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


Channel log from 31 December 2006   (all times are UTC)

01:05JdGordon has joined #ltsp
01:06
<JdGordon>
I think I have my lstp server set up correctly, but I have my router for dhcp and dont want to use the ltsp for it. Can someone point me to how to get it to boot once it gets an ip from the router?
02:02robbie has quit IRC
02:05mistik1 has joined #ltsp
02:16robbie has joined #ltsp
02:32mistik1_ has joined #ltsp
02:38mistik1 has quit IRC
03:04robbie_ has joined #ltsp
03:04robbie has quit IRC
03:07ogra_ has quit IRC
03:14JdGordon is now known as JdGordon_
03:14JdGordon_ is now known as JdGordon
03:14JdGordon is now known as JdGordon_
03:14JdGordon_ is now known as JdGordon
03:16arc_ has quit IRC
03:26robbie__ has joined #ltsp
03:28robbie_ has quit IRC
03:44Avatara has quit IRC
04:54MaCaDe has joined #ltsp
04:56mistik1_ has quit IRC
05:03* MaCaDe says Happy New Year to New Zealand, Tonga and the South Pole base
05:22Patina has quit IRC
05:23
<the_5th_wheel>
has anyonbe had issues with the student control panel when trying to open applicatrions on many clients?
05:23
clients
05:26gigabytes has joined #ltsp
05:37edd_ has joined #ltsp
05:46
<edd_>
does anyone know of an alternative to the student control panel? since it start multiple instances of the application
05:58gigabytes has quit IRC
06:16Egyptian[Home1 has joined #ltsp
06:32gigabytes has joined #ltsp
06:34Egyptian[Home1 has left #ltsp
06:38ogra has joined #ltsp
06:52Empiric has quit IRC
07:02MaCaDe has quit IRC
07:04rjune has joined #ltsp
07:07Enrico204 has joined #ltsp
07:08
<Enrico204>
hi people
07:28Patina has joined #ltsp
07:32Enrico204 has quit IRC
07:46W^^harddd has joined #ltsp
07:46
<W^^harddd>
hi ! i have to discuss some issues regarding USB mouting
07:46
mounting *
07:52W^^harddd has quit IRC
07:54jsgotangco has joined #ltsp
08:01jsgotangco has quit IRC
08:37gigabytes has quit IRC
08:38Stevec has joined #ltsp
08:53Stevec has quit IRC
08:55FaithX has quit IRC
09:00J45p3r has joined #ltsp
09:13Patina has quit IRC
09:19Empiric has joined #ltsp
09:21FaithX has joined #ltsp
10:01Patina has joined #ltsp
10:01mb4me has joined #ltsp
10:01
<mb4me>
is it possible to have 2 usb printers to a ws?
10:06psycodad has joined #ltsp
10:07robbie_ has joined #ltsp
10:10robbie__ has quit IRC
10:14vagrantc has joined #ltsp
10:23JdGordon has quit IRC
10:33
<jammcq>
mb4me: it's possible to have upto 3 printers of any kind on ltsp
10:44robbie__ has joined #ltsp
10:55
<mb4me>
ok, anything else than port 9101 on the second printer?
10:56
i used x's printer tool and added the second printer but no output when i try the test-print
10:56robbie_ has quit IRC
10:59FaithX has quit IRC
11:01mistik1 has joined #ltsp
11:09mistik1_ has joined #ltsp
11:11mistik1 has quit IRC
11:15mistik1_ is now known as mistik1
13:05MaCaDe has joined #ltsp
13:10
<PMantis>
Hey guys
13:11
<jammcq>
hey PMantis
13:11
<PMantis>
jammcq, I need to write a (perl?) program to telnet into Asterisk Manager, login, and listed for events, then UDP broadcast them to the network... any pointers?
13:11
errr s/listed/listen/
13:13* jammcq thinks there's already hooks in Asterisk for that sort of thing
13:13* PMantis not sure where to begin... but I think this would be a good opportunity to learn more perl.
13:13
<jammcq>
using the telnet protocol would be kind of a backwards way of doing it
13:14
<PMantis>
I don't think that kind of support is there. the Management interface is for this sort of thing... which you telnet into, then if events are turned on, you get blasted every event that occurs.
13:14
It would be better to broadcast this information to the network, than to have 30 telnet sessions all requesting the same information.
13:14
<jammcq>
I dissagree
13:15
the management interface is just a client program that uses the same API that you can use to write other clients to talk to the asterisk engine
13:15
<PMantis>
Oh, you disagree to the "support" comment.
13:16
<jammcq>
yes
13:16
<PMantis>
AFAIK, it's built into *
13:16
Hmmm, perhaps I've looked at it wrong.
13:16
I'll have to ask in #asterisk.
13:16
<jammcq>
yeah, but I think the API is there, and there are hooks there to trigger things for you
13:17
it's common to do Perl things in Asterisk
13:18
certainly you could do it with Perl watching the mgmt interface, but then you are screen-scraping the data on the screen, and it becomes very brittle
13:20
<PMantis>
Sure,, AGI can use perl
13:20
<jammcq>
AGI ?
13:20
<PMantis>
Asterisk Gateway Interface.
13:20
<jammcq>
ah
13:20mistik1 has quit IRC
13:20
<PMantis>
Like CGI, but for the * dialplan
13:21
<jammcq>
oh, to construct dial plan rules on the fly ?
13:21
what kind of events are you interested in catching?
13:22
<PMantis>
Not *quite*, but to shell to perl from the dialplan, and with an AGI->blah, you can control the channel from within your native language... perl being a great example.
13:22
The events I need are things like dial, ring.
13:23
Want to have a client program that installs on each computer, and displays the state of the phone that's in the same cubicle.
13:23
Such as play a "ring" wav file when the phone rings... client is used to that with the phone system that's being replaced.
13:24
<jammcq>
hmm
14:04drbreen has joined #ltsp
14:34dberkholz has joined #ltsp
14:49cascade_ has joined #ltsp
14:58drbreen has quit IRC
15:03cascade has quit IRC
15:10MaCaDe has quit IRC
15:28PMantis has quit IRC
15:29Topslack has quit IRC
16:13tomcats has joined #ltsp
16:14
<tomcats>
has anyone used ltsp over leased bandwith?
16:20* vagrantc modularized the debian ltsp init scripts!
16:24
<tomcats>
vagrantc: u there?
16:25
<vagrantc>
sure.
16:25
<tomcats>
vagrantc: a while back I was having trouble setting up a call center based on ltsp and thin clients...
16:26
the project went well, they have been running for 3 months now and no problems
16:27mistik1 has joined #ltsp
16:27
<tomcats>
at the end we decided to have everything run locally kind of what muekow does
16:28
so basically the server is really just a nfs, nis server
16:29
<jammcq>
for a call center, that's a good way to go
16:29
<vagrantc>
muekow doesn't run everything locally by default
16:29
but it's easier to do that LTSP 4.x
16:29
er, easier to do with muekow than older LTSP versions
16:30
<tomcats>
yes indeed
16:30
<vagrantc>
pwd
16:30
tomcats: so ... you want to switch to LTSP 5.0/muekow or what? :)
16:30
<tomcats>
now what we are trying to figure out is if we could colocate the servers (asterisk + app) in our datacenter..
16:31
this way other people could use the spare cycles of both the cervers and the end-user would have nothing to break...
16:32
<vagrantc>
how do you propose to use these "spare cycles" ?
16:33
<tomcats>
the only way we think we could do this reliably is with leased bandwith, but we never seen a machine boot PXE over HDLC or PPP..
16:33* vagrantc doesn't have any experience doing that
16:33
<tomcats>
vagrantc: I mean the servers and architecture is scalable, meaning other call-centers could run using the same hardware for less$$
16:33
<jammcq>
are you talking about putting the clients in a rack somewhere?
16:33
<tomcats>
jammcq: yes
16:34
<jammcq>
but the monitor, keyboard, mouse and headset would need to be where the user is sitting. How would you connect those things up to a server colocated ?
16:35
<tomcats>
jammcq: sorry, servers --> datacenter clients --> call-center
16:36
<vagrantc>
tomcats: you're going to have a really hard time not having some sort of basic server at each call center.
16:36
<jammcq>
well, keep in mind, if you run the apps locally, you'll be doing a whole lot more NFS traffic. Separating the clients from the servers by a low-speed connection will cause the apps to load VERY slowely
16:38
<tomcats>
jammcq: the idea is to have everything run locally so yes it would take some time to load but from there it should be quick, the only traffic would be g729 voice (~10k/s) and say... a web based CRM...
16:39
vagrantc: why hard time?
16:39
<vagrantc>
tomcats: i suspect it will be totally unworkable.
16:39
tomcats: NFS eats a lot of bandwidth, at least when you're talking non-ethernet.
16:40
tomcats: the startup times may be so slow as to be unuseable- quite possibly getting NFS timeouts.
16:41
tomcats: but feel free to prove us wrong. :P
16:42ogra has quit IRC
16:42
<tomcats>
vagrantc: nfs is not really needed after boot time... and PXE would load the main fs
16:43
<jammcq>
no
16:43
PXE loads the kernel and a very small initramfs
16:43
unless you've created some massive initramfs
16:43
<tomcats>
bingo
16:43
<jammcq>
how big is your initramfs ?
16:44
<vagrantc>
you probably want something like PXES or something, for that.
16:44the_5th_wheel has quit IRC
16:45cliebowdude has joined #ltsp
16:46
<cliebowdude>
glad i got the e in at the end
16:46
<jammcq>
cliebowdude: you dipping into the champaigne a bit early?
16:46
<cliebowdude>
no havnt at all//maybe that is the prob
16:47cliebowdude is now known as cliebow_
16:47
<cliebow_>
v
16:47
<tomcats>
i think that 64 mb should be enough to load a basic window manager, firefox and softphone
16:47
<jammcq>
tomcats: umm, good luck
16:47
it *might* be possible
16:47
<cliebow_>
tomcats:in muekow or 4.2
16:48* vagrantc remains skeptical
16:48* vagrantc suspects neither
16:48
<jammcq>
well, some of the coolest things out there are a result of someone saying it can't be done
16:48
<cliebow_>
yeah..take me for instance
16:48
<tomcats>
it can't be impossible...
16:50
plus the cost of bandwith vs. an IT department should be substancial...
16:50
<vagrantc>
tomcats: when you've said 64MB, unless you have very loose interpretations of wha firefox is, it very well might be impossible.
16:50
but no use convincing the skeptic with words :P
16:51
<jammcq>
well, firefox 1.5 on my server takes 30mb
16:51ogra has joined #ltsp
16:51* vagrantc will continue to do work and not discuss theories about what is and isn't possible.
16:51
<jammcq>
although the current LTSP-4.2 tree is about 120mb
16:51
and that's without firefox
16:52
<vagrantc>
right.
16:52
<tomcats>
devonit does it qith 128 DOM module and 256 of ram...
16:52
<jammcq>
there's alot of stuff in the ltsp tree that wouldn't be needed
16:52
<vagrantc>
i think PXES had images aroung 70MB, without anything running locally.
16:52
other than X
16:53patrickb1 has joined #ltsp
16:53patrickb2 has joined #ltsp
16:53robbie__ has quit IRC
16:53
<tomcats>
isn't dsl smaller than 50mb?
16:53
<jammcq>
does that include X ?
16:53
<vagrantc>
yes.
16:54
but not firefox, i don't think.
16:54
they use a lot of hacks and really old software, though.
16:54
<cliebow_>
dillo?
16:55
<tomcats>
vagrantc: yes,according to webpage DSL includes firefox
16:55
<vagrantc>
well i'll be.
16:55
<tomcats>
lol
16:56
<vagrantc>
tomcats: have at it
16:56
tomcats: probably your best bet is to just serve up DSL images or something.
16:56robbie has joined #ltsp
16:56
<vagrantc>
i wouldn't want to take all the time to re-implement the hacks they've done.
16:57
<tomcats>
you are right that was kind of the lead we were loking at, there is also several hacks of knoppix that could work as a base
16:58Topslakr| has joined #ltsp
16:58
<tomcats>
take for example what they did for mythtv, knopmyth i think...
17:05Topslakr| is now known as Topslack
17:05robbie has quit IRC
17:08patrickb has quit IRC
17:08patrickb_ has quit IRC
17:10robbie has joined #ltsp
17:22
<cliebow>
morniongs
18:10cliebow_ has quit IRC
18:46
<cliebow>
jammcq:know anything o\f sourcemage?
18:46
<jammcq>
never heard of it
18:46
<cliebow>
these melug guys are all fired up abut it..makes gentoo look like a windows install
18:47
<jammcq>
umm, is that supposed to be a good thing?
18:47
<cliebow>
im going down to se them on Saturday..see if they arer interested in muekow
18:47
<jammcq>
we've already got dberkholz working on that
18:47
if they are interested, they should coordinate with him
18:48* vagrantc puts a sticker on the bicycle "I HEART pre-built binaries"
18:48
<cliebow>
this is even barer metal then gentoo..but semm to be some talented people working on sourcemage
18:48
here
18:49
<vagrantc>
basically, the portage equivalent is written in shell instead of python.
18:49
<cliebow>
vagrantc:you mean in gentoo?
18:49
<vagrantc>
cliebow: no, in sourcemage.
18:49
<cliebow>
ahhh
18:49
<vagrantc>
cliebow: in gentoo the package manager is written in python, i think. in sourcemage, i think it's shell.
18:49FaithX has joined #ltsp
18:49
<cliebow>
keeping talking about casting this..casting that
18:50
time to get another hard drive for the lappie
18:50
<vagrantc>
i remember trying to read documentation for sourcemage a few years back, and i was convinced they were trying to make it harder to use by developing an elaborate spellcasting analogy :)
18:51
at least they didn't write all the commands in latin or something.
18:51
<cliebow>
well should be interesting..they dont seem to know squat about ltsp
18:52
vagrantc:Haaa..i see what you mena
18:56* vagrantc is disappointed that google translations doesn't do latin
18:57drbreen has joined #ltsp
19:32
<FaithX>
what time is it pacific time right now?
19:32
<jammcq>
umm
19:32
like in California ? it would be 5:30pm
19:32
he's 8:30 Eastern Standard Time
19:33
<FaithX>
Yikes you are far behind us
19:33
<jammcq>
heh
19:33
it's like 10:30 in the morning for you?
19:35
<FaithX>
mid day
19:35
next year even!
19:36
btw how are you and yours?
19:36
jammcq: are you cst?
19:36
what time is it... I can look up the TV program in any region.
19:37
<jammcq>
i'm EST
19:37
I'm doing great here, things are going quite well
19:37
how's everything doing for you ?
19:37
it's 8:35pm, btw
19:38
<FaithX>
Oh ok the show starts at 10pm your time
19:38
<jammcq>
show?
19:39
<FaithX>
Satellite TV...
19:39
One Night with the King
19:39
Story of Esther
19:41
We are doing fine... all eight of us.
19:41
<jammcq>
heh
19:41
that's great
19:42
<FaithX>
frustrated trying to chan_bluetooth working on my asterisk box
19:42
the 1 year old is a hand full
19:42
<jammcq>
i'll bet
19:43
<FaithX>
empties your wallet on the floor .... takes off with your cell phone... you name it she's in it... her husband will need to stash his wallet if she's like this an 1 yo.
19:44
<jammcq>
husband... that's a scary thought :)
19:45
<FaithX>
Well it's going to happen... we'll be pushing up daisies soon enough... so be sure to be hitting the mark today.
19:46
I always endeavor to be thinking 20 years in the future.
19:46
<cliebow>
i plan to push up sea urchins here
19:46
<jammcq>
old man and the sea
19:47
<cliebow>
"old guy" and the puddle
19:50
cant take credit for sea..but i can do puddle
20:19wizzy has quit IRC
20:19pipedream has quit IRC
20:19drbreen has quit IRC
20:19robbie has quit IRC
20:19ogra has quit IRC
20:19vagrantc has quit IRC
20:19Empiric has quit IRC
20:19tomcats has quit IRC
20:19bronze has quit IRC
20:19moquist has quit IRC
20:19ccjoe has quit IRC
20:19shogunx has quit IRC
20:19primeministerp has quit IRC
20:19gentgeen__ has quit IRC
20:19GeM has quit IRC
20:19zedFrost has quit IRC
20:19Jeeves_ has quit IRC
20:19oh207 has quit IRC
20:19patrickb2 has quit IRC
20:19patrickb1 has quit IRC
20:19mistik1 has quit IRC
20:19cascade_ has quit IRC
20:19dberkholz has quit IRC
20:19edd_ has quit IRC
20:19rjune has quit IRC
20:19alienBOB has quit IRC
20:19pioto has quit IRC
20:19Darke- has quit IRC
20:19ufo has quit IRC
20:19jbrett has quit IRC
20:19FaithX has quit IRC
20:19mb4me has quit IRC
20:19Patina has quit IRC
20:19yanu has quit IRC
20:19neuralis has quit IRC
20:19GiantPickle has quit IRC
20:19ccherrett has quit IRC
20:19str4nd_ has quit IRC
20:19klausade has quit IRC
20:19deep-blue has quit IRC
20:19Legenda has quit IRC
20:19RiXtEr has quit IRC
20:19psycodad has quit IRC
20:19Topslack has quit IRC
20:19J45p3r has quit IRC
20:19cliebow has quit IRC
20:19Egyptian[Home] has quit IRC
20:19str4nd has quit IRC
20:19Megant_ has quit IRC
20:19tazle has quit IRC
20:19bill_c has quit IRC
20:19chupacabra has quit IRC
20:19egypcio has quit IRC
20:19BadMagic has quit IRC
20:19monteslu has quit IRC
20:19sep has quit IRC
20:25oh207 has joined #ltsp
20:25primeministerp has joined #ltsp
20:25Jeeves_ has joined #ltsp
20:25bronze has joined #ltsp
20:25moquist has joined #ltsp
20:25wizzy has joined #ltsp
20:25pipedream has joined #ltsp
20:25shogunx has joined #ltsp
20:25gentgeen__ has joined #ltsp
20:25zedFrost has joined #ltsp
20:25GeM has joined #ltsp
20:25ccjoe has joined #ltsp
20:25Empiric has joined #ltsp
20:25vagrantc has joined #ltsp
20:25tomcats has joined #ltsp
20:25ogra has joined #ltsp
20:25robbie has joined #ltsp
20:25drbreen has joined #ltsp
20:25Topslack has joined #ltsp
20:25psycodad has joined #ltsp
20:25J45p3r has joined #ltsp
20:25cliebow has joined #ltsp
20:25Egyptian[Home] has joined #ltsp
20:25tazle has joined #ltsp
20:25Megant_ has joined #ltsp
20:25str4nd has joined #ltsp
20:25patrickb2 has joined #ltsp
20:25patrickb1 has joined #ltsp
20:25mistik1 has joined #ltsp
20:25cascade_ has joined #ltsp
20:25dberkholz has joined #ltsp
20:25rjune has joined #ltsp
20:25edd_ has joined #ltsp
20:25alienBOB has joined #ltsp
20:25pioto has joined #ltsp
20:25jbrett has joined #ltsp
20:25ufo has joined #ltsp
20:25Darke- has joined #ltsp
20:25klausade has joined #ltsp
20:25deep-blue has joined #ltsp
20:25Legenda has joined #ltsp
20:25RiXtEr has joined #ltsp
20:25FaithX has joined #ltsp
20:25mb4me has joined #ltsp
20:25Patina has joined #ltsp
20:25yanu has joined #ltsp
20:25neuralis has joined #ltsp
20:25GiantPickle has joined #ltsp
20:25str4nd_ has joined #ltsp
20:25ccherrett has joined #ltsp
20:25bill_c has joined #ltsp
20:25chupacabra has joined #ltsp
20:25egypcio has joined #ltsp
20:25BadMagic has joined #ltsp
20:25monteslu has joined #ltsp
20:25sep has joined #ltsp
20:27mistik1 has quit IRC
20:33mistik1 has joined #ltsp
20:51mistik1 has quit IRC
20:51drbreen has quit IRC
20:52ogra has quit IRC
20:57
<dberkholz>
vagrantc: random factoid, gentoo started out with pure shell, now it's a python/shell hybrid
20:57
i haven't heard good things about sourcemage, but i'm always open to ideas.
20:59
<cliebow>
ddberkholz:trying to get a fell for where these guys get their jollies with smglk
21:02mistik1 has joined #ltsp
21:06
<cliebow>
mistik1:gona be a reat new year for you 8~)
21:07Stevec has joined #ltsp
21:12Stevec has left #ltsp
21:27J45p3r has quit IRC
23:39edd_ has quit IRC
23:42the_5th_wheel has joined #ltsp
23:48mistik1 has quit IRC
23:51the_5th_wheel has quit IRC