=== Pricey is now known as PriceChild [00:46] join #ubuntu-desktop [00:46] bah [03:42] I've got an edubuntu lab. What would be the best way to deploy all machines with exactly the same setup? === greeneggsnospam is now known as jsgotangco [10:48] hi highvoltage RichEd [10:48] hi [10:55] anyone familiar with perl? [10:55] I busy learning it. [10:56] I'm busy creating user accounts but I don't want them to have a password, rather to automatically logon [10:56] using the username only [10:57] not sure you can have an empty password [10:57] that should be a username option [10:58] though if you are using LTSP it may causes some problems [10:58] like SSH or LDM not accepting empty password [10:59] ahhh so if the script does the following egrep "^$username" /etc/passwd >/dev/null [10:59] that could cause problems on LTSP? [11:00] as I am running edubuntu [11:00] well, you should try this : [11:00] create a test account with useradd and setting the password to empty [11:00] edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config so it allows empty passwords [11:00] then try a login from a thin client [11:01] but I don't think ldm has any support for empty passwords [11:01] ogra_cmpc: ^ [11:04] stgraber: ok, I also want all the users to have the same interface when they logon i.e.Background [11:05] I know have to do something in /etc/skel ? [11:05] stgraber, hardy has support for ssh key based logins [11:05] so that presence can take place in all the users [11:05] /etc/skel is what will be copied to /home/username so modifiying it will apply to all new users [11:05] but dont ask me how that works, i havent played with it yet [11:05] but they will still be able to change the settings afterwards [11:06] you may want to have a look at sabayon and the lockdown tool (I never used them but I think that's their goal to do such things) [11:10] sadly they don't provide a way to edit the global gconf [11:11] * johnny tries to decide of the extra expense of the dvi cable is worth it [11:13] johnny: I have a box full of them here (monitor have the DVI plug but those tell computers don't) :) [11:14] well i am buying an adapter for other computers [11:14] the project has dvi on it , but i don't know how much it really matters to it [11:15] i can't figure out what model it is, because the mount obscures it all, and i can't find the key :) [11:15] thanks [11:15] i can buy alot of svga cables [11:15] for the price of 1 dvi [11:16] 100ft vga is less than 35ft dvi [11:26] johnny: yes, DVI is expensive ... I should really think of selling those 50 DVI cables :) [17:10] hi, anyone knows how can I draw a triangle in QCad, when I know all the dimensions of the sides? [17:39] is there a pxe boot image for ltsp on edubuntu? i get "tftpd[4990]: RRQ from 172.19.1.250 filename /lts/2.4*/pxelinux.0" "tftpd[4990]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to 172.19.1.250" [17:49] got it. :) nvm [17:51] now i get "this workstation isin't authorized to connect to server" on the clients [17:51] isn't* [18:04] nvm, problem solved here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToCookEdubuntu/Chapters/LTSPManagement [19:04] ogra_cmpc, the patch is now in libxklavier cvs [19:04] need to test it there, it got simplified [19:06] great i'll hunt down seb tomorrow so he includes it [19:27] how do i change the usplash theme for the thin clients? [21:11] Greetings. I've got an old iMac G3 with a bad battery for the internal clock. I've set up a shell on screen 2 and ldm on screen 7. It will not start ldm properly until I set the time (it thinks it is 1904) in the shell. [21:12] I read somewhere that ubuntu runs ntpupdate in the startup process. I installed ntp on my server, and I think I have properly configured things so the client can query it -- it works fine if I run "ntpupdate-debian" on the shell on the client. [21:12] Does anyone, perchance, know if ntpupdate is really called during the startup process? It doesn't seem to be mentioned in dmesg, and there is no /var/log/daemon.log on the client (although I don't know if it'd be mentioned there in any case.) [21:18] Is there a way for me, in a shell script, to log something and have it show up in dmesg's output? [21:22] i wouldn't show up in dmesg.. [21:22] it might show up in /var/log/messages tho [21:22] not daemon [21:24] As root in the client shell, /var/log contains: Xorg.6.log Xorg.6.log.old fsck/ ldm.log news/ [21:24] darn. [21:25] Hey, I can add a script and make it create a log file. I would think it should have read/write access. [21:36] Ok, it didn't work. [21:37] I made a script called /opt/ltsp/powerpc/etc/init.d/fixtime.sh [21:37] #!/bin/sh [21:37] (ntpdate-debian && date) > /var/log/fixtime.log [21:37] I chmoded it to 755 (as the other files in the directory are) [21:38] In /opt/ltsp/powerpc/etc/lts.conf, I added (previously): RCFILE_01=fixtime.sh [21:38] Now that I have rebooted the client, the time is still wrong, and no /var/log/fixtime.log exists. [21:39] I'm pretty sure my client is using NFS (and not NBD), so I didn't feel that need to run any post-processing steps; I just edited the file. [21:39] Did I follow the correct steps to make a custom script run? [22:23] It's been a half-hour since I posted my problem, but I got it to work! [22:23] instead of using RCFILE_01 = fixtime.sh, I needed RCFILE_01 = /etc/init.d/fixtime.sh [22:32] How can I allow users to log in to a different window manager, such as KDE? (I installed edubuntu-desktop-kde on top of my edubuntu server, but that didn't add more options than just "default" for when a client logs in.) [23:07] * ScorpKing wonders if there's any clever people in this channel.. [23:36] Hello, could someone provide me the link for the edubuntu 7.10 dvd, from the edubuntu webpage I only found the hardy dvd. [23:43] http://www.edubuntu.org/Download ought to work for you. [23:43] oh dvd ... [23:44] weird.. it sais 7.10 dvd but only hardy is there. heh [23:44] felipe__, http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/7.10/release/edubuntu-7.10-dvd-i386.iso [23:44] here [23:44] Near the bottom of the page, where there are two links for DVDs, note that they say "current" on the end. [23:45] Take the "current" off, and follow the link. You should be able to choose gusty [23:45] Armagon, or just use my link xD [23:45] Just use the link pygi provided. [23:47] ah ok. now i see. ;) [23:47] thanks for the link [23:47] nite guys [23:48] Im on a 1Megabit internet connection and Im downloading the dvd at 6kB/s..... [23:48] sucks