Has anyone tried to set LSTP up on BSD ?.
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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 PREVIOUS
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
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.
However,
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 doing
Is anyone interested in some (8) "PCM-4894"'s ?. 8"x5" 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 d
I assume that it is using gdm, and I have gnome installed.
Any other pointers would be appreciated.
Shane
Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:33:22PM +0100, Shane Kennedy wrote:
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>>Hans Ekbrand wrote:
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>>>On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 07:59:13PM
not GDM last).
How can I 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:
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>>In order to have xdm running to serve the clients, must I have the
>>server start in graphical mod
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
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Has anyone drawn a flowchart showing the boot sequence, and which
scripts are in control.
When the client boots to blank (X's) screen with cursor, where does it
stop, or where is the last script to execute. Again, it this along the
lines of the autologin question. I would like to avoid login
New build. RH7.3. ltsp_core3.0.5-0.i386.rpm. PXE boot. 1 client only.
I very easily got to a login screen on the client using bzImage and
initrd 2.4.9, and client works. BUT, even when client isn't
(shouldn't) be doing anything, I get continuous network traffic, the
only bit of which that (t
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 client
In trying to get a better 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.
When the client boots, it gets to
Mounting dhclient
Mounting root filesystem:
Doing the
I have a related problem. I am using PXE boot. With stock modules, I
can boot fine. If I boot the client from it's own Hdd, I can mount the
NFS root fs, but with custom kernel, no initrd,
during linux kernel boot, I get to
IP Protocols.
IP: routing cache
TCP: Hash tables
Net4: Uinx d
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 appe
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
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I have made a little progress, but using 'buildk', I get as far as
mke2fs -F -q -m 0 -N 160 initrd.ltsp 1600
mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
'Copying the root tree
./buildk: cd: root: no such file or directory
ERROR! Copy of root tree to the new filesystem failed!
then a srting of errors
cpio: cann
How should I specify a client specific calibration file for my
touchscreen in my lts.conf file ?
Something like
CalibrationFile = /'hostname'/touch.cal
and have
/opt/lts/i386/Host1/touch.cal
/opt/lts/i386/Host2/touch.cal
/opt/lts/i386/Host3/touch.cal
Shane
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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:
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> Peter Billson wrote:
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> > Ouch! 390 euros.
> >
> >
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 log
t; Shane
>
> 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
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:
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> > I am completely new to ltsp. However, I am determined to give it a try. I
> > have a question about initializing ltsp workstations. Is
Anyone building their own compact boxes.
Yahoo have ENP-0615B's on-sale for $26 !!
Shane
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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 a
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
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No, I will no
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 t
A much easier question this time
In my .xinitrc, I want to check for the existance of a touch calibration
file '/etc/touch.dat'
If it doesn't exist, I want to run 'mmmcalibrate', otherwise skip cal'.
Shane
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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:
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> Greetings Again,
>
> Our boss is com
Hi Y'all,
'till now, I have avoided asking this group, and it is a general,
rather than an LTSP question.
Can anyone tell me how to configure aan NFI (dynapro) touchscreen in
straight X ?. I have spent most of the last 2 days chasing this
problem, and hav only got the cursor to respond spuriou
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:
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> 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
I am baffled. The attached file seems to indicate that there is no
common ground between the C&T controller and the monitor, which I can't
believe. Can anyone shed light on the cause ?.
T.I.A.
Shane
XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510
Thanks Jim,
Clear, and accurate as usual. I had been using the 2>&1 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 rebui
Can anyone tell me what (if anything) I need to put in the lts.conf file
when using a C&T65550 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 ser
r logo
and user instructions showing), no desktop or any other utilities...just
X and app (tcl).
Regards
Shane
Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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> On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 05:48:27 +0100, "Shane Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > We have an LTSP system which is used in Airpor
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
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
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:
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> A few years ago I went to great lengths to find a *good* Wyse60 termi=
> nal emulator to mesh Linux to SCO applic
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:
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> Danny,
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> Yes, it's possible. But, it's not a built-in
> feature of LTSP.
>
> Assuming you are using an IDE disk, you need to
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.
S
This guy's built a time machine He's in 2005
Donnie Linville wrote:
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> 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 e
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:
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> I was searching through the email archives for an answer to this and
> only found more questions, what I
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 e
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 sol
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
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Advice I have been given is that if network traffic exceeds 15 - 20%
theoretical, the number of collisions will increase exponentially, and
completely clog the network. With a hub, all clients will see all ather
clients traffic, and delay their transmission untill quiet, then several
clients will
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 narrowe
I'm not sure if this is what you want.
Try
xset s off
Shane
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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
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Hi Y'all,
Some weeks ago, I enquired where I might get the source or hex file
for boot rom for NE2k-PCI.
Jim I thing pointed me to sourceforge, but I haven't found it. I want
to modify my rom to set 0x443 to 0xff to start the board's watchdog at
power up. Can anyone help ?
Shane
I have been using netboot for a while now, and tried to set up LTSP
system.
I get as far as
Building the XF86Config-4
Building the start-ws script
Starting syslog
syslogd: syslogd: cannot write to remote file handle 192.168.0.99:514
192.168.0.99 is server ip
Can anyone advise ?.
T.I.A.
Shane
Can anyone provide me with source code for rom image for NE2K-pci ?. I
want to add a (very) small patch to switch on my watchdog at power up,
in case of crashes, or timeouts before OS loads and starts.
Shane Kennedy
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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
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-
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
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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
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- Original Message -
From: Shane Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Arthur H. Johnson II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 03 October 2001 20:38
Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSPxinitrc
> Thanks for the offer, but I eventually found the files. Now, the client
in
> question
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 : removing directories. do you use 'rm -rf dirname'
?
Re nfs : Use 'tail /var/log/messages' to see what
requests are made of the server.
this will show something like
mount requested by 'hostname' for /tftpboot
request refused, permission denied.
Good luck
Shane (in Ireland)
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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 y
cost ($100?) to LTSP 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 ---
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 relat
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