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Channel log from 21 October 2007   (all times are UTC)

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<etsoft>
hi there, i want to use a thin client of HP ( supporting Citrix and RDP ) with LTSP, what do i need to do to get it working ?
05:37
I've setup Ubuntu server to support LTSP as described of the websites.
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<robbie>
hi all
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<cliebow__>
hey robbie...enjoying your spring?
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<robbie>
very much so
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infact
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http://rotapile.ods.org/gallery/0710/PA210006.JPG?width=1024
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that much so
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<cliebow__>
WOw..that is gorgeous
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<robbie>
cliebow_: i see you updated to gutsy as well
07:41
yeah the place is looking real good this year, we finaly got some rain
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<cliebow__>
jammcq:you thought about food for bts?
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<jammcq>
cliebow__: food is easy
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lobster+beer == well fed
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next question?
10:24
I figure lunch on saturday, we'll stop in Ellsworth on the way into SW.Harbor
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maybe a quickie at wendys or McD's or something
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then, dinner we'll get David.L to cook us up a wonderful dinner
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<cliebow__>
Cool!! he is amenable??
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the kOZY kOVE is uncertain..ill try to check that out
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<jammcq>
I figure for dinner on sunday, maybe we'll get some pizzas from that place not too far from the Seawall. it was a party store directly west of the seawall
10:39
kind of around the block, but it's a big block
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<paul0>
hum
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my ltsp doesn't boot since i've updated ubuntu
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<sbalneav>
paul0: Have you re-built the chroot?
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<jroberts>
Some co-workers and I want to build a couple of sumobots and are researching controllers. The make boards definately has a lot of features, but does that make it a more complicated board to program?
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Oops, wrong window. forgive me.
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<vagrantc>
heh
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<jroberts>
I setup ltsp in my home a few years back, really loved it. At work recently I saw a use for it and decided to set up a server to get familiar with it again, it's really changed a lot.
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<vagrantc>
hopefully mostly for the better :)
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<sbalneav>
We've been working on it :)
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: any idea why LDM2 in etch doesn't display the background, but otherwise works ?
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or more, what would cause that
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<jroberts>
I setup an edubuntu lab environment in less than 30 min.
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<sbalneav>
vagrantc: Well, it's the greeter itself that displays the background.
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<jroberts>
pretty cool.
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: the other parts of the greeter work fine
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<sbalneav>
one sec, I'll point you to the relevent lines.
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<vagrantc>
this is going to force me to become semi-competant in reading C i suspect :)
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<sbalneav>
Oh, by the way, now that things are slowing down a bit, I'm going to upgrade my etch box. Lenny's probably where I should be at?
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: lenny's the development environment
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lately, i've been testing on lenny, and then when i get it to a reasonably good state, try to backport it to etch.
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<sbalneav>
logo = gtk_image_new_from_file(PIXMAPS_DIR "/logo.png");
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So, PIXMAPS_DIR needs to be set in the autoconf
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rawpic = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale(PIXMAPS_DIR "/bg.png", pw, ph, FALSE, NULL);
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<vagrantc>
so, what would cause that to work when compiled for lenny, but fail when compiled for etch ?
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<sbalneav>
And that's the background
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<vagrantc>
and actually, if i install the packages compiled for etch on lenny, it works.
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<sbalneav>
Well, good question.
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<vagrantc>
just get a blank white screen
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<sbalneav>
One of two things:
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Either the PIXMAPS_DIR macro isn't being set for some reason, or...
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gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale() is broken for some strange reason.
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Not a perm problem, is it?
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<vagrantc>
permissions ?
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<sbalneav>
Shouldn't be, since the greeter runs as root.
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<vagrantc>
right
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<sbalneav>
hm.
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<vagrantc>
and the permissions when installed on etch are the same when installed on lenny
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<sbalneav>
right.
11:36
You can just run the greeter standalone on the server.
11:36
Try putting all the pixmap stuff up on the server, then just run ldmgtkgreet
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You should be able to alt tab between it and the terminal you start it from
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<vagrantc>
two main difficulties with the etch backport... X.org in etch isn't good enough at autoconfiguring itself... but i've enabled a way to use the old method ... and LDM doesn't display the background...
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<sbalneav>
You can actually interact with the greeter: send it the commands it needs, and read it's responses.
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<vagrantc>
really...
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<sbalneav>
maybe it'll issue a GTK error complaining about the image.
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yeah, it just reads/writes stdio
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<vagrantc>
should i be able to see that in the ldm.log ?
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<sbalneav>
Hmmm, I don't thing I'm trapping stderr, and piping it anywhere. I probably should.
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<vagrantc>
if i recall correctly, i don't see anything
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<sbalneav>
I'd have to connect stderr to the logfile, with dup() or some such.
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<vagrantc>
oh, regarding lenny, the 5.0.3?* packages haven't actually made it to lenny yet ... waiting for other dependencies to get into lenny
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<sbalneav>
OK.
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Well, I should move to lenny anyway on the deb box.
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<vagrantc>
but i've tested the newer ltsp stuff with lenny and it appears to be working
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got a boatload of translations pending :)
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latest addition is a complete finnish translation
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<sbalneav>
We'll want to make the translations part of upstream, you'll have to show me how that whole i18n thing works.
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I'm completely clueless when it comes to i18n. I need a i18n for dummies book :)
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: it's pretty simple for shell scripts ... not sure how it works for C programs
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ogra: as far as i can tell, you have german translations for LDM, but they do not actually get built or installed ... ?
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: basically, anywhere you would normally put a string ... say ... echo "foo bar" ... instead you would put echo "`eval_gettext "foo bar"`"
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: and then at build time, make looks through all your shell scripts, pulls out the translateable strings, and compiles the language-stuff
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i think for C, it's actually a little more elegant
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<rjune_>
it's actually fairly similar based on what I've seen
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<sbalneav>
vagrantc: So, it's for sure you're not coming to bts?
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<vagrantc>
sbalneav: i've got some commitments here till mid-november
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till the 11th, at least
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<sbalneav>
Too bad. I'll miss you
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<vagrantc>
yeah.
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i'd really like to hang out and figure out some of the upstream stuff
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sbalneav: i think you should get to meet stratus at the UDS, though. he's been one of the debian LTSP folks
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<sbalneav>
Ah, cool
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Well, hang around online
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We'll ask plenty of questions
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<vagrantc>
heh :)
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<vagrantc>
main things i want to work on are getting ldm split into it's own source package... right now it's holding the rest of ltsp from progressing from unstable to testing in debian
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and getting some theme packages
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so that all architectures don't have to duplicate all the .png files, and to make it easier for other CDDs to drop in their themes.
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(CDD = custom debian distribution)
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<vagrantc>
i've just got to sit down and do a proof of concept with splitting the ldm stuff out ... been meaning to for ages.
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<vagrantc>
yay
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got a proof of concept split of ldm out of ltsp
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<vagrantc>
http://llama.freegeek.org/~vagrant/bzr/ltsp/features/ldm-split
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weeee.
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<^Migs^>
when I'm running a graphic-intensive application off an LTSP server, do all the thin clients need graphics cards capable of running the app, or is it only the server that does?
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I hope that's not a dumb question
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<rjune_>
^Migs^: any terminal that will run the graphical program
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<^Migs^>
so if I'm trying to run something that requires, e.g., Pixel Shader 2.0, the client needs an adequate graphics card?
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I'm not sure what you meant by any terminal that will run the graphical program
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<sbalneav>
^Migs^: Even with a good graphics card, you'll probably find that performance on a thin client will be much slower.
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Simply because all the graphical operations are now going to be tunnelled over the network.
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So, at a bare minimum, you're going to want gigabit networking.
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<^Migs^>
okay, I was expecting to use gbit anyway. Still hasn't answered my question. Does the server's graphics card handle all the graphics processing, or does the client's?
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<sbalneav>
The clients
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<^Migs^>
okay
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thank you
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crap
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I was wanting to install some applications like Celestia (www.shatters.net/celestia) or Alice (www.alice.org) in a school lab, but might be harder with that restriction
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<sbalneav>
Well, instead of celestia, you can use kstars, which will work fine on a thin client.
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<^Migs^>
kstars sucks
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it's not even remotely comparable
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you can travel through the entire universe with Celestia. Not so with kstars.
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<sbalneav>
I wouldn't say it sucks, as I use it all the time for my amateur astronomy, but to each his own.
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<^Migs^>
my opinions are always correct
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<sbalneav>
uhh, yeah.
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<^Migs^>
:D
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<pabluss>
Hi! fast question , is possible to implement a windows xp diskless node ?, there is some howto for this? thanks in advance
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<pabluss>
Hi! fast question , is possible to implement a windows xp diskless node ?, there is some howto for this? thanks in advance
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<jammcq>
pabluss: you are asking a WINDOWS question in a Linux forum. you aren't likely to get much response
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<pabluss>
jammcq: no, because severals years ago i did it but nfs + etherboot in a Sun Solaris Server, now reading ltsp i think that is possible.... i don't know if there is some experience for this...
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jammcq: the windows flavor was windows 3.11 , now i don't know if it's possible with xp ..
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<jammcq>
pabluss: I'll remind you the 'L' in LTSP stands for Linux
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we don't do windows here
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<pabluss>
jammcq: but --> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WinIntegration ?
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the idea is the same..
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<jammcq>
that's not booting windows as diskless
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that's using rdesktop to access a windows terminal server
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<pabluss>
hmmm
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<jcastro>
hi moquist
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<unstable>
heh
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