IRC chat logs for #ltsp on irc.libera.chat (webchat)


Channel log from 1 March 2013   (all times are UTC)

00:07markit has left IRC (markit!~marco@88-149-177-66.v4.ngi.it, )
00:16hays has joined IRC (hays!~quassel@unaffiliated/hays)
00:17PatrickDickey has joined IRC (PatrickDickey!~quassel@2001:470:1f11:830:79a7:a5b7:632:ac0e)
00:19hays_ has left IRC (hays_!~quassel@unaffiliated/hays, Ping timeout: 256 seconds)
00:26vagrantc has joined IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@64-141-94-226.pathcom.ca)
00:26vagrantc has joined IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@freegeek/vagrantc)
01:06ltspuser_40 has joined IRC (ltspuser_40!4c73dfb7@gateway/web/freenode/ip.76.115.223.183)
01:06
<ltspuser_40>
hi
01:06
i have a onld dell 4100 with a very old version of linux
01:06
i could use some help
01:08dead_inside has joined IRC (dead_inside!~dead_insi@host-98-127-28-44.grf-mt.client.bresnan.net)
01:11ltspuser_40 has left IRC (ltspuser_40!4c73dfb7@gateway/web/freenode/ip.76.115.223.183, Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
01:11
<vagrantc>
ltspuser_40: describe your actual problem and someone might be...
01:11
able to respond...
01:16
<ogra_>
heh
01:17
at least he stayed 5 mins
01:18dead_inside has left IRC (dead_inside!~dead_insi@host-98-127-28-44.grf-mt.client.bresnan.net, Quit: Computer has gone to sleep.)
02:09adrianorg has left IRC (adrianorg!~adrianorg@177.134.58.77, Ping timeout: 246 seconds)
02:23vagrantc has left IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@freegeek/vagrantc, Quit: leaving)
02:31jammcq has joined IRC (jammcq!~jam@c-69-245-75-255.hsd1.mi.comcast.net)
02:31
<jammcq>
hello friends
02:34PatrickDickey has left IRC (PatrickDickey!~quassel@2001:470:1f11:830:79a7:a5b7:632:ac0e, Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.)
02:40ball has joined IRC (ball!~ball@c-24-14-239-108.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
02:51ltspuser_95 has joined IRC (ltspuser_95!d8938304@gateway/web/freenode/ip.216.147.131.4)
02:51
<ltspuser_95>
greetings everybody
02:51
<ball>
hello ltspuser_95
02:52
<ltspuser_95>
I am a complte newbie
02:52
when it comes to linux, and even more with the LTSP
02:52
So I am sorry for the stupid question I am about to ask
02:53
but I really have not been able to find a straight answer anywahere
02:53
so here it goes...
02:53
once you have installed the LTSP server, and have setup your client evriroment onyour server
02:54
how to do I set up the thin clients... Do i just load any linux distro
02:54
in the client
02:54
????
02:54
<jammcq>
no, the clients boot their operating system over the network
02:55
you need to enable the PXE bootrom in the bios
02:55
<ltspuser_95>
ok.... So what do I do...
02:55
<jammcq>
tell me about your client, what is it?
02:55
<ltspuser_95>
I have not one yet... I am doing all this just to build some lunix server skills
02:56
I was thinking to use a netbook
02:56
I have laying around the house
02:56
<jammcq>
well... you need to see if the netbook has PXE in the bios
02:56
<ltspuser_95>
ok... so that's it... just go to the bios look into the boot options
02:57
for PXE set it up as my first boot up option
02:57
and voila?
02:57
<ball>
Violin :-)
02:57
<jammcq>
yes, if you are lucky
02:57
<ltspuser_95>
LOL!
02:57
Cool
02:58* ball thinks about cellos.
02:58
<ltspuser_95>
Thanks a lot!... Sorry for the retard question!! ;) Thanks
02:58
What do you mean If I am lucky?
02:58
<jammcq>
no prob
02:59
well... it's not so much luck.
02:59
which distro did you install on your server?
02:59
<ball>
ltspuser_95: Let us know how you get on.
02:59
<ltspuser_95>
I installed ubuntu server 12.04.2
02:59
<jammcq>
ah, good
03:00
you'll probably be just fine
03:00
<ltspuser_95>
then I went to DOCs here and followed the command intructions
03:00
then i was a like ok... what Now? Here I am
03:01
<ball>
Out of interest, does your server have two network interfaces?
03:01
<ltspuser_95>
No
03:01
it has one 1g NIC
03:01
do i need to buy another one?
03:01
<ball>
Does your network have a DHCP server on it that isn't the Linux host?
03:01
<ltspuser_95>
yes
03:02
the router itself is the DHCP server
03:02
<ball>
jammcq: Is that likely to cause him or her issues?
03:03
<ltspuser_95>
hey there...
03:04
I just booted up my laptop in to the BIOS
03:04
I am under boot options... and it shows the GB Ethernet Controller
03:04
so in theory all I should do is to set that up as my first boot options
03:05
<jammcq>
well yeah, you'll need to configure extra things in the dhcp server and you may not be able to with that router
03:05
<ltspuser_95>
and it should wor
03:05
ok...
03:05
so I need to buy a new NIC
03:05
<ball>
ltspuser_95: You may want to consider adding another network interface to your Linux host.
03:05
<jammcq>
ltspuser_95: in your router, you'll need to configure 'next-server' and 'root-path' and possible a few other things
03:06
<ltspuser_95>
I see... I don't know what are those but I am sure I will find out
03:06
cool thanks for the info
03:17ltspuser_95 has left IRC (ltspuser_95!d8938304@gateway/web/freenode/ip.216.147.131.4, Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
03:28vagrantc has joined IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@64.141.94.226)
03:28vagrantc has joined IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@freegeek/vagrantc)
03:59alkisg has joined IRC (alkisg!~alkisg@ubuntu/member/alkisg)
03:59* vagrantc waves to alkisg
03:59
<alkisg>
Hi vagrantc, hi all
04:00
<vagrantc>
alkisg: so, i committed two patches to the ltsp-debian-packaging branch that i think should hit wheezy.
04:00
alkisg: including the one you just submitted
04:00
<alkisg>
I just saw the mail notification, cool!
04:00
<vagrantc>
alkisg: but i won't have time to really test till march 5th at the earliest
04:01* alkisg hopes vagrantc won't tell him to test, as he doesn't have a debian ltsp installation handy...
04:01
<vagrantc>
heh
04:01
<alkisg>
I think jammcq has one though
04:02
Hey, it's Spring! Good month to all too....
04:02
<jammcq>
hey
04:03
<vagrantc>
getting it tested sooner than later would definitely be good! :)
04:03
<jammcq>
indeed, I have a wheezy ltsp server
04:03
<vagrantc>
alkisg: i'm still behind the times in last monthh
04:04
jammcq: do you think you could test: http://bugs.debian.org/701916 ?
04:05
jammcq: reproduce the problem with what's currently in wheezy, and then patch the file and test again?
04:05* vagrantc really wants to move forward on this, but is busy this weekend
04:06
<jammcq>
best i can do is try it sometime tomorrow.
04:06
my ltsp server is a bit of a mess. I've got it configured in kiosk mode with no user login
04:07
it just goes directly into Icewm
04:07
<vagrantc>
if i get some "patch works for me" comments, at least, that'll help me when i can get back to it tuesday
04:07
<jammcq>
well... tomorrow afternoon should be good
04:07
<vagrantc>
proably want to try on a more conventional chroot
04:07
<jammcq>
I can build a new one
04:08
I'll start that building now
04:08
<vagrantc>
alkisg: do you have specific apps that tend to stay running?
04:09
<jammcq>
is there an arg to ltsp-build-client for fat clients?
04:09
<vagrantc>
i.e. this bug is pretty much a non-issue with, say, xterm.
04:09* vagrantc always makes fatclients by hand
04:09
<alkisg>
vagrantc: I think the most common local dirs after logout are .pulse and .gconf
04:09
<vagrantc>
but there may be an arg...
04:10
<jammcq>
hmm
04:10
--extra-help says to use '--fat-client-desktop'
04:10
<vagrantc>
yup, --fat-client-desktop gnome
04:10
<jammcq>
but... that doesn't work
04:11
oh
04:11
<vagrantc>
or --fat-client-desktop icewm
04:11
<jammcq>
thats' the ticket
04:11
it's running
04:11
I can test it tomorrow
04:11
<vagrantc>
cool.
04:12
i never thought to test if, by some magic, wheezy just wasn't even affected :)
04:12
<jammcq>
I'll test it out before the patch, see if I can make nasty things happen
04:12
and then patch it
04:13
<vagrantc>
great! :)
04:13
should be able to apply the patch in place, i think.
04:20Parker955 is now known as Parker955_Away
04:28
<ball>
I need to find some thin client boxes soon.
04:29
Need more disk drives first though and a switch.
04:40
...and some pie.
04:50ball has left IRC (ball!~ball@c-24-14-239-108.hsd1.il.comcast.net, Quit: leaving)
04:55sha_ has joined IRC (sha_!~sha@85.177.173.182)
04:58sha has left IRC (sha!~sha@e177117060.adsl.alicedsl.de, Ping timeout: 244 seconds)
05:04staffencasa has left IRC (staffencasa!~staffenca@8-220.ptpg.oregonstate.edu, Ping timeout: 260 seconds)
05:05highvoltage has joined IRC (highvoltage!~highvolta@ubuntu/member/highvoltage)
05:13
<alkisg>
highvoltage: could you unsubscribe me from the mailing list of the edubuntu.org contact form? I really cannot help with any of these questions, and I don't even have access to the web page to review the deployments even if I wanted to....
05:23
<highvoltage>
alkisg: ok, I'll ask stgraber since he admins that. so you don't want write access to the website?
05:24
(only a small amount of it is deployments though)
05:27
<alkisg>
highvoltage: no, thanks, I really don't think I can help with the feedback there
05:29alkisg has left IRC (alkisg!~alkisg@ubuntu/member/alkisg, Quit: Leaving.)
05:32gkiagia has left IRC (gkiagia!gkiagia@pasanda.collabora.co.uk, Ping timeout: 248 seconds)
05:32gkiagia has joined IRC (gkiagia!gkiagia@pasanda.collabora.co.uk)
05:45ogra_ has left IRC (ogra_!~ogra_@p5098ed03.dip0.t-ipconnect.de, Read error: Operation timed out)
05:46ogra_ has joined IRC (ogra_!~ogra_@p5098ed03.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
05:48vmlintu has joined IRC (vmlintu!~vmlintu@83.145.240.143)
06:44hachque has left IRC (hachque!quassel@2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe96:5060, Quit: No Ping reply in 180 seconds.)
06:45hachque has joined IRC (hachque!quassel@2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe96:5060)
07:02vagrantc has left IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@freegeek/vagrantc, Quit: leaving)
07:40mikkel has joined IRC (mikkel!~mikkel@80.71.132.15)
07:55khildin has joined IRC (khildin!~khildin@ip-80-236-227-148.dsl.scarlet.be)
08:25dead_inside has joined IRC (dead_inside!~dead_insi@76.75.3.174)
08:29dead_inside has left IRC (dead_inside!~dead_insi@76.75.3.174, Ping timeout: 240 seconds)
08:45papandreou has joined IRC (papandreou!51ba4dad@gateway/web/freenode/ip.81.186.77.173)
08:45
<papandreou>
Πω, πω κίνηση!!!!
08:45
Σεμινάριο ή βοήθεια;
08:53
<elias_a>
Μεγάλη για να δείτε περισσότερα από ό, τι ακριβώς την αγγλική γλώσσα κανάλι! Θαυμάζω τη δουλειά σας.
08:54
Was that comprehendible?
08:56dobber_ has joined IRC (dobber_!~dobber@89.190.199.210)
09:06papandreou has left IRC (papandreou!51ba4dad@gateway/web/freenode/ip.81.186.77.173, Quit: Page closed)
09:07pap has joined IRC (pap!51ba4dad@gateway/web/freenode/ip.81.186.77.173)
10:06adrianorg has joined IRC (adrianorg!~adrianorg@177.134.61.183)
11:18vnc786 has left IRC (vnc786!~chatzilla@49.248.129.178, Remote host closed the connection)
11:59alkisg has joined IRC (alkisg!c23fa037@gateway/web/freenode/ip.194.63.160.55)
12:06cyberorg has left IRC (cyberorg!~cyberorg@opensuse/member/Cyberorg, Ping timeout: 248 seconds)
12:18cyberorg has joined IRC (cyberorg!~cyberorg@opensuse/member/Cyberorg)
12:34adrianorg has left IRC (adrianorg!~adrianorg@177.134.61.183, Ping timeout: 246 seconds)
13:07steveeJ has joined IRC (steveeJ!~junky@lisa.in.htwg-konstanz.de)
13:08jammcq has left IRC (jammcq!~jam@c-69-245-75-255.hsd1.mi.comcast.net, Quit: leaving)
13:09
<steveeJ>
hey, i'm using debian 7 64-bit as ltsp-server and also for the client rootfs. i want to use an xfreerdp session with the rdpdr plugin. i can see "usbdisks on thinclient" in the windows session, but there's nothing in it.
13:11
when i manually mount the plugged in usbstick on the thinclient to a folder in /media/root (which i have passed as an argument to the plugin), i can also access it on the windows session
13:11
so the question is: how do i get the thin-client to automacially mount it?
13:27steveeJ has left IRC (steveeJ!~junky@lisa.in.htwg-konstanz.de, Ping timeout: 244 seconds)
13:44markit has joined IRC (markit!~marco@88-149-177-66.v4.ngi.it)
13:58alkisg has left IRC (alkisg!c23fa037@gateway/web/freenode/ip.194.63.160.55, Quit: Page closed)
14:00designbybeck has left IRC (designbybeck!~quassel@x179y132.angelo.edu, Remote host closed the connection)
14:07
<markit>
hi ppl :) hi alkisg :) Today I've updated and returned a ltsp server to a primary school... and I've discovered a problem only when I was there (and I've solved). After 15 min the screen locks and (fat client) you can't unlock with the password. Is there a list of settings you usually do in gnome for all these stuff?
14:07
ops, alkisg is not here anymore
14:07
anyone else? :)
14:12
<Hyperbyte>
What is "all these stuff"?
14:12
Settings in Gnome for disabling screen locking, you mean?
14:12
But didn't you just say you already solved this? :)
14:13
<markit>
Hyperbyte: kde has global config features, even if you have to do by hand
14:13
so I configured double click instead of single, num lock, etc.
14:13
but wondered if there are other that would be a good idea set
14:39designbybeck has joined IRC (designbybeck!~quassel@x179y132.angelo.edu)
14:39
<sbalneav>
Morning all
14:45
<Hyperbyte>
markit, ah, you mean if there's global configuration available for Gnome
14:45mikkel has left IRC (mikkel!~mikkel@80.71.132.15, Quit: Leaving)
14:45
<Hyperbyte>
Check out gconf, and, since Gnome 3, dconf
14:45
<markit>
Hyperbyte: yes, so I can "steal" some further good ideas
14:45
Hyperbyte: ok, but for LTSP, what are standard settings that is good do?
14:45
<Hyperbyte>
With gconf/dconf you can set three types of settings really: per-used settings, default settings, mandatory settings
14:45
<markit>
I've created ruby scripts to install and configure with kde, would love to "extend" them for gnome as well
14:50
<Hyperbyte>
With gconf/dconf you don't need scripts. You just set the mandatory configuration in the files/database and you're done.
14:50
For example, over here I have a custom widget for the company, I've configured that as mandatory for -all- users
14:51
Same with other things, like desktop background and things...
15:13
<markit>
Hyperbyte: you misunderstood me
15:13
with kde you don't need scripts either
15:13
but instead of do a setup manually (and do a lot of mistakes), I've automated the settings with a ruby script
15:13
that does the job for me
15:14
so wondering if you can call gconf from command line and give it the settings you want as a parameter
15:17
<Hyperbyte>
You only do this once per server though, you understand that right?
15:18
Anyway, gconftool-2 or dconf commands.
15:23
<markit>
yes, once per server
15:34staffencasa has joined IRC (staffencasa!~staffenca@8-220.ptpg.oregonstate.edu)
15:44leio has left IRC (leio!~leio@gentoo/developer/leio, *.net *.split)
15:45leio has joined IRC (leio!~leio@gentoo/developer/leio)
16:09komunista has joined IRC (komunista!~slavko@87.244.209.121)
16:12JesseC has joined IRC (JesseC!~JesseCWor@wsip-98-175-20-126.br.br.cox.net)
16:37dobber_ has left IRC (dobber_!~dobber@89.190.199.210, Remote host closed the connection)
17:21vagrantc has joined IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@S0106001cdfea5a1c.vc.shawcable.net)
17:21vagrantc has joined IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@freegeek/vagrantc)
17:29dead_inside has joined IRC (dead_inside!~dead_insi@76.75.3.174)
17:34dievel has left IRC (dievel!~dievel@2-229-104-66.ip196.fastwebnet.it, Remote host closed the connection)
17:49mikec has joined IRC (mikec!~mikec@stat134test1.stat.wisc.edu)
17:51
<mikec>
Can anyone point me to a good tool or way to manage users .bashrc or .cshrc files/environment and also customize their desktops? I'm running LTSP cluster, and I would like for their home directories to be within our existing AFS file system, not on the specific application server they're on. I feel like someone has to have done this before. Obviously I need a way to modify /etc/passwd or something to get the home directories to be on the network. Sin
17:51
I'm using AFS, its all kerberos/ticket based stuff and pam sessions. Maybe its not doable unless I use ldap? thanks for any advice
17:52
<vagrantc>
mikec: you can't just mount /home as AFS?
17:52
mikec: or you want individuals homedirs mounted on login?
17:53
<mikec>
individuals. for example, in AFS, my home directory is located in /u/m/i/mikec, so the path is different for each user
17:53
<vagrantc>
you might be able to use libpam-mount
17:54
<mikec>
maybe there's a way I can modify /etc/passwd on each application server to read in the /etc/passwd information from an AFS server, that would have the correct paths
17:54
libpam-mount sounds intriguing
17:55
<vagrantc>
but probably the simplest way to not need to edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group and whatnot is usind LDAP or a SQL backend to pam/nss
17:56
<mikec>
currently users log in with their AFS username/password and the pam session module will successfully check against the krb realm, get them a ticket granting ticket, as well as an AFS token. works beautifully, but it puts the user in /home on the server they're running their session off of.
17:56
because it creates a mirrored local user
17:56
for the home directory
17:56
thats the one thing i would like to change
17:57
since i already have everything set up in their AFS user directories appropriately, it would solve a lot of other issues
17:58
<vagrantc>
libpam-mount probably sounds like the ticket, then.
17:58
<mikec>
alright - cool. i will look into that and see
17:58
thanks for the tip
17:59* vagrantc should really explore AFS and kerberos
18:04alkisg has joined IRC (alkisg!~alkisg@ubuntu/member/alkisg)
18:21dead_ins_ has joined IRC (dead_ins_!~dead_insi@76.75.3.174)
18:25dead_ins_ has left IRC (dead_ins_!~dead_insi@76.75.3.174, Client Quit)
18:27adrianorg has joined IRC (adrianorg!~adrianorg@177.134.61.183)
18:27markit has left IRC (markit!~marco@88-149-177-66.v4.ngi.it, )
18:29vagrantc has left IRC (vagrantc!~vagrant@freegeek/vagrantc, Quit: leaving)
18:33alkisg has left IRC (alkisg!~alkisg@ubuntu/member/alkisg, Quit: Leaving.)
19:27vmlintu has left IRC (vmlintu!~vmlintu@83.145.240.143, Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
21:09designbybeck has left IRC (designbybeck!~quassel@x179y132.angelo.edu, Remote host closed the connection)
21:24ball has joined IRC (ball!~ball@client-208-124-120-99.consolidated.net)
21:30komunista has left IRC (komunista!~slavko@87.244.209.121, Ping timeout: 264 seconds)
22:08khildin has left IRC (khildin!~khildin@ip-80-236-227-148.dsl.scarlet.be, Quit: I'm gone, bye bye)
22:21cyberorg has left IRC (cyberorg!~cyberorg@opensuse/member/Cyberorg, Remote host closed the connection)
22:25mikec has left IRC (mikec!~mikec@stat134test1.stat.wisc.edu, Quit: mikec)
22:36rickogden has left IRC (rickogden!~Rick@host.hifirevolution.com, Ping timeout: 244 seconds)
22:47ball has left IRC (ball!~ball@client-208-124-120-99.consolidated.net, Quit: leaving)