[Ltsp-discuss] BSD

2003-03-25 Thread Shane Kennedy
Has anyone tried to set LSTP up on BSD ?. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Off topic

2003-02-18 Thread Shane Kennedy
Are there any developers out there who would be interested in a project ?. My idea is to have a compact linux box in my car. 1 camera front facing, 1 rear. Nothing complicated so far, but I want to buffer 30 seconds of video, so that on pressing a button on the dash, I can save the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] putting my users in jail?

2003-02-14 Thread Shane Kennedy
That's what you get for suggesting that you might stick with Windoze ;-) David Leuser II wrote: My God people... I asked a simple qustion meriting a simple answer. So far I've gotten a million answers all over and off the board. (1) Relearn the Linux filesystem you don't know what you're

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Can I share this and get your comments?

2003-02-14 Thread Shane Kennedy
I certainly believe this. The difference may lie with the implication of a (relatively) large network, and having someone knowledgeable to look after it. I think, in this situation, we are getting back to to old computer days, when we had guys in white coats to look after the system.

[Ltsp-discuss] Wireless Keyboard/mouse

2003-02-14 Thread Shane Kennedy
Has anyone in the group used Wireless (radio) K/b, and/or mouse with either full Linux, or diskless w/s's ?. I am considering installing base x'ceiver inside front cover, so box can be either under, on, or behind desk, with only monitor wired. Shane

[Ltsp-discuss] Surplus boards

2002-11-19 Thread Shane Kennedy
Is anyone interested in some (8) PCM-4894's ?. 8x5 586-133's. See Aaeon site for details. I have been asked by my ex-employer to find homes for them. I also have a bunch of 2 dot matrix led boards and modules. Boards are our own, so I have schematics, and source code for them. These are dhcp

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xdm set/startup

2002-09-10 Thread Shane Kennedy
start a display manager, without starting X on the server?. Shane Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 07:59:13PM +0100, Shane Kennedy wrote: In order to have xdm running to serve the clients, must I have the server start in graphical mode ?. No. The display manager can be configured

[Ltsp-discuss] xdm set/startup

2002-09-09 Thread Shane Kennedy
In order to have xdm running to serve the clients, must I have the server start in graphical mode ?. On server, I have initdefault 3. Can I start xdm via rc3.d ?. Or is there a better way of doing it. Shane --- This sf.net email is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] General Netboot questions

2002-08-01 Thread Shane Kennedy
In trying to get a better understanding of the whole netboot procedure, I am trying to boot, then mount from a directory other than opt/ltsp/i386. I have created a directory with nfsrootinit, and edited its fstab etc. After pivot_root, i get /usr/bin no such file or directory. but the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP with 1 NIC PXE mount problem

2002-07-30 Thread Shane Kennedy
I have a related problem. I am using PXE boot. During linux kernel boot, I get to IP Protocols. IP: routing cache TCP: Hash tables Net4: Uinx domain sockets request_module[block-major-1]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 192.168.0.254:/tftpboot/pax1 or 01:92 Please

[Ltsp-discuss] superuser/reboot

2002-07-28 Thread Shane Kennedy
When I connect to the clients by telnet, I can't 'su'. I get incorrect password. I had assumed that the clients would use the servers user list, and associated passwords. Can I get around this ?, or is there another option in order to reboot the clients via telnet. Shane

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] New potential thin client

2002-07-13 Thread Shane Kennedy
VIA mini ITX 500Mhz St£71, 128Mb St£17, Box with external PSU St$46 ITX 800MHz St£79. This at wholesale prices. My Box..all metal (54mm(H)), internal 150W 1U PSU, €70, accepts ITX, or Flex-ATX. Shane Tom Allison wrote: Peter Billson wrote: Ouch! 390 euros. Pete

[Ltsp-discuss] Nearly there ! I hope ;-)

2002-07-07 Thread Shane Kennedy
I have got as far as starting in R.L. 3. /usr/X11R6/bin/X gives me a patterned screen with cursor. If I start in R.L. 5, I get, very briefly, a gui login, then the client reboots. Am I likely to be missing a server service ?. If so, what, and what to do. In this instance, I don't want a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP with Ethernet Card without Rom

2002-07-05 Thread Shane Kennedy
If you are using a floppy, why not put the kernel on the floppy, with you root fs on nfs ?. You can still use dhcp to assign ip. Shane Peter Lister wrote: I am completely new to ltsp. However, I am determined to give it a try. I have a question about initializing ltsp workstations. Is it

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Trouble continues

2002-07-05 Thread Shane Kennedy
On Thursday 04 July 2002 23:23, Shane Kennedy wrote: I continue to fumble my way around this system, trying to build my own nbi kernel. Can anyone send me a 'make xconfig' config file, and a note of exact mknbi-linux options to build an nbi kernel on RH7.3 I can just about manage to select

[Ltsp-discuss] PSU's

2002-07-04 Thread Shane Kennedy
Anyone building their own compact boxes. Yahoo have ENP-0615B's on-sale for $26 !! Shane --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Caffeinated soap. No kidding. http://thinkgeek.com/sf

[Ltsp-discuss] Etherboot/LTSP

2002-07-01 Thread Shane Kennedy
Hi Y'all, Are initial stages of both netboot, and etherboot are the same ?. At what stage do they diverge ?. If pxe is usedsame question. I want to build a system on which I can try both methods, in particular, I want to use XFree4.0.2 with etherboot, to see if any of my probles can be

[Ltsp-discuss] PXE boot

2002-06-29 Thread Shane Kennedy
Can anyone provide me with a proven pxe kernel to use with the VIA ITX board ?. I did download 'eb-5.0.6-via-rhine.lzpxe', but client returns 'error: not a valid image. TIA Shane --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek No, I will

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Heavy Metal Servers for LTSP

2002-06-27 Thread Shane Kennedy
This was sent as part of a request for help. In fact, we are probably going to revert to netboot shortly, as the clients are going to be VIA-Mini-ITX boards. i.e. Fat clients as opposed to thin clients. We have an LTSP system which is used in Airports. The system consists of 6 clients with

[Ltsp-discuss] CASEDGE 120W BOOK FLEX ATX UL/CSA/FCC POWER SUPPLY RETAIL PACK 10PCS PERBOX

2002-06-22 Thread Shane Kennedy
Not quite ITX small, but it looks like damn good value for anyone building a bunch of Flex-ATX small systems. Note...this is 10 off price (Each) http://shop.store.yahoo.com/myupgradeshop/9052.html Shane Title: CASEDGE 120W BOOK FLEX ATX UL/CSA/FCC POWER SUPPLY RETAIL PACK 10PCS PER BOX

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Cry of Desperation

2002-06-18 Thread Shane Kennedy
I am in a similar situation with my touchscreen. I have given a deadline for solving long term problems, and our MD is going to recommend winding up the company if I don't succeed. HELP NFI touchscreen in XFree86-4.2 Shane Jason Fillman wrote: Greetings Again, Our boss is coming

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Terminal booting time

2002-06-15 Thread Shane Kennedy
I am using an embedded '586-133, 16MB, 10MBNet, single X app', and total boot to app takes about 2 minutes. Shane A.Rodriguez wrote: Hi all, I am running a P166 with 64Mb Ram and RTL8129 Nic terminal that I thought it was going to be faster on booting. The process starts fast

[Ltsp-discuss] X setup/lts.conf

2002-06-12 Thread Shane Kennedy
Can anyone tell me what (if anything) I need to put in the lts.conf file when using a CT65550 video chip. And, if I start the client in R.L.3, how can I save the X startup messages to the REAL disk on the server. Currently, the client seems to be trying to start X, using the driver for the

[Ltsp-discuss] X setup/lts.conf

2002-06-12 Thread Shane Kennedy
Thanks Jim, Clear, and accurate as usual. I had been using the 21 bit, but of course, without Swap ON, I had no way of sending it to you which was what I had intended. I will try further to work in out myself first though. One other question right now though... Can I get the client to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Help !!!

2002-06-11 Thread Shane Kennedy
instructions showing), no desktop or any other utilities...just X and app (tcl). Regards Shane Brian Fahrlander wrote: On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 05:48:27 +0100, Shane Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have an LTSP system which is used in Airports. The system consists of 6 clients with touchscreen

[Ltsp-discuss] Help !!!

2002-06-10 Thread Shane Kennedy
We have an LTSP system which is used in Airports. The system consists of 6 clients with touchscreen input only. These are used by the Meeter via a soft keyboard to input the name of the arriving passenger, or the Company name he/she represents. This text is displayed prominently overhead (the

[Ltsp-discuss] ITX board

2002-06-04 Thread Shane Kennedy
Hi Y'all, I have just recieved my ITX boards. They look good, but while they are advertised as no cooler they do have a substantial heatsink. As I am far more experienced with digital hardware design than Linux, I would say with confidence, that if you put this board in a box, you WILL need

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Wyse 60 Terminal Emulation?

2002-05-24 Thread Shane Kennedy
What boot mechanism IS used with MS App servers ?. Can thin-client boot on Linux be adapted to conform, rather than adapt the client itself ?. Shane Brian Fahrlander wrote: A few years ago I went to great lengths to find a *good* Wyse60 termi= nal emulator to mesh Linux to SCO

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Auto reboot

2002-05-15 Thread Shane Kennedy
Has anyone heard of memory leaks. Of course linux itself doesn't have this problem, but many app's do. Anyone who feels like being rude, do it somewhere else. There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers, and anyway, the only one who knows THEIR system is the one asking the question.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Local swap ?

2002-05-15 Thread Shane Kennedy
Would there be any advantage in swapping to ramdisk ?. Is ramdisk any more space efficient than regular ram i.e. Compressed ?. Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Danny, Yes, it's possible. But, it's not a built-in feature of LTSP. Assuming you are using an IDE disk, you need to load

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Help!!

2002-05-14 Thread Shane Kennedy
This guy's built a time machine He's in 2005 Donnie Linville wrote: I have LTSP 3.0 ,core,kernel,xfonts,and xcore downloaded and installed.In /opt/ltsp/templates I did the ./ltsp_initialize.I then took the dhcpd.conf.example and made it /etc/dhcpd.conf. I then gave my eth0

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Etherboot

2002-03-27 Thread Shane Kennedy
In this situation, where there IS a local hard drive, IS there any advantage to LTSP/netboot over a system with minimal services running X with remote apps ?. Shane Matt Filizzi wrote: I was searching through the email archives for an answer to this and only found more questions, what I am

[Ltsp-discuss] Unattended server

2002-03-20 Thread Shane Kennedy
Can anyone tell me how to set up (or point me to a site which could) a server to self recover from power outages/crashes ?. I particularly need to get around the occasional need to manually run fsck following these events. Presumably, I need to mount 'ro' the main fs, then build the runtime fs

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot rom/bios

2002-03-15 Thread Shane Kennedy
I wonder if anyone produces a rom card which could hold the dhcp code ?. Some plug in IDE cards used to have their own bios.. Maybe someone in the group might have time to experiment with a PCI prototype board ?. Maybe even me, as that level of hardware is fairly familiar to me. This would

[Ltsp-discuss] Startup scripts

2002-03-12 Thread Shane Kennedy
Has anyone put together a sequential list of the startupo scripts/prog's used by LTSP client ?. Being a linux amateur, I have difficulty in tracking the control sequence. Shane _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe,

Re: [ltsp-discuss] Config lines in XF86Config.tcsx1

2002-02-21 Thread Shane Kennedy
Have a look at this page. http://www.dkfz-heidelberg.de/spec/linux/modeline/ Shane LTSP admin... Can you put this tool on your website. I have seen several enquiries of this nature. Graeme Bruton wrote: To reply to my own post.. (goes a little red around the ears) OK, I have narrowed

[Ltsp-discuss] Low level progran snippet

2002-02-03 Thread Shane Kennedy
Are there any Assembler/Machine code programmers out there ?. What is the shortest way of getting 0xff into Addr 0x443 ?. Hex code please for boot ROM patch. T.I.A. Shane _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or

[Ltsp-discuss] tftp problem

2002-01-12 Thread Shane Kennedy
Hi Y'all, Can someone help on a very basic problem please. RH7.2 Server, provides dhcp OK, but client reports Loading kernel, then sleeps. tcpdump on Server reports udp port tftp unreachable (DF) [tos 0xc0]. I have built several systems before, but cannot find the cause of this. TIA Shane

[Ltsp-discuss] Tcl/Tk app

2001-11-13 Thread Shane Kennedy
We use a touchscreen with our tcl/tk app. We 'autologin' as user, then have a .xinitrc which says: wish 'appname.tcl' No Gnome, KDE , or any desktop. Just the app'. Shane Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:06:08 +0200 From: yossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ltsp-discuss]

[Ltsp-discuss] Flash devices.

2001-10-25 Thread Shane Kennedy
This is a UK site, though I am sure they can direct anyone to other dist's. Any interest ?. 2.5 flash works with linux, and I expect the other IDE compatibles would too. Regards to all Shane http://www.milesie.co.uk/asp/storage.asp

[Ltsp-discuss] Linux Distribution

2001-10-05 Thread Shane Kennedy
Does anyone have any particular preferences on distributions for use with LTSP ?. I have been told that RedHat tends to contain loads of patches, rather than cleanly compiled code. Is that justified ?. Shane _ Ltsp-discuss

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Best low-cost client (advice please)

2001-09-29 Thread Shane Kennedy
How soon. My unit is expected to be matt black powder coated steel, and 1st off available end October. See earlier eMail for details. Price TBA. dependant on quantity discount. Shane - Original Message - From: Dave Shiels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Best low-cost client (advice please)

2001-09-28 Thread Shane Kennedy
Unfortunately, the low profile PSU is the main problem. There look like costing about $80. Maybe a bit less in volume. . It is beautifully built though, with suck and blow, silent fans. BTW I also intent to have filters on the air inlet. The board I expect to use is the P6ISM from ESC which

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS related problem

2001-09-27 Thread Shane Kennedy
Check you server processes. ps -ax Generally there should be about 8 jobs listed as '[nfsd]' if you have nfs running. Regards Shane - Original Message - From: Asaf Maruf Ali To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 September 2001 12:38 Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS related

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Best low-cost client (advice please)

2001-09-27 Thread Shane Kennedy
subscribers, partly to do my bit to undermine MS, but mostly, because the LTSP, and etherboot groups have been very free with their time in helping me. I will also have one slightly higher to take a CD/DVD, Fdd, and Hdd (Server ?). Regards Shane Kennedy - Original Message - From: Tony Holden