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iGotNoTimecan a debian compiled application run on edubuntu?12:53
iGotNoTimeFedora ?12:54
iGotNoTimeSuse?12:54
BurgworkiGotNoTime, maybe12:54
iGotNoTimehow do I try?12:54
Burgworkif it just compiled, it might12:54
Burgworkif it is packaged, you should be able to install it if it is debian12:54
iGotNoTimewell i don't know how to tell12:54
Burgworkdo you have a .rpm or a .deb?12:55
iGotNoTime.deb yes12:55
Burgworkof which program?12:55
iGotNoTimedeb and rpm both are available12:55
iGotNoTimea SIP phone12:56
iGotNoTimehttp://www.gizmoproject.com/download-linux.html12:56
iGotNoTimeI have $60 remaining and would like to keep it12:56
iGotNoTimethat is almost 2 years of phone service for me12:56
Burgworkare you running 5.10?12:56
iGotNoTimeyes I am12:56
iGotNoTimeI am a fresh user today :P12:57
iGotNoTime12 hours old :)12:57
Burgworkyou don't need gizmo to talk sip12:58
Burgworklinphone is packaged and in universe12:58
iGotNoTimeLinphone is not accepting my login and kphone is adding a variable to the first few characters of my URI12:59
iGotNoTimeit will work fine for straight SIP12:59
iGotNoTimebut I want to call standard PSTN lines12:59
iGotNoTimeusing my login12:59
Burgworkhmm12:59
Burgworkyou can try downloading the deb01:02
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bobulatoranyopne got any idea why a thin wouldnt be picking up the dhcp?02:59
bobulatorcant think of anyhitng...03:00
bobulatorim certain its not the cables :(03:05
Burgundaviabobulator: do you have enough addresses to be leased out?03:05
bobulatoryup03:05
bobulatoronly got one other thin going03:05
Burgundaviamight it be hardware?03:05
bobulatorhmm03:05
bobulatorwhat could be wrong?03:05
Burgundaviano idea, welcome to the joy of debugging network issues03:06
bobulatorhaha03:06
Burgundaviathere are just so many variables03:06
bobulatorwell theres only a net card, gfx card in there03:06
bobulatormaybe i just try a diff net card?03:06
Burgundaviahaving never setup an edubuntu server, there may be something basic I am missing, but try that03:08
Burgundaviaalso try booting the two in the opposite order03:08
bobulatork03:09
bobulatorit doesnt seem like theres that much to go wrong...03:09
Burgundaviaheh03:09
bobulatorhmm the new ip address pops up in arp03:11
bobulatorit just doesnt seem to like it03:11
bobulatorok ill try booting them in the other order, brb!03:12
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bobulatorhmm no luck03:17
bobulatorjust a random mobo or gfx crd incompatibility?03:19
bobulatorcant even think what else there is to go wrong03:19
Burgundaviaif it still doesn't boot, I suspect the thin client03:20
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bobulatoryeah but what bit of it? there doesnt seem to be anything to go wrong :p03:22
Burgundaviahmm, try another network card03:23
bobulatordid that03:24
bobulatori think theyre all the same tho03:24
Burgundaviais the hardware identical?03:24
bobulatornooo wayy03:24
bobulatorall random tat from all over the place03:25
Burgundaviado you have a third thin client to confirm that you can indeed boot two off the server?03:25
bobulatorwe have had 3 up before03:26
Burgundaviaok, just confirming03:26
bobulators coo l:003:26
bobulator:)03:26
bobulatorboot proot=pxe, pnp/bev boot=disable, default boot=network, local boot=disable, prompt time=2, setup message=enable, everything sound ok there?03:30
bobulatoranything in the bios i could mess with?03:30
bobulatorooh hang on the server isnt recieving the mac address03:31
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bobulatorhmm according to the net the error means it cant get a valid filename03:40
bobulatorhow can i look at my pxe boot settings for where to get the image from?03:40
Burgundaviasorry, no idea03:41
bobulators ok :(03:41
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bobulatorargh this makes no sense03:50
bobulatoram i daft enough to try changing the motherboard at 3 in the morning?03:51
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bobulatorargh and on this one it shows up the boot agent thing and then doesnt even *try* to boot04:06
bobulator*cries*04:06
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Burgundaviasalut highvoltage05:36
highvoltageBurgundavia: salut!05:39
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AdalwulfHowdy all! Is there any Internet Content Filtering in edubuntu?05:44
BurgundaviaAdalwulf: not currently packaged05:44
AdalwulfSo we have to install fromsomewhere outside of the repositories?05:45
Burgundaviacurrently yes05:47
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AdalwulfDo you recommend anything? I'm leaning towards Dan's Guardian. I like the name(it rhymes with Asgardian).05:49
Burgundaviaogra is leaning towards Willow, which is bayesian05:54
AdalwulfI guess I'll go with Willow then. Thanx Burgundavia.05:56
AdalwulfWait. I thought that Willow linked to non-GPL libraries.05:56
AdalwulfMaybe it was just the frontend.05:57
Burgundaviahttp://www.digitallumber.net/software/willow/05:59
AdalwulfThanx.06:06
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highvoltagehehe. seems like there's an ogra, an oger and an ogar on the ubuntu channels :)06:53
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jsgotangcohiya JaneW 08:00
JaneWhi jsgotangco 08:00
JaneWgo something for me to proof read - my inbox is under control. \0/08:00
JaneW:))08:01
jsgotangcoyeah08:01
jsgotangcowhen i get home08:01
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JaneWoic, enjoy and good luck08:02
=== JaneW should catch-up on mailing list posts now
jsgotangcothe wireless here is pretty bad08:02
highvoltagehi JaneW. where in the world are you atm?08:02
jsgotangcohopefully not swimming08:02
JaneWhighvoltage: Rondebosch, Cape Town08:03
JaneWhighvoltage: how was the weather on Monday!? I even took a photo of my thermometer, and blogged about it.08:04
JaneWhighvoltage: got some new site stuff for me to see?08:04
highvoltageJaneW: the drupal site is installed at proto.edubuntu.org08:06
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highvoltageJaneW: i can mail you the passwords, let me just look up your gpg key on launchpad...08:07
jsgotangcowow JaneW has a gpg key????08:07
JaneWI do :P08:07
highvoltageJaneW: there's not much to see yet, it's a clean installation, and znarl needs to arrange a login for me so that i can install the theme08:07
jsgotangcoand who was that girl who said keysignings are weird in sydney08:07
Burgundaviasee, geekism is infectious08:07
JaneWjsgotangco: it's a requirement to sign the CoC08:07
JaneWjsgotangco: they are pretty darn funny to watch!08:08
JaneWBurgundavia: nod, yes I am becoming more and more geeky *grin*08:08
jsgotangcothere wasn't a super keysigning during UBZ?08:08
Burgundaviayes08:08
JaneWjsgotangco: there was a small one, I wasn't there08:08
JaneWjsgotangco: I got my key near the end08:09
jsgotangcothat kinda sucked08:09
JaneWjsgotangco: but I am in fabbione's key ring (is that the right lingo?) so I am pretty sorted! ;)08:09
jsgotangcooh we're connected then08:10
jsgotangcohttp://www.cs.uu.nl/people/henkp/henkp/pgp/pathfinder/stats/857A8BE5.html08:12
jsgotangcohehe08:12
jsgotangcohttp://webware.lysator.liu.se/jc/wotsap/wots/latest/paths/0x9E379FC6-0x857A8BE5.png08:13
JaneWwow fabbio is an internet slut ;)08:21
=== JaneW should get out more huh? 4 signatures only, 3 from fab
JaneWI am sure I signed with ogra too...08:21
JaneWthat was my first attempt, I must have botched it08:22
Burgundavias/internet//08:22
highvoltageJaneW: our international access sux here atm, i'll get that to you a bit later08:23
highvoltageJaneW: i haven't signed with anyone yet, perhaps we can sign with each other?08:23
JaneWhighvoltage: sure... does that mean I have to drag my passport in there? ;)08:24
jsgotangcoJaneW only has 4 cross signatures but her ranking is already 4,000+08:24
jsgotangcoheh08:24
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highvoltageJaneW: might as well, i don't mind following procedure :P08:24
JaneWjsgotangco: what can I say, I know who to 'connect' with ;)08:24
jsgotangcoconnections really matter08:24
jsgotangcoheh08:24
jsgotangcoyou could have bugged lamont too08:25
jsgotangcoor anyone on the top 10008:25
jsgotangcoa friend of mine had his key signed by mark, that didnt affect his rank too much heh08:27
jsgotangcobut get your key signed by lamont or fabbione you're in the biz08:27
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jsgotangcoJaneW, happy women's day08:29
JaneWjsgotangco: that's on 9 August here :P08:29
JaneWjsgotangco:  but I'll happily accept another one - do I get the day off? ;)08:30
jsgotangcomy respect is enough08:33
jsgotangcoheh08:33
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JaneWanyone want to help me guess at home many edubuntu users we have?10:37
JaneWhome=how10:38
JaneWcan we see how many times the ISO has been downloaded?10:38
BurgundaviaJaneW: the website logs should tell you10:45
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highvoltagejudging by the feedback from the mailing list and on irc, a few thousand sounds just about right10:50
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Burgundaviaprobably, though I honestly that that is conservative10:50
highvoltageBurgundavia: i think so too, but i wouldn't want to inflate10:51
JaneWI was hoping for more, but without any way to verify that 'felt' right, but I think it's conservative too10:51
JaneWif we can see how many d/ls there have been we should get a more accurate measurement10:52
highvoltageJaneW: do you have to give one number?10:52
JaneWhighvoltage: that's how I gauged from blogs, articles, mailing list etc10:52
JaneWhighvoltage: no I had to give rough estimate10:52
highvoltageJaneW: it might be better to say we have x amount mailing list subscribers, x amount downloads, etc10:52
highvoltageJaneW: is this for an internal or external report?10:53
JaneWhighvoltage: not a bad approach10:53
JaneWhighvoltage: silbs has asked10:53
JaneWwe are still climbing on distrowatch, which is a good sign10:53
highvoltageif it's external, i will be justified in an optimistic view10:53
highvoltageJaneW: we are also preparing to install edubuntu in all the tuxlabs, that will be happening from April. that will be another +/- 200 000 users :)10:54
JaneWhighvoltage: w00t \o/10:54
JaneWwow, tuXlabs has grown a lot!10:54
highvoltageour skubuntu installation is kind of like an old fasioned edubuntu, except that there are some technical differences, for all practical purposes, you might as well count them as edubuntu labs, as far as i'm concerned.10:55
highvoltageyep, 200 schools at an average of 1000 learners + teachers per school.10:55
JaneW*clap clap*11:06
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highvoltageif the kids and rainbow were smaller, and there were more plain background, then it wouldn't really be that bad.11:18
highvoltagei'm not suggesting it for wallpaper, but is there an SVG available somewhere?11:19
JaneWI agree it is cute, and if it were a bit subtler (as you say) it could work11:20
JaneWand it's diversity sensitive! :P11:20
JaneWI have an e-mail address for the guy11:20
JaneWit was done by https://launchpad.net/people/toxictoadz11:22
highvoltageah, thanks11:25
JaneWhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/terencewong/109523314/11:35
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mhzHi All, edubunteros!!12:14
JaneW**Reminder** Edubuntu Meeting in #ubuntu-meeting in 35 mins12:25
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JaneW**Reminder** Edubuntu Meeting in #ubuntu-meeting in 5 mins12:54
JaneWtime to pee/smoke/get coffee/walk dog/stretch etc12:54
pips1sorry, can't make the meeting today :-/12:56
pips1I'll read the logs12:56
pips1cu12:56
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iGotNoTimeI had a very embarassing meeting lastnight for work :(02:11
iGotNoTimeI forwarded my SIP to my home phone (the batterry on my cordless was dead though) so had to get online for the meeting02:11
iGotNoTimeThen I couldn't find a SIP softphone and install fast enough so the other guy mentioned Skype02:12
iGotNoTimeSame issue with Skype :(02:12
iGotNoTimeso he suggested Google Talk, which is not available for Linux02:12
iGotNoTimeI ended up booting XP, rushing to install skype02:13
iGotNoTimeashamed and very late02:13
iGotNoTimeSo how was our night's?02:14
iGotNoTimeLOL02:14
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iGotNoTimeogra : morning sir :)02:16
highvoltagePS: this is some of the stuff our help desk put together: http://jonathancarter.ossn.co.za/files/tuXlabHowTos.tgz02:18
highvoltagevery basic stuff, don't expect much!02:19
highvoltageok bye!02:20
JaneWhttp://video.google.com/videosearch?q=edubuntu <- Edubuntu Screencasts02:26
ograto sad i have no machine i can view that on02:28
iGotNoTimewhat way is it limited ?02:28
iGotNoTimeor are you command line only?02:29
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mhzbye all02:29
ograno flash for linux powerpc or linux amd64 ...02:29
ograi currently have on i386 around02:29
ogra*no02:29
iGotNoTimenone for amd64 ??!!02:29
ogramacromediaq refuses to build one ...02:30
iGotNoTimeppc I can understand and excuse but amd 64 is disappointing02:30
ogranot much you can do apart from complaining at them02:30
iGotNoTimeya02:30
iGotNoTimeI am happy to see a MAC guy who is not such a Hooray for Mac freak finally :D02:31
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ograi only have that ibook to build adn test edubuntu for powerpc ... :)02:33
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iGotNoTimewill packages that say KDE still work with edubuntu?03:30
iGotNoTimeI want to try quanta03:30
ograsure03:30
iGotNoTimeexcellent03:30
ograyou already have a handfull kde packages installed by default 03:30
iGotNoTimeand I have a question about my repository list...03:30
iGotNoTimeI edited out the commented areas of the source file03:31
iGotNoTimeyet when I use synaptic to search for something as common as Skype I find nothing03:31
iGotNoTimeso I think that universe or multiverse is messed up03:31
iGotNoTimehow do I confirm?03:31
ograskype is propriatary software03:31
ograits not shippable, so not in the repos03:32
iGotNoTimebut they have a .deb releasee03:32
iGotNoTimehow do I load it?03:32
iGotNoTimeI have the .deb on my desktop03:32
ograsure, you cvan install the single deb manually if it was compiled for ubuntu03:32
iGotNoTimeif if if lol03:32
ograsudo dpkg -i filename.deb 03:32
iGotNoTimethat is what I always loved :D:D03:33
iGotNoTimetried that, no good for me03:33
iGotNoTimeperhaps some .deb will not work with us?03:33
ograbut really that only works for ubuntu compiled stuff ... dont use debian packages if you dont exactly know what you are doing03:33
iGotNoTimeok03:33
iGotNoTimeso all unbuntu people can not use Skype basically?03:33
ogramany do ...03:34
iGotNoTimeI don't like Skype no big loss for me, I just was in a pinch lastnight and needed it :P03:34
ograi never touched it but i'm sure the wiki has a howto to install it03:34
iGotNoTimeeveryone says THE WIKI03:34
iGotNoTimedoes that mean our wiki?03:34
ograwiki.edubuntu.org03:35
iGotNoTimeok just making sure :)03:35
iGotNoTimethanks again for the help :)03:35
iGotNoTimequestions are getting fewer and fewer03:35
ogra(it uses same database as kubuntu.org ubuntu.com ... so the content is the same ;) )03:35
iGotNoTimeok03:35
iGotNoTimewhen I search with synaptic does it automatically search all sources in my source file? Or do I search one repositiry at a time manually selecting each?03:36
ograit searches all available sources03:39
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pereogra: a edubuntu-related question.  do you know if the multiseat package in ubuntu is much used/tested?  how flexible is it with hardware configurations?03:55
ograi pretty much suspect nobody used/tested it after hoary03:56
ograit was a request from HP that we add it ... but i dont know if they actually use it03:56
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iGotNoTimehas anyone in here ever had issue with the terminal not working?04:15
iGotNoTimeI need ssh acces and it was fine an hour ago04:16
iGotNoTimenow I click terminal and starts to load, flashes up and disappears04:16
iGotNoTimesomething changed and I have not done anything but conversed on meebo.com04:16
iGotNoTimeI will try the enhanced for gnome04:18
iGotNoTimeenhanced needs the basic04:20
iGotNoTimeit says the terminal application is no longer available!!04:20
iGotNoTimewill try reboot04:22
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iGotNoTimeeven after reboot still no terminal :(04:27
iGotNoTimeit says "starting terminal" then flashes and it is gone04:28
spaceyi had it sometimes don't remember when it occurred04:28
spaceytry `xterm`04:28
spaceyand start the gnome-terminal from there04:28
spaceythen you can probably see why it exits unexpectedly04:29
spaceyiGotNoTime: alt + F204:29
iGotNoTimeok04:29
spaceyen type xterm there04:29
iGotNoTimeit says:04:30
iGotNoTime(gnome-terminal:9144):Gtk-CRITICAL **:gtk_accel_label_closure: assertion 'gtk_accel_group_closure (accel_closure) !=NULL' failed04:31
iGotNoTimecan I access ssh through xterm?04:32
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iGotNoTimeok I have ssh access through xterm, but gnome terminal is still fubar. I will be back for more. Right now I have to go fix sql things on one of our dedicated boxes04:38
iGotNoTimethanks so far spacey04:38
spaceygl04:49
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pereogra: ok.  thanks for the info.04:57
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jelknerogra: u here?06:21
iGotNoTimeno conversation for quite some time06:23
iGotNoTimemaybe working?06:24
Burgworki don't work06:26
jelkneranyone here know anything about login problems on edubuntu?06:30
jelkneri'm here at the mtrainier library where we have a small edubuntu lab setup06:31
jelkner2 clients06:31
jelkneri get regular calls (about twice a month) from the librarian telling me that the clients stopped permitting logins06:31
jelkneri wish i could solve this problem once and for all06:32
jelknerrestarting the server seems to fix it06:32
jelknerbut it comes back again06:32
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jelknerogra: u here?06:58
highvoltagejelkner: are you an educator at a school?06:59
jelknerhighvoltage: yes07:01
highvoltageand you said "u"? you just made my day :)07:01
highvoltage(i had an english teacher get very angry at me once for doing that)07:02
jelknerhighvoltage: english teachers are angry with us (geeks) for corrupting the language... oh well ;-)07:04
highvoltagejelkner: i take it you're not an english teacher then :)07:05
jelknernope: computer science07:07
jelknerhightvoltage: i'm heading home, i'll talk to you later...07:09
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highvoltageogra: pingie07:31
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highvoltagei suppose ogras need sleep too.08:11
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highvoltagegoodnight!08:41
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PetarisHello all08:51
Petarisogra: How do you guys handle sound to the clients?08:52
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ograPetaris, esound 08:56
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ograi'm hoping to change to gstreamer at some point, esd was the simplest and fastest solution for now08:57
Petarisogra: esd huh, do you know if there is a volume control for it at the client side?08:57
Petarisok08:57
Petarisk12ltsp and sound sucks08:57
ogranope, no volume control08:57
Petarishrm08:57
ograthats why i want either alsa directly or gstreamer in dapper+1 or +208:57
PetarisI have users reporting different sound levels but I don't know why08:58
Petarisalsa?  How?08:58
ograthats hardware related08:58
ograwe always set the volume to 80% in ubuntu ... 08:58
Petarisright, but the volume was set to 75 in ltsp.conf08:58
Petarishrm08:59
ograi have clients that burst your ears with 80% and i have others where you hear nothing at all08:59
Petariser, lts.conf08:59
Petarisweird08:59
Petaristhese clients are all the same too08:59
ograhmm, strange09:00
Petaristhey also complain about grabled audio09:01
Petarisit could be something fc3 is doing though09:01
ograhmm, havent had this here09:01
ograit can also be a network saturation09:01
PetarisIf I could get some time with the server I could get it rebuilt09:02
Petarisserver is gbit to the switches and 100mbit to the clients from there09:02
Petarisso it _shouldn't_ be saturation09:03
ograshould be fine ... 09:03
ograbut who knows :)09:03
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ograone guy doing file sharing to 5000 connections and your network dies ;)09:03
Petarishow were you thinking of using alsa directly09:03
Petarisnot likly in an elementary school09:04
ograno idea yet... its on my todo list to experiment with the different implementations for the next release ...09:04
Petariswhen is the next release scheduled for?09:05
Petarisit would be handy to shove some of the overhead for multimedia to the clients09:06
ogranext is april, biut that one is frozen09:06
Petarisahh09:06
ograthe one i'm talking about is the october release09:07
Petarisoh09:07
crimsunthe easier solution would probably involve gst pipelines09:07
ograthe next six weeks i'm busy with getting the cd in shape 09:07
ogracrimsun, can i access the mixer through that ? 09:07
Petariscrimsun: gst?09:07
ograi thought about gst pipelines09:07
Petarisgstreamer?09:07
ograyep09:07
crimsunogra: as in volume?09:07
Petarisahh09:07
ograyep09:07
crimsunogra: I haven't found a way, but that certainly doesn't preclude one's existence09:08
ograheh09:08
Petarisat this point anything will go as long as it works09:08
ograme neither ...09:08
ograesd normally works ok 09:08
PetarisI'm using esd09:08
Petaris:/09:08
ograi talked to a guy with 400 thin clients in a net09:09
PetarisI couldn't get nasd to work at all09:09
ograhe had no probs at all09:09
Petariswow09:09
Petarishow many in use at a time though?09:09
Petarisbtw, there are some trouble softwares09:09
ograi think he said something around 100-200 commonly09:09
Petaristuxtype has major performance issues09:09
ogra(its a while ago, but he was the convincing factor for esd)09:10
Petarisin k12ltsp anyway09:10
ograthats a tuxtype prob09:10
ograwe have this too09:10
Petarisright, but so you know09:10
Petarisit has to do with them redrawing the entire screen with every change09:10
ograi will approach the upstzream author ...09:10
ograand flying text that triggers a lot of changes :)09:11
Petarisyep09:11
Petarisif there was anyway to get ALSA to work directly with the clients that would be a very nice option09:11
Petarisalready massive support for is09:12
Petariss/is/it09:12
crimsunthe problem with relying on ALSA directly would be wheel reinvention09:12
Petaris?09:12
ograyeah, but all ways to do that are ugly09:12
Petariswhat about running it locally on the client?09:13
ograi'd really love to solve the problem once and for all by finding a way to export the /dev directory in a sane way09:13
Petarisload it into the clients memmory and run it from there09:13
Petarishrm09:13
ograi still need a network interconnect ...09:14
ograjust loading it doesnt suffic :)09:14
ograe09:14
Petarishrm09:15
Petarishttp://www.edu.helsinki.fi/atk/ltsp_kiosk/09:16
ograheh, i have this implemented locally :)09:17
Petarisreally?09:17
ograubuntu based 09:17
ograi want to introduce it as an option in a future release 09:17
ograbut before...09:18
ograhttp://people.ubuntu.com/~ogra/LTSPManager/09:18
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ograltsp in kiosk mode is *very* cool ...09:19
ograwith the ubuntu ltsp you wont need X on the server ...09:19
Petarisnice09:19
ograso the server install only needs firefox and the common ltsp stuff09:19
ograit doesnt need much memory ...09:20
ograso you can run a completel library with 10-20 clients from a standard discount PC :)09:20
PetarisI would also off load firefox, openoffice, and maybe multimedia09:20
Petariscool09:20
ograwhat i have is just running an autologin and starting firefox fullscreen09:21
Petarishrm09:21
ograbut thats enough for most librarys or internet cafes09:21
PetarisI would want to push xfce out to it09:21
Petarisyeah, I need more stuff for a school09:21
ograthen you need more space and need to lock down xfce etc etc09:21
PetarisOO.o is a must09:21
Petarisdoes this require space on the clients?09:22
Petarisor does it just use the nfs mount?09:22
ograso i'd go with a normal gnome desktop in kiosk mode ... sabayon is a really cool rights management tool09:22
ograit uses the nfs root as every ltsp ...09:22
Petarisxfce eats less resources then gnome09:23
ogratrue09:23
ograbut is missing tools like sabayon and pessulus09:23
Burgworksabaylon and pessulus are very very cool09:24
ograyup09:25
Burgworkthe only question I have is with deploying sabayon09:26
Petariscould dev be created localy on the client and use symliks or nfs mounts to the server /dev files?09:26
ograwe dont deploy it until upstream makes it work over ssh tunnels :)09:27
ograyou cant use it on ubuntu thin clients currently ...09:27
ograPetaris, nope09:27
Petarisbummer09:27
ograPetaris, /dev files are special 09:27
ograthats the prob ...09:27
Petarisok09:28
ograyou can cross acess /dev trees with some kernel patches, but thats the wrong way imho it should happen in userspace09:28
Petarisbut what about an nfs mount to the server and a symlink pointing to the actuall /dev file?09:28
ograthe clustering solutions do it this way09:28
Petarishrm09:29
ograthats still not working :)09:29
ograas long as nfs is involved it wiont work ...09:29
Petariswell, which bits of /dev on the server would it actually need?09:29
ograone option would be to have a ncd like nbd exists09:30
ogra(network char device)09:30
ograthat you could mount over the network ...09:30
Petariswhat if09:31
Petarisclient boots from the server09:31
Petaristhe serer pushes out a virtual envirornment to the client (including /dev etc)09:32
Petaristhat could run in a 128 MB CF card09:32
Petarison the client for the duration of the session09:32
Petaristhat way, as far as the client knows everything is local09:33
Petaristhe just have nfs mounts to the applications that you don't wish to push out09:33
Petarishrm09:35
Petarislike pushing a virtual hdd image09:36
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ograand what about <= 64MB clients 09:38
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Petarisogra: ?09:50
Petarisfor memmory you mean?09:50
PetarisIf you were pushing the virtual disk image to the CF card for the duration of the session it should be enough09:52
Petarisand the virtual disk image could be made fairly small09:52
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Petarisyou would need a ide CF adapter though09:55
Petarisor a hdd or something09:55
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ograyep10:00
Petarisbut it could be a good solution10:00
Petariskeep the disk image as small as possible10:00
Petarismaybe compress it for the push to the clients10:01
Petaristhen have it decompress locally10:01
Petarisand just have it deleted when the client shuts down10:01
Petarislater10:04
PetarisI need to go home now10:04
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lucasvo_ /w 1210:25
lucasvo_ups10:25
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iGotNoTimeHas anyone lost the ability to open their gnome terminal?11:02
iGotNoTimeI have and if you have done this I would appreciate any advice you could offer so I can have it back11:02
BurgworkiGotNoTime, what do you mean? does it simply not work?11:02
iGotNoTimeit says starting terminal, flashes up the box and then is gone11:03
iGotNoTimeI try to manually open it and it says file does not exist11:04
Burgworkin 5.10?11:05
iGotNoTimeI feel kinda proud that I have stumped everyone :P11:05
iGotNoTimeyes11:05
iGotNoTimexterm works but not gnome-terminal11:05
Burgworkwow, now idea11:05
Burgworks/now/no11:05
iGotNoTimeIt was fine, I was reading a website and opened it 10 minutes later to use it, and it just did that11:06
iGotNoTimeI edited nothing, only reading Google News feed11:06
iGotNoTimekinda cool :P11:06
iGotNoTimeno big deal I have xterm :)11:06
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