian: > On 2016-09-20, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> What would be the main reason for preferring fat clients? Is fat clients >> more than just independent PCs with a complete OS which merely mount >&

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 20.09.2016 19:22, schrieb LTSP-PNP Adam: > W dniu 20.09.2016 o 12:38, Rolf-Werner Eilert pisze: >> As I am currently planning a new LTSP environment, there is the question >> about thin or fat clients. We have a thin client setup now. >> >> What would be the mai

[Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
As I am currently planning a new LTSP environment, there is the question about thin or fat clients. We have a thin client setup now. What would be the main reason for preferring fat clients? Is fat clients more than just independent PCs with a complete OS which merely mount their $HOMEs from

[Ltsp-discuss] Via Eden thin clients for LTSP?

2016-03-14 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
I was offered a bunch of Schola S-1000CE thin clients. I would use them in our LTSP Linux setup. There is a data sheet, it says VIA Eden 1GHz, and as far as I know they have 512 MB RAM. Graphics chipset is Via Chrome 9HC3 with shared memory and a max of 1920 x 1200. There is an embedded Windows

[Ltsp-discuss] About Schola S-1000CE

2016-03-04 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, I was offered a bunch of Schola S-1000CE thin clients. I would use them in our LTSP Linux setup. There is a data sheet, it says VIA Eden 1GHz, and as far as I know they have 512 MB RAM. Graphics chipset is Via Chrome 9HC3 with shared memory and a max of 1920 x 1200. There is an

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] XML file = UTF-8?

2015-12-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Wrong mailing list :) Sorry for the noise! Rolf Am 18.12.2015 08:53, schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert: > Is an XML file like the ones which are produced by File.Save and > RichTextArea a UTF-8 file? > > Do I have to handle the string with the String class, or is it plain > ASCII and ha

[Ltsp-discuss] XML file = UTF-8?

2015-12-17 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Is an XML file like the ones which are produced by File.Save and RichTextArea a UTF-8 file? Do I have to handle the string with the String class, or is it plain ASCII and has to be handled with ordinary Mid, Left, InStr? Regards Rolf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Where does "fat client" begin?

2015-12-14 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
I see, so the definition is clear to me. Thank you! Rolf Am 14.12.2015 09:23, schrieb E Kogler: A Thin-Client has no OS & applications installed, a Fat-Client has. *Von:* Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprac...@t-on

[Ltsp-discuss] Where does "fat client" begin?

2015-12-14 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, We have a language school and two labs with about 20 places each. We have been working with an LTSP 4.2 for quite some time now, and it's time to think about upgrading our terminals to be able to use LTSP 5. Before I start looking for hardware, I would like to know where you would

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] New Rpi or Odroic C1 for LTSP?

2015-02-11 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 11.02.2015 09:04, schrieb Denis Croombs: On 11/02/2015 07:24, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Hmmm - that's interesting. What about graphics speed when showing animated transitions in PowerPoint or Impress? What about speed with flash-decorated websites (e.g. carousel with images or ad video

[Ltsp-discuss] New Rpi or Odroic C1 for LTSP?

2015-02-10 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, Just thought that the new RasPi or the Odroid C1 might work good as LTSP terminals. They both have 1 GB RAM, the RasPi being somewhat slower. The only prerequisite would be PXE booting, but shouldn't they both be able to? Does anyone here already have tried them? Rolf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] New Rpi or Odroic C1 for LTSP?

2015-02-10 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
will make excellent thin clients. I have a guide here for the model B+, but I will be updating it once I get round to acquiring a new raspberry pi B2. www.uzerp.com/blog/running-raspberry-pis-as-thin-clients-with-ubuntu-14-04-lts/ On 10/02/15 09:13, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Hi folks, Just

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] New Rpi or Odroic C1 for LTSP?

2015-02-10 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
On 10 Feb 2015, at 09:13, Rolf-Werner Eilert eilert-sprac...@t-online.de wrote: Hi folks, Just thought that the new RasPi or the Odroid C1 might work good as LTSP terminals. They both have 1 GB RAM, the RasPi being somewhat slower. The only prerequisite would be PXE booting, but shouldn't

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] HP t510 Thinclients with LTSP

2015-01-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
arise as a result of e-mail transmission. On 20/01/15 19:54, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Thanks for the hint! As I think about replacing my old VIA fanless client in my office, I looked around for this one, it's mostly sold as a barebone for around 180 - 190 Euros here. It does accept up to 8 GB

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] HP t510 Thinclients with LTSP

2015-01-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Thanks for the hint! As I think about replacing my old VIA fanless client in my office, I looked around for this one, it's mostly sold as a barebone for around 180 - 190 Euros here. It does accept up to 8 GB RAM, do you know if it's 64bit? Then I have the impression there is a successor in the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Firefox or Chrome?

2015-01-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
When flash isn't supported by Firefox anymore, how could the flash-based websites be shown? I even know some professional sites which are heavily flash-based, Firefox would become senseless for users if it couldn't show these sites. Am 06.01.2015 19:55, schrieb Joseph Bishay: One detraction

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Two versions of LTSP on one server

2014-12-19 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 18.12.2014 11:23, schrieb Horst Prote: Hi Rolf-Werner, and so on. As you can see, there is only one group without a name. To add LTSP 5, would I have to add another group? (Or is there another way to do that?) Although all my LTSP 4 machines are scrapped I still have the config

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Two versions of LTSP on one server

2014-12-19 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 18.12.2014 18:32, schrieb Vagrant Cascadian: On 2014-12-18, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: I would like to have an LTSP 5 alongside with an LTSP 4.2 on the same server. Long time ago, I had this running. But I do not remember every detail, and answers in the net are either outdated or too

[Ltsp-discuss] Two versions of LTSP on one server

2014-12-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
192.168.10.255; option routers 192.168.10.2; option domain-name-servers 192.168.10.103; option domain-name eilert; option root-path 192.168.10.103:/opt/ltsp-4.2u4/i386; option option-128 code 128 = string; option option-129 code 129 = text; ddns-update-style none; default-lease-time 21600; max-lease-time

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Two versions of LTSP on one server

2014-12-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 18.12.2014 17:11, schrieb Rob Owens: On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:37:34AM +0100, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Hi folks, I would like to have an LTSP 5 alongside with an LTSP 4.2 on the same server. Long time ago, I had this running. But I do not remember every detail, and answers in the net

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Two versions of LTSP on one server

2014-12-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 18.12.2014 11:23, schrieb Horst Prote: Hi Rolf-Werner, and so on. As you can see, there is only one group without a name. To add LTSP 5, would I have to add another group? (Or is there another way to do that?) Although all my LTSP 4 machines are scrapped I still have the config

[Ltsp-discuss] Connection into VM slows down to standstill

2014-12-17 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, The other day I tried to log into our LTSP from a virtualbox on a Win7 PC. Basically, no problem. I can log in and work with it as with a standard terminal. But after a random time (sometimes a minute, sometimes less), the boxed system seems to make a lng rest. As the mouse

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] (more) slow performance, where to start?

2014-11-23 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 21.11.2014 13:13, schrieb relosrl: Il 21/11/2014 10.30, Lars Madsen ha scritto: Mate desktop is a continuation of the gnome2 code, so it is actively supported and developed About this, I use old KDE 3,5, now TDE www.trinitydesktop.org It work well on LTSP. Rodolfo Hi Rodolfo, when

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] pcDuino as an LTSP client?

2014-05-06 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Vagrant, thanks so much for your concise answer. So you've really been into testing ARM platforms... Let me delete part of the stuff to put it more briefly... I've also dabbled with the Raspberry PI: http://cascadia.debian.net/trenza/Documentation/raspberrypi-ltsp-howto/ But I'm not

[Ltsp-discuss] pcDuino as an LTSP client?

2014-05-05 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, I just read a discussion about pcDuino in another forum, and I thought this might give a nice client for LTSP with its 1 GB RAM. Do you agree? Or would you say 2 GB is better for today's work with browsers and stuff? Thanks for your opinions. Rolf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] opensuse 13.1

2014-02-21 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 21.02.2014 12:09, schrieb Jigish Gohil: On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Rolf-Werner Eilert eilert-sprac...@t-online.de wrote: That would be inside the client image and not on the server so you would not find it there. And where do I find it then? Is there a chance to access

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] opensuse 13.1

2014-02-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 20.02.2014 22:20, schrieb Vagrant Cascadian: On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 09:26:45PM +0100, jef peeraer wrote: i installed this freshly on a test server, together with the ltsp packages. After some configuration, all seems fine, but a thinclient stops at the classic grey screen with cursor. I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] opensuse 13.1

2014-02-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 21.02.2014 08:18, schrieb Jigish Gohil: On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Rolf-Werner Eilert eilert-sprac...@t-online.de wrote: By the way, is it possible to configure LDM somehow to show a different background, configure the behaviour of the input box(es) etc. like I can do with KDM

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Announcing Li-f-e 13.1

2013-12-17 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Nice to hear! But is it 64bit at last? Rolf P.S.: I've been trying it on earlier versions of OpenSuse, but as I won't need 90 % of the educational software included, I could spend my time setting LTSP up on an ordinary distro. And our clients are too old, and LTSP 5 won't run smoothly on

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Drop Box

2013-11-19 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
This is interesting for me, too. I've been looking for a way to offer dropbox to the LTSP users and have it installed for them IF they wish. Dropbox needs a user account on their server, of course, so it would be some kind of registering procedure included here. The first point I would have to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Restricting Internet Access

2013-07-04 Thread Sprachschule Eilert
David, I'm doing this with iptables for quite some years now, but it includes an application for the teacher to set/release the lock for a class as well as some scripts to call iptables etc. And the application has to know - which user is in the class - which terminal the user is logged in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Can't log on - Keine Antwort des Servers, Neustart ...

2013-04-03 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
I don't know Debian, but you should be able to add users to your system, the command is useradd. I don't know if Debian claims you to add a standard user, maybe you have only a root user on your system yet? Rolf Am 03.04.2013 10:48, schrieb linux-u...@gmx.com: Hello everybody, yesterday I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Can't log on - Keine Antwort des Servers, Neustart ...

2013-04-03 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 03.04.2013 12:11, schrieb Oliver Grawert: hi, On Mi, 2013-04-03 at 11:10 +0200, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: I don't know Debian, but you should be able to add users to your system, the command is useradd. I don't know if Debian claims you to add a standard user, maybe you have only a root

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] USB/Bluetooth

2013-03-05 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
There are instantly two solutions that come into my mind. LTSP runs on some Linux system and is able to connect USB devices, but you need a Windows app, so: 1. Does the application run under Wine? This would be the most direct way to connect the application with a USB communcation stream on

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Epoptes and Ubuntu ARM Tablets

2013-02-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Nice! Very nice. Reminds me I should try to get LTSP5 running on our system... By the way, Ohje in German means Oh my goodness! :-) Rolf Am 20.02.2013 10:54, schrieb asmo.koski...@arkki.info: I like Epoptes. I installed epoptes-client in CuBox (Ubuntu 12.10).

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with iptables

2012-11-30 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Oh my ;-) I started with something like SuSE 9.x + LTSP 4.2 ;-) Yeah - once upon a time... Just like me. But it was fine, students liked it. Then I moved to the Ubuntu 6.06 (LTSP 4.2), then 8.04 (LTSP 5) and so on, now Lubuntu 12.04 + LTSP-PNP:

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with iptables

2012-11-29 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 29.11.2012 16:05, schrieb asmo.koski...@arkki.info: On our new LTSP server, I wanted to employ our old script to lock the classes from using the internet during lessons ;-) But now it fails with an error. If you use Debian or Ubuntu you should try Epoptes. http://www.epoptes.org/ Hi

[Ltsp-discuss] Problem with iptables

2012-11-28 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi, Is there anyone here who knows iptables? On our new LTSP server, I wanted to employ our old script to lock the classes from using the internet during lessons ;-) But now it fails with an error. The [antique == 2004] script reads as follows and is supplied with the usernames from a list

[Ltsp-discuss] What is needed for USB access on LTSP 4.2

2012-10-17 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Ok folks, it's an old story, but when I have a new server with old thin clients which need 4.2 to run, what would I have to do to enable the USB plugin feature? Back in 2008 when I setup our old server with Suse 10.3, there was a comprehensive list of steps I simply followed to install

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Automatic USB Mount failing on fat client

2012-09-13 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
As you are discussing this right now, may I ask the community this: Does the fuse group have any special requirements other than to be just there and have the name fuse? Rolf Am 12.09.2012 22:05, schrieb Richard Doyle: On 09/12/2012 08:42 AM, Alessandro Dentella wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Computer Lab with LTSP

2012-05-31 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
We have ca. 50 THIN clients (2 labs + some groups and single ones) running on an Intel Xeon system (simplest Xeon CPUs with only 4 cores, i. e. 2 real, 2 virtual, so 8 in total), 8 GB RAM, 6 SATA HDs (no RAID). This runs fine with any Linux distro and any LTSP version. The server has GBit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Monitor with pivot function under LTSP

2012-05-24 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 24.05.2012 14:29, schrieb Jeff Siddall: On 05/04/2012 03:10 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: Hi folks, Is it possible to configure the xorg functions for a thin client so it can tilt the picture for a pivot monitor? If yes, would this even be possible in 4.2? No idea in 4.2, but in 5

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp in debian

2012-05-18 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Antoine, thanks for that input, it is just what I thought would be the reason. Am 16.05.2012 18:43, schrieb Antoine RODRIGUEZ: The trouble that is specified all is more a kernel trouble. Not an LTSP or Xorg trouble. The kernels in debians might not be compiled for the platforms that you

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp in debian

2012-05-16 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 16.05.2012 06:18, schrieb Alkis Georgopoulos: Στις 16/05/2012 05:27 πμ, ο/η Quiliro Ordóñez έγραψε: So LTSP does not work on Pentium III as a client? This would make LTSP non-viable for me. I thought only X worked on the clients. Is X that heavy? LTSP works fine on Pentium II with 128 MB

[Ltsp-discuss] Monitor with pivot function

2012-05-10 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
(I'm re-posting this, as it seems the list had been dead since last Friday and has awakened only now) Hi folks, Is it possible to configure the xorg functions for a thin client so it can tilt the picture for a pivot monitor? If yes, would this even be possible in 4.2? Thanks for your

[Ltsp-discuss] Test

2012-05-08 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
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Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Test

2012-05-08 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Bloody yes! :-)) Actually, the echo of my own request about pivot function of a monitor was the last message that came in. That was May 4, 09:10. Next I got were the echo of my enquiry today and your friendly answer to it. Regards Rolf Am 08.05.2012 09:02, schrieb Jan Middelkoop: What,

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