| ball | hello redbaritone | 04:30 |
|---|---|---|
| redbaritone | Hi there, ball. Know LTSP stuff? | 04:30 |
| ball | redbaritone: Not yet. | 04:32 |
| redbaritone | I'm having trouble after removing a package. Now, I can't even log into my account in gnome. (terminal login is okay.) | 04:32 |
| redbaritone | It may not be LTSP related, but I removed a package which broke something. | 04:33 |
| ball | Can you reinstall the package from the command line? | 04:33 |
| ball | "sudo apt-get install {packagename}"? | 04:34 |
| redbaritone | I'm not sure what I messed up. I did sudo apt-get remove wine*, and I think it must have removed something that I was using. | 04:35 |
| redbaritone | Wine wasn't working out for me, so I ran the wine utility to remove itself, then removed the packages. | 04:36 |
| redbaritone | Other than look at /var/log/syslog, I don't even know where to look. | 04:36 |
| * ball shrugs | 04:57 | |
| emPrJoe | Anyone around yet thismorning? | 13:30 |
| emPrJoe | I have an older computer that didn't quite make having a cd drive, is there a place they have edubuntu cds? | 13:43 |
| emPrJoe | All I can find are DVDs | 13:43 |
| alkisg | emPrJoe: you can either use the ubuntu cd, and then install edubuntu-desktop, | 13:49 |
| alkisg | or use a usb stick, | 13:49 |
| alkisg | or install from network, using another computer that boots with the edubuntu cd, if you have another pc available | 13:49 |
| emPrJoe | yeah I have 2 pcs | 13:49 |
| emPrJoe | so I would have to have edubuntu on the computer for it to work? | 13:49 |
| alkisg | No | 13:50 |
| alkisg | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDNetboot#line-75 | 13:50 |
| alkisg | You boot the first computer with the live dvd, and then run a script which shares it over the network, | 13:50 |
| emPrJoe | so is that to install edubuntu or just ubuntu | 13:50 |
| alkisg | so the other one installs from network | 13:50 |
| alkisg | That's for any *buntu cd | 13:50 |
| emPrJoe | so what do I need to do on my old computer | 13:51 |
| alkisg | Does it support "boot from network"? | 13:51 |
| emPrJoe | How can you tell? | 13:51 |
| alkisg | If not, just download a floppy or cd from http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-1.0.0/contrib/rom-o-matic/ | 13:51 |
| alkisg | That just gives a "boot from network" capability to the pc, you only need it once | 13:51 |
| emPrJoe | ok | 13:52 |
| emPrJoe | So I download that cd. | 13:52 |
| emPrJoe | would it be possible to do it using a virtualbox? | 13:52 |
| alkisg | Yes | 13:52 |
| emPrJoe | ok | 13:53 |
| emPrJoe | So mount the edubuntu dvd image | 13:53 |
| emPrJoe | and boot from network usnig rom-o-madic | 13:53 |
| emPrJoe | correct? | 13:53 |
| alkisg | Mount edubuntu dvd an run the netboot script on pc-server, then boot from network using rom-o-matic on pc-client | 13:53 |
| emPrJoe | ok. | 13:53 |
| alkisg | Is that vbox on windows? | 13:54 |
| emPrJoe | Yeah | 13:54 |
| alkisg | I hope that it's allowed to access ports < 1024 | 13:54 |
| alkisg | (put it in bridged mode) | 13:54 |
| emPrJoe | yeah | 13:54 |
| alkisg | If you see any problems with the client not booting, just boot from the dvd live | 13:54 |
| emPrJoe | it doesn't have a dvd drive though. | 13:55 |
| alkisg | *the server, without vbox i mean | 13:55 |
| alkisg | Ah, not even the "server"? | 13:55 |
| emPrJoe | I do have a ubuntu cd if all else fails | 13:55 |
| emPrJoe | oh | 13:55 |
| emPrJoe | the server has a dvd drive | 13:55 |
| alkisg | Right, instead of vbox, the "normal" way is to boot it with the edubuntu live dvd | 13:55 |
| alkisg | Much easier and safer this way | 13:55 |
| emPrJoe | one last question atm, what are the sys req of edubuntu | 13:55 |
| alkisg | I think you can find them on the site (they're the same as ubuntu) | 13:56 |
| emPrJoe | oh thanks | 13:56 |
| alkisg | I guess 256+ RAM. How much ram does your client have? | 13:56 |
| alkisg | (Probably 512+ recommented) | 13:56 |
| emPrJoe | lol I need to upgrade it atm only 128 mb <_< | 13:58 |
| emPrJoe | *put everyone in shock*' | 13:58 |
| emPrJoe | thats why I was wondering if an old version would work | 14:00 |
| emPrJoe | alkisg: how mch ram did 9.10 take | 14:11 |
| alkisg | emPrJoe: with 128 you make a nice thin client | 14:11 |
| emPrJoe | nice thin client? | 14:12 |
| alkisg | I.e. you can make it work just fine but when your "server" is also powered on | 14:12 |
| emPrJoe | so if I shut my "server" off its going to kill the computer? | 14:12 |
| alkisg | (in other words you can tell the old pc to use the cpu of the new pc) | 14:12 |
| alkisg | Yes | 14:12 |
| emPrJoe | lol | 14:13 |
| alkisg | It's handy in some cases, I don't know if it suits you | 14:13 |
| emPrJoe | yeah me either | 14:13 |
| emPrJoe | One last thing | 14:13 |
| alkisg | E.g. in schools we have 12 old thin clients booting from 1 new server | 14:13 |
| alkisg | With 128, try lubuntu | 14:13 |
| emPrJoe | like 8.10 or 8.04 did they use anything like 128 | 14:13 |
| alkisg | Not really | 14:14 |
| emPrJoe | I know dapperdrake did | 14:14 |
| emPrJoe | so dapperdrake would be the last version that would run non thinclient | 14:14 |
| alkisg | Even if you make them show a gnome session, you won't be able to open openoffice, firefox etc | 14:14 |
| alkisg | Firefox needs about 512 MB for itself for a normal browsing experience | 14:14 |
| emPrJoe | yeah | 14:14 |
| emPrJoe | true | 14:14 |
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| Utrinqueparatus | Is there anyone actively developing new educational content for ubuntu? | 23:04 |
| Utrinqueparatus | specifically preschool | 23:04 |
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