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LaserJockstewski: np12:18
Burgworkstewski: I would use seamless rdp to a windows server12:22
Burgworkavoid 2x and citrix12:22
stewskican you create seamless windows through RDP and regular Terminal services?12:23
stewskiwhat about SUN?12:23
Burgworkyes, seamless rdp is a clientside thing12:24
Burgworkof course, I would simply avoid running windows stuff altogether12:24
stewski:-)12:25
stewskiwell I'm looking from a network design point of view12:25
Burgworkright12:26
Burgworkanythign that reduces what you draw is good12:26
Burgworkseamless rdp or 2x does that12:26
stewskibut I'm trying to investigate the relative merits of each approach12:26
stewskiso how would I go about getting a seamless app running through RDP?12:26
Burgworkneed to get seamless rdp runniung12:27
Burgworkthen need a server12:27
stewskia terminal server?12:29
stewskifor windows apps12:29
Burgworkyes12:30
stewskihttp://www.codeproject.com/internet/tswindowclipper.asp12:31
stewskisome details there but it seems a little late to clip at the client end?12:32
stewskihave you done much with NX?12:32
Burgworknope12:33
stewskithanks though for the heads up on seamless RDP that's got to work out as a very low cost alternative12:33
stewskiany specifics against ICA/2x other than cost and proprietary?12:34
Burgworkwhy pay money for something you get for free?12:35
stewskiI think at the top end its for load balancing and remote access12:35
stewskibut I agree a standard protocol for remote desktops would make the world a nicer place too12:36
stewskihttp://www.ncl.cs.columbia.edu/research/thinc/12:37
stewskithis uni have done quite a bit of research and development12:37
stewskiand have even proposed a standard12:37
Burgworkthe nice thing about standards is there are so many to choose from12:39
Burgworkthere are already two out there: VNC and RDP12:39
stewskiclassic quote, are VNC and RDP open standards?12:40
Burgworkyes12:42
Burgworkalthough RDP has been "extended" by MS12:42
stewskioh that old chestnut12:42
stewskiso is NX an open standard?12:43
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cliebownx is awesome!01:21
stewskihave you used it much?01:22
Burgworkstewski: NX is sort of an open standard01:24
Burgworkthere is a GPL-ed implementatin01:24
stewskiwhilst there are free clients that doesn't necessarily make the protocol free does it?01:26
stewskiI could see remote screen protocols getting a bit lock in nasty as they all compete it out01:27
stewskior am I being over paranoid01:27
cliebow\i use it a LOT01:28
cliebowi have ltsp servers in 12 schools..and in combo with x11vnc do a lot of troubleshooting from the "office"01:30
stewskido you have to support any MS apps cliebow?01:30
cliebowwell..we have citrix running office and "choices" and stuff 01:35
cliebowdont do much rdp..too tough on the ms servers01:35
stewskicool though mixed environment01:35
stewskido you have any useful advice especially regarding network architecture01:36
cliebowi have oh 80 ltsp terminals..and 100 ibooks..and a bunch of ms machines01:36
cliebowi am not great on architecture...it just seems to work01:36
stewski100mb switched?01:36
cliebowin the high schools01:36
cliebow100 meg switched..with gig backbone01:36
cliebowand fiber between six schools..ldap auth01:37
stewskiwhere about in the world are you?01:37
cliebowellsworth maine01:37
stewskiU.S.01:37
stewskido you have any public literature on the setup?01:38
cliebowso i am part of a group of five that do the six ells..schools..plus we suupport unuion 9201:38
cliebowwhich is six school around ellsworth01:38
stewskiwould you say FLOSS is getting going in US education01:38
cliebownot really..i contib a lot to wiki.ltsp.org01:38
cliebowstewski..it is in isolaTEd places..where someone pushes it01:39
stewskisame over here although I think the government is starting to advocate a little more01:40
cliebowthere is a bunch around Ellsworth..cause i am pushing it..dtrask in vassalboro..derek dresser up in Betherl01:40
cliebowEngland>?01:40
stewskiyes well uk01:40
cliebowi'd like to live there01:41
cliebowi was in London last MAy during soccer finals..i hjad a blast01:41
stewskiits the 51st state01:41
cliebow8~)01:41
stewskinot the best world cup01:42
cliebowquite a few pockets there running ltsp as well..i drive a hundrfed miles for my Linux Format magazine01:42
stewskiI thought in the US people drove a hundred miles for milk :-)01:43
stewskihow come you were in london?01:43
cliebowheh..there was a time id have to get a boat offf the mooring in a snowstorm to go after milk01:44
cliebowjust family vacation..01:44
stewskiI've been to NY odd thing visiting cities01:45
cliebowyou in a school?01:45
stewskino I'm doing a degree, think about teaching when I finish01:45
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cliebowfor a hometown oy i had a blast in nyc..helping with the ltsp booth01:45
barktpolarHello Room01:46
stewskihelo01:46
barktpolarAnyone use Edubuntu in Philadelphia Schools?01:46
cliebowi taught a year..when they tried to poison me..i thought it was ytime to find another line of work'01:46
stewskiha ha not warm beer?01:46
cliebowbarktpolar: i dont know of anyone..01:46
cliebowcastor oil in my Coke01:47
barktpolarOh, cause i heard rumors taht linux can go thorugh school firewalls01:47
barktpolarand I was wondering if it's true or not01:47
cliebowit is the guy running it.not so much the distro01:47
stewskifirewall and operating system are unrelated (ish)01:48
cliebowwe fight a lot of proxy stuff in our district01:48
barktpolarWhat district are you from?01:48
cliebowellsworth maine\01:48
stewskiI'd suggest using whitelists01:48
barktpolarCool01:48
barktpolarI'm a students just ordering Edubuntu01:49
barktpolarstudent*01:49
cliebowyou will love it..if you are a little experienced01:49
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stewskiis LTSP easy to setup under edubuntu01:49
barktpolarI'm getting a "buntu" collection going and I have Ubuntu and Kubuntu already01:49
stewskidont forget xubuntu01:50
cliebowstewski..using muekow it is very01:50
stewskiand nbuntu01:50
cliebowxfce is pretty neat01:50
barktpolarI don't have Xubuntu, not out on Shipit01:50
cliebown?01:50
barktpolarIt's a Network Ubuntu running on fluxbox01:50
cliebow Cool!01:50
stewskiso I hear01:51
cliebowive run kltsp on rhel3 rhel4 various fedoras breezy dapper edgy libranet01:51
barktpolarOT: Who is better, Tux or Konqi?01:51
cliebowbarktpolar..you can run all at the same time..swap between em01:52
cliebowKomnqi?01:52
barktpolarI don't run Network stuff with Ubuntu/Kubuntu anymore01:52
barktpolarKonqi is the KDE Mascot01:52
cliebowbarktpolar: can t you just d/l the iso?01:52
barktpolarDial-up user, that is why I use Shipit01:53
stewskiso how do you see ltsp going with ubuntu?01:53
barktpolarltsp?01:53
cliebowmy other lappie i have kubuntu icewm ubuntu 01:53
stewskilin terminal server project01:54
cliebowltsp is linux terminal services..a wauy of turning junk into thin client01:54
barktpolarI don't have them installed anymore though, but I still have the CDs01:54
barktpolarhas anyone ever taken a test called the ICDL?01:55
cliebowstewski:edubuntut has integrated ltsp into it..using ubuntu binaries rather than the classic ltsp which is an independently built chrooted filesystem mounted to a thin client'01:55
cliebow] via nfs01:56
cliebowive used everything from nubus mac to pentium 90 s to ibooks as thin clients01:56
stewskiso does the OS boot through PXE?01:56
barktpolarBesides, my parents don't allow me to install any of the "buntus" on my HDD right now anyway due to dial-up problems with them01:57
cliebowpxe or etherboot01:57
stewskiis that reliable?01:57
cliebowVery01:57
stewskicool01:57
stewskiwhat about user management01:58
stewskithe school Im looking at are active directory01:58
cliebowhalf the high school depends on thin client junk..management is just the server01:58
cliebowso change the server.. a hundred clients instantly reflect the change01:59
stewskiI see01:59
cliebownew firefox?..one install a hundred clients get it instantly01:59
stewskiall the thins are identical boot from server01:59
barktpolarcliebow, do you use Edubuntu in the school or at your house?01:59
cliebowyes01:59
stewskithen you remote to apps (seamless)02:00
cliebowEverywhere!!02:00
cliebowdont understand the question02:00
stewskior run local apps02:00
cliebowyou can force apps to run locally.02:00
stewskido you use RDP/NX or the like to run apps on server02:00
cliebowbut i use all ther junk in the district.02:00
stewskiwhat about drive mappings02:01
cliebowltsp provides a server desktp02:01
cliebowso whatever the server has..the clients have02:01
cliebow we used ad for authentication for several years using winbind02:02
cliebowand pam_mount for homedirs02:02
stewskiOK02:02
cliebowbut ldap is awesome02:02
stewskiI think the samba team are on a mission with that02:02
cliebowsmbldap\02:02
cliebowyeah..i talk to john terpstra some02:03
stewskiany word on how long for samba 402:03
stewskias I think that's supposed to be the point that samba can import and then replace a directory controller02:04
cliebowwell samba 4 is kind of a fork02:04
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stewskioh right02:04
cliebowit is not the next step in samba necessarily02:05
cliebowsmbldap is so scriptable it beats the pants off ad02:05
stewskiwell the idea sounds ambitious02:06
stewskiIm on an MS course at uni02:06
cliebowwell there is good money there02:06
stewskithey've made a lot of stuff scriptable02:07
cliebowheh..i kind of make it up as i go along02:07
stewskithey see the threat02:07
stewskithat's computers02:07
cliebowi guess reallty they always had the ability02:07
stewskiI don't know about that02:07
cliebowit is just us poor people couldnt afford to set it up to learn it02:08
stewskiI used to hate IIS for its lack of config files and arcane database/reg format02:08
cliebowso i went linux02:08
cliebowthe lack of logfiles drives me crazy02:08
stewskiI just remember when I realised in nix everything is a file02:09
stewskiseemed genius to me coming from MS land02:09
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stewskiOK time for sleep this degree isn't going to pass its self02:10
cliebowi run my dhcp on alternate port so it is invisible to win machines in a mixed environment02:10
cliebowyeah..dinner here..02:10
stewskiDHCP is a big security hole02:10
cliebownighto1!02:10
stewskicheeers for the advice and help cliebow02:11
stewskibye02:11
cliebowim around #ltsp if you want to meet the creaturs...and an edubuntu dev02:11
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cliebowcreators i meant!~02:11
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digitalmousegreetings programs!11:07
Kamping_Kaiserhey mate :)11:07
digitalmouseI'm searching through the ubuntu forums and starting to branch out through other distros for a quick answer for this:  any easy way to enable remote desktop for all users at boot-up?  at the moment I have an internet accessible computer in a 'troubled childrens home' and the staff want to be able to see what the kids are surfing from the comfort of their offices.  no problem in logging in to each user account and turning the remote des11:08
digitalmouseI feel so dirty spamming the ubuntu channels like this :(11:11
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digitalmouseoh the built in remote desktop (vnc based I gather) works quite well.  was just hunting for something I can set at boot time and lock down.11:12
digitalmousethanks anyway!11:12
Kamping_Kaisersorry :)11:13
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digitalmousenot a problem, was just curious if anyone had done this already - no point re-inventing the wheel if it can be avoided11:42
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digitalmousehmm.. seems vino is only setup to work *after* login of a user.   better off using a vnc server or enabling the feature in the xorg.conf file11:58
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AlbertIIcan i get some help here12:53
AlbertIIi wood like to install ubuntu12:53
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AlbertIIhow long dos it htake to install that f*****g UBUNTU12:54
Kamping_Kaiserdepends on your attitude12:55
Kamping_Kaiserplease watch it12:55
AlbertIIi ha ve no problems installing windows on my old laptop12:56
AlbertIIbud ubuntu12:56
AlbertIImy attitude is ok12:57
AlbertIIbud what i need is some help12:57
Kamping_Kaiserwhat is the problem when installing ubuntu? ubuntu or edubuntu? what version of [ed] ubuntu?12:58
AlbertIIi have put the ubuntu cd in my laptop12:58
AlbertIIthen choose instalation12:58
AlbertIIthen installs kernel12:58
AlbertIIthen i enter starx12:59
AlbertIIstartx12:59
AlbertIIthen i see my mouse pointer12:59
Kamping_Kaiserso its not booting all the way?12:59
AlbertIIat a moment i can move it 12:59
AlbertIIthen i whon't move anymore12:59
AlbertIIbud i stil hear my cd-rom drive spinning01:00
Kamping_Kaiserwhat happens if you wait a few minuts?01:00
AlbertIIat this time the cd-rom stops spinning01:00
AlbertIIi have a gray screen01:00
AlbertIIwith my mouse pointer01:00
AlbertIIfrozen01:00
Kamping_Kaiseri sugest you ask in #Ubuntu, i cant help you, but since your problems not edubuntu specific, you could try tehre01:00
AlbertIIok thx for atleast responding01:01
AlbertIIthis is the first positieve thing today01:01
Kamping_Kaisergood luck with it01:02
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AlbertIIno luck there01:07
AlbertIIlot's of people01:07
AlbertIIbud no help at all01:07
AlbertIIwhat i don't understand01:08
AlbertIIis that windows is so easy to install01:08
AlbertIIand linux so hard01:08
AlbertIIthat it makes no sense anymore01:08
AlbertIIand windows is also free01:09
Kamping_Kaiseryou have a bug. X isnt starting. its usualy insanely easy01:09
Kamping_Kaiseri cant tell you how to work around thsi X problem though, as i dont know01:09
AlbertIIit is some bios problem01:09
AlbertIIin the begining it says biios01:09
AlbertIIor force=101:10
AlbertIIi just restarted my laptop01:10
AlbertIIwhen i see the problem i write it down here01:11
AlbertIIfor the moment i have the ubunto screen01:11
AlbertIIwith the moving line01:11
AlbertIImy cd-rom is spinning01:12
AlbertIIline is moving from the left to the right01:12
AlbertIIubunto screen disapair01:13
AlbertIIi have the -01:13
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AlbertIIcd-rom still spinning01:13
Kamping_KaiserAlbertII, are you using 6.10 or 6.06?01:14
AlbertII6.1001:14
AlbertIIthe latest01:14
Kamping_Kaiserhave you tried 6.06?01:14
AlbertIIno01:14
AlbertIIis the 6.10 not better01:14
AlbertIIi only have the flashing -01:15
AlbertIIi wil try the 6.06 LTS01:16
Kamping_Kaiser6.06 had more work put it. it might nto have your bug01:16
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AlbertIIjust rebooted my laptop01:17
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AlbertIIstrange01:17
AlbertIIit seems to work01:18
AlbertIIloadiing drivers01:18
AlbertIImounting root file01:18
AlbertIImoving mount points01:18
AlbertIIadding lice cd user01:18
AlbertIIetc....01:18
AlbertIIshit my screen hase gone black01:20
AlbertIInot anymore01:20
AlbertIIout of meory01:20
AlbertIIkilled process 316001:21
AlbertIIgconfigtool1-201:21
AlbertII219.689972 out of memory : killed process 6160 (gconfigtool1-2)01:22
AlbertIIthat's on my screen right now01:22
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AlbertIIi have a red screen now01:39
AlbertIIwith my mouse pointer01:40
AlbertIIi can still move my mouse and my cd-rom is till spining01:41
AlbertIIi have again a ubuntu screen01:47
AlbertIIi can see on that screen window manager01:48
AlbertIIand some icon apear01:49
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AlbertIIblack screen now bud my cd-rom is still spinning02:03
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AlbertIIhow long dos it thake to install ubuntu on my old laptop02:12
AlbertIImore then 2 hours?02:13
Kamping_Kaiserhow old?02:15
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AlbertIIwhat  old?02:26
AlbertIIthe laptop it's a compaq presario 120002:26
AlbertIIit's old bud win xp runs fine on it02:27
Kamping_Kaiserhow old is it though? the version means nothing to me02:27
AlbertIIit's a 800mhz02:27
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blueonyxhi03:33
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sbalneavMorning all04:18
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Kamping_Kaiser:)04:19
Kamping_Kaiserhi bddebian and sbalneav 04:19
sbalneavHeya04:19
Kamping_Kaiser:)04:19
bddebianHeya Kamping_Kaiser, sbalneav04:19
Kamping_Kaiser:)04:20
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blueonyxthe thinclient here boots till it tries to mount the root fs04:40
blueonyxbut this fails, because it wants to mount 192.168.106.110:192.168.106.110:/opt/ltsp/i386, where 192.168.106.110 is the ip of the root server04:41
blueonyxbut why is this ip present 2 time?04:41
blueonyxseems to me that ipconfig creates this misery with the /tmp/net.eth0.conf file04:42
Kamping_Kaisermisconfigured dhcp server probably04:42
blueonyxthe problem is that the dhcp server is another machines than the root server : /04:42
blueonyxthe client is redirected to the root server with a next-server directive04:42
blueonyxcan i change the /tmp/net-eth0.conf and start the process again without running ipconfig?04:43
blueonyxand how?04:44
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blueonyx: (04:44
Kamping_Kaiser:(04:44
blueonyxfrom where does the client gets its root fs before it tries to mount the server's one? 04:46
Kamping_Kaisersyslinux.0 afaik is whats used for booting04:46
blueonyxpxelinux.0 right04:47
Kamping_Kaiserer, yes. sorry :|04:47
blueonyxdamn its a binary file : (04:47
Kamping_Kaiseryeh :(04:47
Kamping_Kaiseryou want to cnofigure it?04:48
blueonyxright04:48
Kamping_Kaiseryou can make a per-host config files, the configs are loaded by mac04:48
blueonyxyeah04:48
Kamping_Kaiser(instructions on help.u.c and wiki.edubuntu.org)04:48
sbalneavblueonyx: Can you paste your dhcpd.conf file to the pastebin?04:49
sbalneav!pastebin04:49
ubotupastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (see also the #ubuntu channel topic)04:49
blueonyxw804:50
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blueonyxhttp://pastebin.com/82972504:55
blueonyxvornrechts is my thinclient04:56
blueonyxmachine04:56
sbalneavI'll have to look at the code in the initramfs to figure out how it's coming up with the mount string.  Give me a few minutes.  I don't see anything obviously wrong with your dhcpd.conf05:00
blueonyxthank you very much05:00
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highvoltagehi edubuntu'ers05:01
Kamping_Kaiserhi highvoltage 05:01
highvoltagehowzit goin'?05:01
blueonyxhi 05:01
highvoltagehey blueonyx 05:02
Kamping_Kaiserhighvoltage, slow. nothings happening. i'm drop dead tired, and waiting for some people to get online ;\05:02
highvoltageheh :)05:02
blueonyxcould anybody give me the commando mount uses to mount the / from the server? or even the script which invokes it?05:02
highvoltagebeing tired and a bit bored at the same time sux05:03
Kamping_Kaiser:P 2.30 am, probably another hourish before they arive05:03
highvoltage"mount 192.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/i386/ / -o nolock" should do it05:03
highvoltageblueonyx: of course, change you IP address to your server address :)05:04
sbalneavblueonyx: It's done in the initramfs, created using initramfs-tools05:04
blueonyxokay05:04
sbalneav/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/nfs05:04
blueonyxthis produces no error but i feel no change too : /05:05
sbalneavYou can't run that directly.05:05
blueonyxi forgot to say: i am in the busybox on the thinclient  ; )05:05
sbalneavIt's run from within the initramfs05:06
blueonyxokay05:06
blueonyx# FIXME This needs error checking05:07
blueonyxhehe thats damn right ; )05:07
sbalneavSo, fix it then.05:07
blueonyxif [ "x${NFSROOT}" = "xauto" ] ; then05:08
blueonyx                NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH}05:08
blueonyxi thnk this happens05:08
blueonyx+i05:08
sbalneavWrong05:08
blueonyx=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH}05:08
blueonyxbut the ${ROOTSERVER}: is already included in th ${ROOTPATH}, created by ipconfig05:08
blueonyxwhat's wrong?05:09
sbalneavboth ROOTSERVER and ROOTPATH are supplied by ipconfig05:09
sbalneavso it's ipconfig that's messing up.05:09
blueonyxhow to change this05:12
sbalneavI'm looking at the source now.05:12
sbalneavIt's probably something in the dhcpd.conf file, but I'm looking.05:13
sbalneavgive me a minute.05:13
blueonyxthe ip of the root path is already stripped out in the dhcpd.conf, but it doesn't matter 05:15
sbalneavipconfig is in klibc-utils05:19
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blueonyx...?05:21
sbalneavWait.05:21
blueonyxkk05:21
sbalneavYou had the ip address in the option root-path in the dhcpd.conf file before, yes?05:21
blueonyxright05:22
sbalneavand you removed it, right?05:22
blueonyxright05:22
sbalneavDid you restart the dhcp server?05:22
blueonyxright05:22
sbalneavNo, you didn't :)05:22
sbalneavOr, you're picking up the wrong dhcpd.conf.05:23
sbalneavWhat's the dhcp server? An edubuntu box?05:23
sbalneavor something else?05:23
blueonyxit runs suse 9.305:23
sbalneavOK, I don't think it restarted.05:24
sbalneavYou're still getting the ip address in the root path.05:24
sbalneavI've looked at the source, and it just passes along the option root-path as is, so if it's doubled, it's because a dhcp server's still passing it.05:25
sbalneavSo you need to check that.05:26
blueonyxi am on it05:26
blueonyxyou're right : ))05:28
blueonyxthere must have been a error with the webinterface : /05:28
blueonyxdone it now one a shell05:28
blueonyxi see a X cursor : ))05:31
blueonyxbut it's damn slow : (05:31
sbalneavYou were the guy with the 3c509?05:32
blueonyxright05:32
blueonyxbut now on another machine ; )05:32
sbalneavWhat's your network connection?05:32
blueonyx10 mbit coax05:33
sbalneavyep, gonna be slow.05:33
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sbalneavcollisions + 10 megs = slow.05:33
blueonyxwhat schould collide? its atm only one machine O_O05:34
sbalneavIt's coax.05:34
sbalneavcoax ALWAYS gets lots of collisions.05:34
sbalneavEven with only TWO boxes05:34
sbalneavAnd with a thin client, you're having to send lots of data.05:35
sbalneavNFS root + X is a very chatty protocol.05:36
blueonyxgnome promts for a user05:36
blueonyxshould there be any with the default install?05:36
blueonyxyeah of course root (sudo user) ; )05:37
blueonyxafter entering its username and hitting enter - no reaction05:37
sbalneavwhat user id you enter?05:38
sbalneavroot?05:38
blueonyxkoenig05:38
sbalneavthat should work.05:38
sbalneavIs it logging in?05:38
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blueonyxhow to check this? 05:39
sbalneavCheck what?05:39
blueonyxwether it is logging in05:40
blueonyxuhm05:41
sbalneavis the screen just blank? or what?  is the koenig user already logged in on the server?05:41
sbalneavUsually, gnome doesn't like people logged in twice.05:41
blueonyxis the user created by the install process, automatically added to the chroot?05:41
sbalneavno, the user doesn't run out of the chroot.05:42
sbalneavIt runs on the server as normal.  The chroot is just for the OS that runs on the client.05:42
blueonyxi am talking bout the client05:43
blueonyxit boots to the gnome log in screen05:43
blueonyxi type in the username i gave to the install process of the edubuntu server and the caret disappears and after that nothing is boing on05:44
sbalneavI'm confused.  So, you entered the userid "koenig" on the thin client, and then the password, and hit enter, yes?  So, does gnome look like it's starting up?05:45
blueonyxit does not ask for a passwd05:46
blueonyxand there is no user koenig in the thinclient's /etc/passwd file05:47
sbalneavblueonyx: there won't be.05:48
sbalneavit logs into the server05:48
blueonyx<blueonyx> is the user created by the install process, automatically added to the chroot?05:48
blueonyxthis is what i meant by that ; )05:48
sbalneavAnd I said:05:48
sbalneavno, the user doesn't run out of the chroot.05:48
blueonyxand i did not understood what you meant sry05:49
sbalneavDid you get a grapical login screen or not?05:49
blueonyxi get it05:49
sbalneavok, so you entered "koenig" and hit enter, and it didn't ask for a password?05:49
blueonyx the caret disappears and after that nothing is going on05:50
sbalneavIs the network light flashing like mad?05:51
blueonyxthe problem is05:53
blueonyxthere is no user i can use to login because i have not crated any in the chroot ( /opt/ltsp/i386 ) environment 05:55
blueonyxthank you for your time05:55
blueonyxand help of course : )05:56
sbalneavYou don't NEED to create a user in the chroot05:59
sbalneavYou just create them on the server, as normal users.06:00
sbalneavthe chroot is JUST to get the thin client booted with X06:00
sbalneavit doesn't run any of the userspace stuff06:00
sbalneavthat all runs up on the server like normal.06:00
sbalneavYou should just be able to, on the server, as the admin user, go to Administration -> Users and groups, and add another user.06:01
blueonyxbut it restarts the xserver if i enter a passwd06:01
sbalneavThen log in as that user on the thin client.06:01
blueonyxi triy that06:01
sbalneavBy "restarting the server", do you mean you enter the password, and the login screen just comes back?06:04
sbalneavif so, then on the server, you want to type:06:04
sbalneavsudo ltsp-update-sshkeys06:04
sbalneavas your ssh keys are probably out of sync.06:04
moquistogra: ping-ga-ding06:05
blueonyxi copied the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow of the server into the chroot and i can login now in gnome on the thinclient : )06:05
blueonyxwith the user from the server06:06
sbalneavwha?06:06
blueonyxyeah06:06
sbalneavdid you actually chroot and install gnome on the thin client?06:06
blueonyxno its gnome from the edubuntu server thats why its called thin-client eh?06:07
sbalneavI have no idea what you're doing06:07
blueonyxi have edubuntu installed on one machine06:07
blueonyxand started the second machine as thin client06:08
blueonyxit gets its kernel and stuff from the first machine06:08
sbalneavthen you don't need a passwd and shadow on the thin client.06:08
sbalneavI understand how a thin client works, I'm one of the LTSP developers.06:08
blueonyxit is in the directory /opt/ltsp/i386 on the server06:09
sbalneavYeah, I wrote that stuff.06:09
blueonyxso after the boot on the thin client i saw a gdm login06:10
blueonyxi entered the username from the server koenig06:10
blueonyxnothing happens06:10
blueonyxso i copied the /etc/passwd to /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/ and restarted the thinclient06:10
ogramoquist, pongedipong ... (sorry, very busy sorting my travel stuff for tomorrow mornng)06:10
blueonyxthen i entered the username again and it asked for a password06:11
sbalneavYou probably just needed to restart the client, the passwd and shadow file were unneccessary.06:11
sbalneavdid you also do the ltsp-update-sshkeys, like I said?06:11
blueonyxi restart the thin client06:13
blueonyxremoved the passwd and shadow and ran ltsp-update-sskeys06:14
sbalneavyou deleted the shadow and password file?!?!?!06:14
blueonyxno06:14
blueonyxrestored the state before i copied the server's passwd to the chroot environment06:14
sbalneavok, you'll need the old ones.06:15
sbalneavbut you shouldn't need the users info down on the thin client.06:15
sbalneavthat all comes from the server.06:15
moquistogra: hey! 06:15
sbalneavmoquist: he's probably on his way to Poland today.06:16
cliebow_ moquist:Ho06:16
ograsbalneav, not yet ... but extremely busy sorting my travel stuff ...06:16
sbalneavWell, I was close :)06:16
ograsomehow the train i was booked for got shut down ... so i had to rebook all my stuff and get a flight etc ...06:20
blueonyxsbalneav, now the xserver on the thinclient restarts after entering the user and its password06:21
blueonyxthe login screen turns into black with a white circle in the middle (yeah mouse seems not to work) and after a while the login screen comes back06:22
sbalneavYou're using the default lts.conf file, correct?06:23
blueonyxusing the admin user from the server works not, but another user works : /06:24
blueonyxsure06:24
sbalneavAre you logged in on the server as the admin user?06:24
sbalneavGnome doesn't like two people logged in at the same time as the same user.06:25
sbalneavIf another user works, then it's OK06:25
blueonyxi dont use gnome on the server06:25
blueonyxjust ssh06:26
blueonyxbut this is a problem06:26
ograyu need a desktop on the server, how else should ltsp work ?06:27
blueonyxit is installed06:27
sbalneavSo you created another user, and logged in with that user, and it worked, right?06:27
blueonyxbut i dont logging on that machine graphically, because there is no monitor for the server06:28
blueonyxsbalneav, right06:28
sbalneavok, but if you log in as the admin user, it DOESN'T work, right?06:28
blueonyxhm if gnome cannot handle the same user logged in twice its not the right choice for me : /06:29
blueonyxright06:29
sbalneavCheck the admin user's .xsession-errors file, see what it says.06:29
blueonyxi want to put edubuntu on 8 old machines for all students of my shool for surfing the internet06:29
sbalneavall logged in as the same user?06:29
blueonyxof course06:30
sbalneavThat won't work, Firefox or mozilla won't start multple times, you'll have to have separate users.06:30
blueonyxdamn right : /06:31
blueonyxwhats with LDAP?06:31
sbalneavWhat about ldap?06:31
blueonyxwe still have a netware server here ...06:31
blueonyxdoes ldap the job?06:32
sbalneavYou could have the users picked up via ldap, yes.06:33
sbalneavdepending on the ldap server.06:33
blueonyxand is combining this with the edubuntu thinclient and server possible?06:34
sbalneavWell, Ubuntu has all the ldap bits available, you'd just have to configure them.  What kind of ldap server is it?  A "standard" one, like openldap, or something like AD?06:36
blueonyxit's the ldap server of netware606:36
sbalneavI run an OpenLDAP server here, and I run nothing but thin clients, all with LDAP authentication, so I know it can be done.06:36
sbalneavI'm not familiar with netware's LDAP server, you'd have to read up on it.06:37
blueonyxwhere to start?06:37
sbalneavUmmm, google?06:37
blueonyxk06:37
sbalneavDon't know, like I say, I'm unfamiliar with netware's LDAP server.06:39
sbalneavIf you're not caring about actual usernames, why not just create users like "terminal1", "terminal2", etc, and just have them log in with that?06:40
blueonyxcan a 1.4 ghz 512mb machine handle this?06:42
blueonyxfor 8 machines06:43
ograyou need 256M for running the server and ~128M per attached client ... 06:43
ograso that would give you 2, with luck even 3 clients ... you need more ram06:43
ogra(with luck== there are some overlaps, if everybody uses the same apps memory is shared a lot)06:44
blueonyxnkay06:47
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blueonyxthank you so far07:02
blueonyxbye07:03
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