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Channel log from 1 May 2008   (all times are UTC)

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<generic>
ogra u there
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<generic>
helo
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<generic>
helo
05:11
how i ebanle usb on my thinclinet
05:11
i ahve done ltsp 5
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i did in lts.conf
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LOCALDEV = Y
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is that ok
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<generic>
helo
05:38
guys
05:39
am not able to have usb on ltsp5
05:39
whats wrong
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?
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<cliebow>
Gadi:any easy way to extract timestamp for a folder? i can see stat doing it for files..
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<Gadi>
cliebow: as in: stat -c %y <dirname>
09:10
(thats last modified
09:10
change %y as needed
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<cliebow>
so i read my directory list into an array...
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<Gadi>
ah - in perl?
09:14
<cliebow>
yessir
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<Gadi>
try: (stat $dir)[9]
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$timestamp = (stat $dir)[9];
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like that
09:16
<cliebow>
ok..ill try that again..
09:16
<Gadi>
then you can format the timestamp with:
09:16
use POSIX qw(strftime);
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$formatted = (strftime "%c", (localtime $timestamp)[0..5]);
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like that
09:19* ogra shades his eyes ...
09:19
<ogra>
so much perl here
09:20
<cliebow>
ogra appreciates the way of the python
09:20
<ogra>
:)
09:20
<Gadi>
eh - it would be two lines in Python, too
09:20
:)
09:20
just a differnt magic incantation
09:21
<ogra>
well, its a matter of the girl wearing the bikini weighting 400 pounds or 100 ponds ;)
09:22
one just looks better (based on your preference)
09:22
<cliebow>
a 400 pound bikini..hate to thibk what the girl looks like ;-]
09:23* ogra points to jerry springer
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<ogra>
;)
09:23
<cliebow>
haaa!'
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<cliebow>
foreach my $name (@allfiles){
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my @info=stat($name);
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my $timestamp=$info[9];
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print "$timestamp\n";
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print "$name\n";
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}
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$timestamp is uninitialized
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10:34* ogra urghs about debian bug 478875
10:34
<ogra>
hey vagrantc
10:34* vagrantc waves
10:36
<vagrantc>
ogra: jose's local apps stuff?
10:36
<ogra>
yeah
10:37
it wont work that way
10:37
not without hacking up sshfs
10:37
ff will refuse to write to .mozilla if it cant determine the free space iirc
10:38
<vagrantc>
well, i know he's been testing it
10:38
mainly wants to use it with firefox/iceweasel
10:38
<ogra>
well, he should put it on a wikipage or so
10:39
its nowhere near something i would want to ship in the ldm package
10:39
the localppas scottie implemented work fine already
10:39* vagrantc wonders if it depended on "-ac"
10:39
<ogra>
it sets an xprop value in the root window
10:40
no need for auth
10:40
like the ltspfs token
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<vagrantc>
well, the clients on the thin-client side need permission to write to the local X server
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<ogra>
you need an rc.d script
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like ltspfs
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the setup is identical
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<vagrantc>
it also depends on a pam module that isn't in debian, last i looked.
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<ogra>
(we could put it into a common ldm function set btw :) )
10:41
huh ?
10:41
our pam comes from debian
10:42
<vagrantc>
libpam-extrasomethingorother
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<ogra>
ogra@ceron:~$ apt-cache show libnss-extrausers|grep Maintainer
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Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
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Original-Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link <brlink@debian.org>
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comes from debian
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vagrantc, it works fine just needs some cleanup and some extra love on the sshfs side
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<ogra>
(and the gconf issue needs to be solved but thats true for all implementations we would come up with)
10:45
maily its just been lacking a person that takes the time to put in that last week of work to make it proper ...
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*mainly
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(which i was definately planning to do during 8.10)
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<vagrantc>
ogra: my thoughts regarding jose's stuff is, if it works on some level, include it as doc/examples ... meanwhile, keep working on something better.
10:48
<ogra>
can you get him to make the login search a bit more sane than grepping from the process list ?
10:49
LOGIN=`ps -AF|grep ssh|grep @|cut -f1 -d@|rev|cut -f1 -d" "|rev`
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<vagrantc>
i'm sure he will be amenable to any good ideas :)
10:49
<Gadi>
fyi, guys: moquist has a fuse-based shim for statfs over sshfs
10:49
<vagrantc>
ogra: he was one of the folks i met in extremadura, and is working on the huge LTSP rollout there.
10:49* ogra hugs moquist
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<Gadi>
had it in november in Maine
10:49
<ogra>
i knew why i invited him to prague :)
10:50
vagrantc, hrm and he wants to put that on 1000s of installs that way?
10:51
i dont get why he doesnt use the socket instead of the ps stuff
10:51
<vagrantc>
ogra: well, he wants something that works.
10:51
ogra: maybe he doesn't know about it. like i said, he's probably happy to get feedback on it.
10:51
<ogra>
he should just run id -un or something though the socket to get the name
10:52
oh
10:52
his localapps script recreates .mozilla ?
10:53
ah, no i misread
10:53
well, the xrececd we have in the source should do what his script does
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<vagrantc>
ogra: let me see if i can get him to drop in here ...
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<ogra>
FUSEGID=`grep fuse /etc/group|cut -f3 -d:`
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hmmm
10:54
and you need fuse in the chroot
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<vagrantc>
you need fuse in the chroot for sshfs anyways.
10:55
<ogra>
ah, right
10:55
well, i wont do much today, get him here on a workday :)
10:56* ogra didnt ven plan to open the lappie at all today but couldnt resist
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<ogra>
GF is angry already
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<Gadi>
dont forget - you cannot symlink /etc/mtab either
10:56
<ogra>
sure you can
10:56
<vagrantc>
oh yeah, i didn't come online for ltsp ... i was going to look up may day events...
10:56
<Gadi>
not with sshfs
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<ogra>
you can symlink /etc/passwd :)
10:56
<Gadi>
sshfs dies if you do
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<ogra>
or the world :=
10:57
<Gadi>
ogra: stop drinking for a second, would ya?
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<ogra>
i guess it does a stat call :)
10:57
Gadi, drinking is the night before may 1st ...
10:57
may 1st is for getting sober :P
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11:02* warren is so sad.
11:02* warren cleaning out his desk
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<vagrantc>
?
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<Q-FUNK>
?!
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<ogra>
warren, ????
11:05
whats up ?
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<warren>
we're moving to a new office =)
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<Q-FUNK>
ogra: good walpurgis
11:06
<vagrantc>
warren: i was worried you lost your keys in a back drawer or something.
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<Q-FUNK>
warren: ah, today is the big day?
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<warren>
nod
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<ogra>
Q-FUNK, same to you (even though belated, they danced naked last night with their brooms)
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<Q-FUNK>
and you have no idea whatthe estonian ones do with their broom... :-D
11:08
<ogra>
hahaha
11:09* ogra wonders, is it no public holiday in the US today ?
11:09
<vagrantc>
pfft.
11:09
the government recognized "holidays" today are "Law Day" and "Loyalty Day"
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<Q-FUNK>
ogra: they only have 4th of bushistan
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<ogra>
vagrantc, that was more aimed at companies forcing their employees to do moving on a free day :)
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<vagrantc>
heh
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<Q-FUNK>
like the canadina 1st of july
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<vagrantc>
ogra: well, you caught an extra fish on the same line.
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<johnny>
we have a labor day holiday
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but that's in sept
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instead of may day..
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<ogra>
well, may first was actually originally been created by the socialist party .... probably just political issues :)
11:33* leio enjoyed his free day ;p
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<vagrantc>
ogra: was that back in the ancient times when there was a single socialist party?
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<ogra>
yeah
11:37
oh, funny
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its apparently been declared as labor day/day of work in the whole world by the socialist party back around 1900 ....
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<leio>
now it's just to survive the hangover
11:39
<ogra>
as a result of the chicago haymarket riot in 1886
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<vagrantc>
general strike!
11:39
<ogra>
funny that the whole eastern block and most of europe celebrate it now
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but it goes rather unoticed in many US states
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<Q-FUNK>
cold war leftovers; anything communist ist verbotten
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<vagrantc>
well, dare i say, it was due to a lot of hard work.
11:42
the US forgot about may day not merely through accident
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<Q-FUNK>
on purpose, indeed
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<vagrantc>
the creation of "Law Day" was explicitly to draw attention away from labour celebrations
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<warren>
Corporate Democracy is the future.
11:46
<Q-FUNK>
sorry, what is this domocracy you're talking about?
11:46
<vagrantc>
Q-FUNK: it's about holding people captive with little reason and torturing them, last i heard.
11:46
<warren>
vagrantc: don't forget the corporate masters
11:47
<vagrantc>
i just can't wait till we have decent robots that can become the eathly manifestation of corporations
11:48
<warren>
vagrantc: Japan probably has it already
11:48
vagrantc: but they're too busy fighting each other
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<ogra>
haha
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<vagrantc>
oh, i had thought Law Day was a failed propaganda attempt, but apparently bush has brought it back to "life"
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<Q-FUNK>
he brought cold war back, too
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<vagrantc>
it's not cold enough, though.
11:51
<warren>
you can blame Samuel P. Huntington
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<vagrantc>
wow, loyalty day is even better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day
11:55
i'd better go affirm my loyalty quick
11:55
<ogra>
Q-FUNK, do your thin cans work properly with alsa ?
11:55
<Q-FUNK>
yup
11:55
snd-sc5535audio
11:56
öö
11:56
cs5535
11:57
works like a charm on standalone thincans
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<Q-FUNK>
never tried with ltsp, though
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<ogra>
which one now ?
11:57
snd-sc5535audio or cs5535 ?
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(the latter is oss)
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<Q-FUNK>
snd-cs5535audio
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<Q-FUNK>
we use alsa
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<warren>
thincan working great with sound here
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<johnny>
but for your information
12:01
TV says nothing of loyalty and law day
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only may day
12:02
just thought i'd take a look and see
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<hwilde>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/131439
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No sound with AMD DeviceCS5536 [Geode companion] Audio
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https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=3288
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0003288: No sound with Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] DeviceCS5536 [Geode companion] Audio
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so if it doesn't have any trouble then why are the ubuntu and alsa projects tracking those bugs
12:03
<warren>
I don't know anything about Ubuntu
12:03
It works on Fedora 9
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<hwilde>
it works for playing a single sound event
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but if you queue up multiple sounds, it does not wait for them to finish
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<warren>
what happens?
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<hwilde>
as soon as you send it a sound event, it returns finished, before the sound is done
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then it tries to play the next one etc
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for an effect our customers call... stuttering
12:04
it's like a bad dj scratching a record
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<warren>
sounds like the driver doesn't handle mixing properly
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<johnny>
so.. it should behave like a good dj :)
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<hwilde>
that's the thing, i've recompiled alsa 17 different ways and it doesn't make any diff
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<johnny>
eg mixing :)
12:04
<hwilde>
i've tried playing it through a couple different libraries
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i've converted all the .wav files to .mp3 and .ogg and played them through various programs
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the best is the mp3 playlist, if you queue up a bunch, it flies right through them and stutters and then plays the last in the list
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<Gadi>
hwilde: do you play them locally or on the server?
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<hwilde>
but... we are getting some sounds... so I guess we're ahead of the curve bc all those bug posts say no sound
12:05
Gadi, locally
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<Gadi>
out of curiosity - try lowering your video resolution
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<Gadi>
and see if it improves
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if it does, it may not be the driver but the PCI bus saturating
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these integrated chips sometimes have issues
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<hwilde>
there is no video
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<Gadi>
ah
12:07* ogra goes back into his free day ... damned i spent most of it on irc again getting dragged into conversations ...
12:07
<Gadi>
you play from console?
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<hwilde>
and it does get worse with cpu load
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under typical operation it plays from the code through the tcl snack audio library
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I also tried a c++ lib and various command line mp3 programs
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and aplay
12:08
even the ubuntu login sound stutters on boot up lol
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<warren>
another difference here is Fedora doesn't use dmix
12:08
is Ubuntu using dmix?
12:09
hwilde: if you play a MP3 for example, does it stutter once at the beginning and goes smoothly thereafter?
12:09
hwilde: and anything else you play simultaneously is mixed nicely?
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<hwilde>
if you play just one file, it is ok
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if you queue up multiple sound files, it stutters through a split second of each, then plays the last one semi-normally
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<warren>
"queue up" implies one after another
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<hwilde>
yes, on a via-nehemiah system is plays the first one, waits for it to finish, then plays the second one, waits for it to finish, etc
12:11
<warren>
On my thincan I'm able to play youtube and totem at the same time
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and I still hear sound effects when I minimize windows
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<hwilde>
but on amd-geode it returns finished immediately - it does not wait for the event to finish
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<warren>
all of this happens simultaneously
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<hwilde>
do you have the amd geode audio companion?
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<warren>
what is that?
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<hwilde>
umm the audio chipset or whatever
12:13
the thing we are talking about here
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/131439
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No sound with AMD DeviceCS5536 [Geode companion] Audio
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https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=3288
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0003288: No sound with Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] DeviceCS5536 [Geode companion] Audio
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<warren>
I don't have my thincan here with me
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we're moving offices now
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<itais>
ogra: around?
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<johnny>
it's day off for ogra today
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<itais>
ah, vagrantc told me he wanted to comment m
12:39
comment me something about the localapp stuff
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<johnny>
he was here for a bit
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<vagrantc>
itais: i think ogra just finally started not being here.
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heh
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<itais>
ah, ok, do you know what were his comments about?
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<vagrantc>
itais: i think just some comments about some of the implementation details, and trying to work towards something more acceptible upstream
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<itais>
ah, perfect, I'm totally open to improve it. This fullfil my needs now in the schools, and it works, but obviously I'm sure it can be done better. I have also some ideas to improve it, but no time to do it
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<vagrantc>
itais: that's basically what i figured :)
12:45
itais: i think ogra will be working on it for the 8.10 ubuntu release.
12:46
itais: which, if all goes well, might be similar timeframe to lenny
12:46
<itais>
yes, but I needed to have it solved before the end of the spring :-)
12:46
<ogra>
ok ok ... my laptop beeps like mad, i see, i have to be here :)
12:46
<vagrantc>
itais: i know :)
12:46
<ogra>
itais, hey
12:46
<itais>
hey, nice to "meet" you
12:47
<ogra>
i have some suggestions for your script, vagrant said you urgently need it to work on the big rollout :)
12:48
<itais>
perfect, go ahead
12:50
<ogra>
using the processlist for determining the username isnt going to work with multiple ldms running and there is a better way to do that :)
12:50
LOGIN=$(ssh -S $LDM_SOCKET $LDM_SERVER "id -un")
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<itais>
great, I thought of that possibility, but discarded it by now, that's much better
12:51
<ogra>
the good thing here is that $LDM_SOCKET tells you that ldm is running *and* points you to the right ldm that called the rc script :)
12:52
<vagrantc>
localapps and multiple LDMs is likely to just be a nightmare
12:52
<ogra>
the ltsplogin file should somehow be made unique to the ldm using it
12:52
(like the socket is)
12:52
<vagrantc>
if you're logged into two different servers with two different UID -> NAME mappings
12:52
or if you share the same user locally ...
12:53
<itais>
ogra, right, but as vagrantc said I thought that multiple ldm using local apps wouldn't make too much sense. And if somebody does it in my schools I would drive mad
12:54
<ogra>
something like $(basename $LDM_SOCKET|tr -d "ldm_socket")
12:54
<itais>
the problem with the ltsplogin file is that I didn't find a way to know who the user was when executing K.., as the ssh connection is already closed
12:54
<ogra>
right
12:54
i dont think its wrong to have the user stored somewhere
12:55
<itais>
but K20.... needs to get the user name to assure that the connection is closed, sshfs unmounted and there are not remaining process running
12:55
so how can I get it ?
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<vagrantc>
stash it in /var/run/ldm/FOO
12:56* ogra said he doesnt think thats wrong :)
12:56
<ogra>
*doesnt*
12:56
<itais>
:-) I've re-read it now
12:56
<ogra>
as you do it its fine, i'd just bind the filename to the ldm using it
12:57
like: echo $LOGIN>/var/run/ltsplogin$(basename $LDM_SOCKET|tr -d "ldm_socket")
12:57
<vagrantc>
itais: that's another reason why actually setting up the user locally might be a good thing
12:57
<ogra>
(the tr needs improvement though)
12:57
right
12:57
libnss-extrausers can do that for you
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thats what the specced variant uses
12:57
<itais>
ok, I'll change the scripts with these tips and test it tomorrow
12:58
libnss-extrausers didn't work for me in the tests I did some months ago, maybe it was not fine on Debian, or I didn't understand its setup
12:59
all my users are in a ldap server that's not in the ltsp-server and I couldn't make it work
12:59
<vagrantc>
in my experience, getent works with ldap
12:59
<itais>
with this approach I got a workaround joining the filesystem to the ssh connection ldm already open
12:59
<ogra>
it worked in the proof of concept setup http://ltspthinclient.blogspot.com/2007/10/local-apps_31.html
12:59
<itais>
yes, getent does it
12:59
<ogra>
http://ltspthinclient.blogspot.com/2007/11/local-apps-2-next-morning.html
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<itais>
I read that blog page, but didn't find your setup, only the photos :-D
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<ogra>
yeah
13:00
i was at a meeting that day sadly
13:01
but stgraber attended he'S the most righ tguy on the pic
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<itais>
vagrantc: what did you mean with "that's another reason why actually setting up the user locally might be a good thing"?
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<vagrantc>
itais: it will keep track of which users are logged in ... or maybe not. i'm not sure :)
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<ogra>
itais, using getent like that $(ssh -S $LDM_SOCKET $LDM_SERVER "getent $(id -un)")
13:02
so you get the complete entry from the session
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and then actually adding the user locally
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<itais>
ah, right, I've caught it now
13:03
that's a great idea
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<ogra>
adding her to the fuse group and be done :)
13:03
that needs some extra checking though and you need to make sure the user gets properly deleted on logout
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<itais>
yeah, the problem there is that passwd & shadow are in a non-writable dir
13:04
<ogra>
did you actually test that friefox works with that setup at all ?
13:04
i know it makes some probs if it cant find out the free space on the fs
13:04
<itais>
yes, it works, activating logging it complains with a failed locking, but it works
13:04
<ogra>
(ahich sshfs prevents due to not having statfs calls implemented)
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<ogra>
*which
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<itais>
I had to do the ugly hack you see because of that: my ltsp servers are amd64, and run firefox from inside the ltsp chroot
13:06
<ogra>
have you had a look at the xrexecd code in the tlsp source ?
13:07
it works thorugh just dropping an xproperty on the root window
13:07
<itais>
and starting it as a local app, it could not modify those paths automatically because GetDataSourceBlocking didn't work properly
13:07
no, I haven't look at that stuff
13:08
<ogra>
xrececd runs as daemon on the client and monitors the x properties on the rootwin
13:08
<itais>
you're thinking of how to launch the localapp automagically
13:09
<ogra>
if you add LTSP_COMMAND=firefox to that rootwin it will pick it up and execute ff on the client
13:09
well, thats how we planned to do it
13:10
i know scott has done some more work on it he didnt publish yet ... and saldy he is MIA at the moment
13:10
*sadly
13:10
<itais>
so, it can not be used yet or it just can be improved?
13:11
<ogra>
it needs to be finished by someone putting some time in :)
13:11
<stgraber>
if rexecd works the way I think it does, you should just have to do a : xprop -f ltsp_command 8s -root -set ltsp_command firefox
13:11
<ogra>
i will do that during the ubuntu 8.10 dev cycle if nobody else does it before
13:11
<stgraber>
to start firefox
13:11
(assuming xrexecd watches ltsp_command)
13:11
<ogra>
well
13:12
capitalized, but yes :)
13:13
<itais>
mmm, many things to play with, I had thought I had finished this stuff this week :P
13:13
<ogra>
well, feel free to do whatever suits you for your project
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13:14
<ogra>
but every step forward in the direction of the spec would really be helpful if someone puts time into it anyway ;)
13:14
<itais>
yes, but I like to do things together with upstream,
13:14
<leio>
hwilde: yes, warren's thincan has CS5536 for audio.
13:14
<itais>
if you plan to do it in that way, I'll try to do it as similar as possible, to make smooth upgrades later
13:14
<warren>
leio: I actually didn't look at what my thincan has, it just worked so I didn't bother
13:14
<ogra>
probably no 100% that way but as close as possible to the planning
13:15
<scrapbunnyserver>
hi there just wanted to say that my flash being slow is fixed a little by removing the info i had in lts.conf
13:15
<leio>
warren: right, I work at Artec and DBE61 and DBE62 use CS5536 companion chip, so CS5536 audio ;)
13:15
<ogra>
else we would have wasted the time we spent for designing it and that would be sad
13:15
<warren>
leio: thanks for clarifying.
13:15
<hwilde>
leio, warren, but is it the amd geode ?
13:15
<warren>
only thing I can say is that Fedora uses ALSA without dmix and pulseaudio alsa
13:15
<leio>
yes, CS5536 is a companion chip that must be used with AMD Geode LX.
13:15
<itais>
ogra: anyway, more time is something I'd love to have. I have to end with this part of the project asap, to test it in large scale for some time before the final migration
13:16
<ogra>
itais, i.e. i could imagine to just use useradd instead of libnss-extrausers to simplify the setup
13:16
<warren>
leio: what is your role at Artec?
13:16
<itais>
so I'll spend a couple of days more to be as similar as possible to it, as I don't think I can end it in those days
13:16
<leio>
warren: software engineer. As it happens I work most at ThinCans at present
13:16
<itais>
ogra: yes
13:16
<ogra>
itais, probably vagrantc could enable xrececd building in the debian sid package
13:16
<warren>
leio: one of the two thincans I received had a really weird problem, after a few minutes of runtime after it warms up, it begins corrupting memory in random locations, although with a consistent pattern
13:17
<ogra>
so you could try it
13:17
<prpplague>
leio: thincans? got a url?
13:17
<warren>
leio: whatever is supposed to be in a memory location + 08000000
13:17
<leio>
I think Q-FUNK was consulted the hardware guys?
13:17
<warren>
yeah
13:17
<leio>
prpplague: thincan.com
13:17
<warren>
I'm going to mail this back after my office moves
13:17
I think I can workaround this problem if I run the thincan from my freezer
13:17
<prpplague>
ahh i was adding an s to it
13:18
<warren>
difficult to get cables into there
13:18
<prpplague>
leio: nice looking boxes
13:18
<leio>
warren: hmm, so what's that mean, certain bits corrupted or differing physical locations?
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<warren>
leio: whatever is supposed to be in a 32bit read gets 08000000 added to it
13:19
err, I guess not add
13:19
masked
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leio: corruption but with a predictable pattern
13:20
<leio>
so the memory address gets corrupted?
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<Blinny>
Is there a way to un-gray the 'Unlock' buttons in user manager when logged in from a terminal?
13:22
<scrapbunnyserver>
sorry to interupt but can any of you recommend a good system monitor to use with 8.04 thin clients?
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<Blinny>
Seems like the old way of prompting for admin PW still works - the new 'Unlock' button method isn't available from thin clients from administrative users.
13:24
<prpplague>
leio: don't suppose you guys do oem of the design minus the case?
13:24
<leio>
prpplague: We design and manufacture so, so anything is theoretically possible. Talk with Q-FUNK on that :)
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<prpplague>
leio: we don't do any x86 stuff any more, so occasionally we need something
13:31
<Q-FUNK>
hm?
13:33
<ogra>
Q-FUNK, prpplague wants you to find customers that want to buy thin can cases standalone, so he can buy the boards
13:36
<Q-FUNK>
hwilde: sound works fine here, on both debian and ubuntu
13:37
prpplague: we might be persuaded to sell only motherboards or to design a custom case. it depends on the quantities.
13:38
<prpplague>
Q-FUNK: we do all our own case stuff, http://www.amltd.com
13:38
Q-FUNK: we mainly do ARM based designs but occasionally we get customers who want a x86 design for something like a forklift
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<ogra>
forklifts are not arm compatible ?
13:39
wow
13:39* ogra didnt know :)
13:39
<prpplague>
ogra: hehe
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<prpplague>
ogra: funny
13:39
<ogra>
dont use your forklifts with your arms :)
13:40
<prpplague>
ogra: on a roll
13:40
<ogra>
heh
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<empiric>
hi all
14:01
i want to enable USB on ltsp 5
14:01
any idea
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<scrapbunnyserver>
can anyone recommend a replacement to the default system monitor? something that can kill runaway processes if possible
14:04
<johnny>
i just use htop..
14:04
cli script
14:05
<leio>
define "default system monitor"?
14:05
<scrapbunnyserver>
the system monitor listed under System-Administraton
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<leio>
the name from its about dialog might help me
14:07
<johnny>
leio, it's just the gnome one...
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or kde one .. if on kde..
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<scrapbunnyserver>
System Monitor 2.22.0
14:08
<leio>
ok, that one can kill processes, not sure about "runaway"
14:08
<johnny>
do you mean automatically kill runaway processes ?
14:08
or you manually kill em
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<scrapbunnyserver>
i would like something to check what processes are using the most resources and if there is something to automatically kill runaway processes that would be great
14:10
<johnny>
htop will do that
14:10
the first part
14:10
<scrapbunnyserver>
i have a fresh install of ubuntu 8.04 with the edubuntu add on
14:10
<johnny>
the 2nd part.. maybe the app called and
14:10
it seems kinda old tho.. maybe something newer exists
14:11
<scrapbunnyserver>
i remember using htop when i tried edubuntu 7.10
14:13
so far hardy looks to run better and i am liking the italc. just having issues with some programs not closing, tux paint/tuxmath/tuxtyping
14:14
my server is a dell poweredge 1750 and i need to be able to run 32 clients on it
14:15
<johnny>
dell poweredge 1750 is meaningless
14:16
specs are important
14:19
<scrapbunnyserver>
3gig memory, dual intel xeon 2.40 processors
14:20
<johnny>
are you sure tha's enough memory?
14:20
unless you're not running firefox and OOo
14:20
then it prolly is
14:21
<itais>
OO is not a problem, as many sessions don't eat much memory, firefox might be a problem
14:21
<scrapbunnyserver>
i plan to order more. i'm just testing things with 10 clients now and memory is fine but cpu usage seems really high
14:22
<johnny>
yeah.. i'm having CPU usage issues more so here atm as well
14:22
<ogra>
itais, that really depends ... many people using lots of differnt galleries in oo.o can make you suffer
14:23
<scrapbunnyserver>
i loaded htop and am trying to kill a process and nothing happens
14:23
<ogra>
you need to sudo it :)
14:23
<johnny>
yes.. you must sudo
14:23
<ogra>
you cant just kill other users processes ;)
14:24
<itais>
ogra: yeah, but that should be a weird case, running many heavy impress presentations in my tests it never needed more than 2 gb of memory with 30 clients, firefox is another story if they use flash.
14:25
<scrapbunnyserver>
:-! should have thought of that
14:26
<ogra>
scrapbunnyserver, you culd use thin-client-manager for a per client processlisting (and kill option) but the app is largely unmaintained so i cant tell how well it works (thats why we dropped it as defautl for italc)
14:26
<scrapbunnyserver>
htop seems to be working, i just have to remember to sudo it
14:27
<leio>
doesn't gnome-system-monitor-2.22 optionally support policykit?
14:27
as for firefox, using Fx3 should probably help a lot, but I guess if you have 2.22 of GNOME, then you have that too for a binary distro
14:27
<johnny>
yes.. ff3 beta5
14:27
<ogra>
leio, well, for apps that support polkit ... which are not many yet
14:28
<scrapbunnyserver>
i got firefox with flash working a little faster. i removed the lines i had put into lts.conf and everything loaded up
14:29
<leio>
ogra: that's good in my book.
14:29
<ogra>
imho polkit/consolekit still need 6 months to mature
14:30
i wouldnt have pulled them into hardy ... but not my decision and upstream did the switch anyway
14:30
<scrapbunnyserver>
still not great but it works for the sites i need the kids to go on :) is there any movement on ltsp-localapps, that looked like a great idea
14:30
<johnny>
yes.. a bit of movement
14:30
<ogra>
we dscussed some of it here today
14:31
<leio>
ogra: upstream did what?
14:31
I have a great gnome-2.22 system here that has no polkit in sight
14:31
<ogra>
leio, switch to polkit/ck
14:31
<johnny>
yeah.. no polkit here
14:31
<ogra>
do your ditros use gnome-system-tools ?
14:31
*distros
14:32
<leio>
no, it's broken.
14:32
<ogra>
ah
14:32
well, that largely depends on ck now
14:32
<johnny>
i do have ck..
14:32
<ogra>
right, gdm uses it
14:32
<leio>
polkit is not an approved external dependency, so GNOME-2.22 must be able to work without it.
14:32
<scrapbunnyserver>
is there any point/advantage to trying something other then gnome for client sessions?
14:33
<johnny>
scrapbunnyserver, some people use xfce
14:33
<ogra>
and there was that other thing with k
14:33
<leio>
I don't get about consolekit on gdm though. I don't see it in approved external deps
14:33
though I'm not so much against ck
14:34
<ogra>
well, if apps require ck you are screwed if you use startx
14:34
(unless your distro hacked up something)
14:34
<scrapbunnyserver>
i remember trying xfce, wonder if it is worth trying again with 8.04
14:35
<ogra>
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
14:35
easy to check :)
14:35
<scrapbunnyserver>
i would like to have the students run tuxpaint, math and typing but none of them with close right
14:36
i think i will try that and hope that localapp is usable before the start of the new school year
14:37
<ogra>
when is that ?
14:37
localapps might be in 8.10
14:37
<scrapbunnyserver>
Mid August
14:38
that would still be good, i can at help test it for 8.10 :)
14:39
<lns>
I remember talking with one of the devs for tuxtype/paint and he said a lot of the video calls in the code aren't made for thin-clients (but might be easy to fix).. that's as far as I got when i was testing them
14:41
<scrapbunnyserver>
the funny thing is that they all seem to run fine, had 3 students running it today, they just won't close so i have to kill them in htop or restart the server
14:42
<lns>
scrapbunnyserver, yea - 3-5 students im' sure are fine...but try 35 =)
14:42
and i did experience the 100% cpu thing too when exiting
14:43
same with frozen bubble (a shame, i love that game =) )
14:43
specially since it has lan/inet simultaneous play
14:43
<ogra>
try crack-attack ;)
14:44
<lns>
lol, nice name =p
14:44
<ogra>
very cool game
14:44
slightly addictive in the tetris sense so be careful
14:44
:)
14:44
<lns>
let's hope it's not about narcotics... don't think the teachers would approve =p
14:44
ah
14:44
hehe
14:45
<scrapbunnyserver>
my thought/plan is to run flash and the tux programs with localapps if possible
14:45
<lns>
scrapbunnyserver, flash really isn't that bad even in my labs with 35 students using it at the same time
14:45
shockwave director is obviously an issue but otherwise flash seems fine
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<lns>
and i saw adobe actually made a new release for linux recently
14:48
9.0.124.0 - http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
14:54
you do want a beefy server for it though, it is fairly resource intensive (what adobe app isn't thou)
14:57
<scrapbunnyserver>
i know a few students that will be upset with no shockwave
14:57
oooohh i'll have to try that
14:58
<lns>
scrapbunnyserver, google "shockwave linux petition" and sign the form, not that adobe pays attention to it, but still..might help
14:59
that was a HUGE issue for me, as some of their critical learning material was on SW only sites
14:59
<scrapbunnyserver>
lns- do you use the open sourse flash driver or the regular adobe one?
14:59
<lns>
but I explained it to the admin staff and they seemed to side with me
14:59
scrapbunnyserver, adobe
14:59
gnash seems to work well but adobes works much better (at this point in time, it will probably change later)
14:59
and i'll happily move to gnash
15:00
<scrapbunnyserver>
do you have a real beefy server and clients though?
15:00
<lns>
beefy server yes
15:00
the clients are celery 500's w/~128mb ram
15:00
and/or other misc ones and neoware e100s
15:00
and koolus
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<scrapbunnyserver>
do you use gnome or xfce?
15:01
<lns>
servers are mostly HP Proliant ML370 G5's (dual 2x core xeon 1.6GHz, 8GB ram)
15:01
gnome
15:03
<scrapbunnyserver>
i am in california so once budget stuff is decided i am going to ask for money to max out my dell server with more ram
15:03
<lns>
scrapbunnyserver, cool i'm in CA too - what part?
15:03
<scrapbunnyserver>
east bay area, pittsburg
15:03
<lns>
north bay, sonoma county =)
15:03
<scrapbunnyserver>
very cool
15:04* ogra wonders where east is in a pacific bay
15:04
<lns>
nice to meet some locals!
15:04
<ogra>
cat you guys put some logic in your naming of places over there ?
15:04
<scrapbunnyserver>
ogra we are about 45 minutes east of San Fran
15:05
<ogra>
ah
15:05
<lns>
and i'm about 1hr north of SF
15:05
<scrapbunnyserver>
so we are in the east of the bay area
15:05* ogra would expect east to be the shore and west to be water :)
15:06
<ogra>
but hey, i suck at geography :)
15:06
<scrapbunnyserver>
we actually have the bay on the west and the delta river on the east
15:06
<ogra>
yeah i forgot how huge the bay is
15:06
<shogunx>
if i put a /etc/X11/Xorg.conf in the chroot, the terms should load that, rather than autodetecting, right?
15:06
<ogra>
shogunx, depends, what distro ?
15:07
err
15:07
<shogunx>
hardy
15:07
<ogra>
no not at all
15:07
you a) need to re-roll the image after you dropped the file in place
15:07
and b) teall the ltsp client scripts to not autodetect
15:07
*tell
15:07
<shogunx>
i need to find a way around my geode lx's video chip not being happy with a) the framebuffer and b) X, in that order.
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<scrapbunnyserver>
well i am going to reboot in xfce and see what i get. thank again for all your help everyone
15:08
<shogunx>
ok. a) is no problem.
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<shogunx>
b) happens in lts.conf or elsewhere?
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<lns>
scrapbunnyserver, np - stay in touch
15:09
<ogra>
CONFIGURE_X=False
15:09
in lts.conf
15:09
<shogunx>
muchos gracias.
15:09
<ogra>
then it wont touch it
15:09
shogunx, also its xorg.conf, not Xorg.conf
15:10
<shogunx>
i assume i can just blacklist the fb modules also before ltsp-update-image?
15:10
<ogra>
you need to rebuild the initramfs after blacklisting
15:10
sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 update-initramfs -u
15:10
<shogunx>
ahh. check.
15:10
<leio>
lns: have you tried swfdec-mozilla for free flash?
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<shogunx>
many thanx ogra
15:11
<ogra>
welcome :)
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<lns>
leio, nope
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bbl thou - stupid windows clients always needing attention =p
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<johnny>
i definitely need a solution for my ltsp setup... its' going to hard to justify continued use of ltsp, if i have to move our POS desktop to another physical machine..
15:22
need a way for firefox and flash to cooperate :)
15:29
<ogra>
johnny, i fixed the kiosk plugin in hardy ;)
15:29
<johnny>
what does the kiosk plugin do again?
15:29
<ogra>
if you only need ff and flash
15:30
it isntalls ff as localapp and runs it fullscreen on client boot
15:30
instead of ldm
15:30
if your POS is web based ....
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<laga>
i think it installs gdm, right?
15:31
<ogra>
right, but only for autostarting the session
15:31
its preconfigured to launch ff
15:31
as user kiosk
15:31* laga hugs the plugin system
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<ogra>
hug vagrantc and otavio for that :)
15:32
<laga>
did they force you to do that? i thought you came up with that :)
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<johnny>
i would like to have more than firefox..
15:33
<laga>
the kiosk plugin is ubuntu/debian specific anyways AFAIK
15:34
<johnny>
the plugin system is always in my way .. i override almost more than i use :)
15:36
<moritz>
apropos localapps, you think virtualbox could be configured as a localapp rather painlessly?
15:37
<laga>
why not? you'll need to install the kernel modules inside the chroot
15:37
<johnny>
the POS isn't web based
15:37
<ogra>
johnny, how much more ?
15:37
<johnny>
terminal
15:37
OOo
15:38
<ogra>
you can modify it :)
15:38
<johnny>
terminal is fine running remotely tho..
15:38
i guess i could do that damn hack with the ssh back wrapping
15:38
but it seemed slow
15:38
slower than it should be
15:38
the machines are p4
15:38
ins ome cases
15:38
old ones
15:38
but p4 nonetheless
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<shogunx>
hi all. where can i find a list of lts.conf variables?
20:04
for the hardy version of ltsp?
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<ogra>
/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/doc/ltsp-client-core/examples/lts-parameters.txt.gz
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<shogunx>
thanx again
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<ogra>
it doesnt have all ldm options though
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<shogunx>
related to compression, encryption, etc?
20:07
i'm just trying to pass a specific resolution to the xserver
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<ogra>
ah, no
20:07
LDM_DIRECTX and the autlogin stuff is missing i think
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<shogunx>
ahh. will not need to fool with any of that at present.
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<BGomes>
hersonls: i ae
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<hersonls>
BGomes: eae
20:33
BGomes: tranquilo?
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<BGomes>
hersonls: all fine
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<hersonls>
BGomes: good
20:35
BGomes: and POA, cold?
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<BGomes>
hersonls: yep
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<BGomes>
hersonls: I make some code here, there are on us svn repos at s1
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<hersonls>
for that?
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<BGomes>
hersonls: I send one email in few minute explan this
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<hersonls>
BGomes: News mean! new version of the bazaar :D
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i need work :D
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<gregbrady>
Hi everyone! I have ssh sessions working wonderful over my local network and even remotely over the net....how far off is this from being able to remotely boot a computer from a server?
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<shogunx>
hmm. silly geode will not give me better than 800x600
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<johnny_>
is that even possible gregbrady ..
21:01
closest thing is wake on lan
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unless you have specialized hardware
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<gregbrady>
johnny_ maybe I'm not asking the question correctly!
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johnny_ is it close to being able to run a complete X session remotely. (is that more precise?)
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<johnny_>
yes
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uhmm.. isn't that what ltsp is?
21:02
what more do you want?
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<gregbrady>
johnny_ I thought so. I tried to set it up once but could just not figure it out, so I ended up chopping it up into smaller tasks. Understand and implement ssh first.
21:03
it works wonderfully.
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<johnny_>
what couldn't you figure out?
21:04
you should read the edubuntu docs
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even if you're not using ubuntu
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for a good general understanding
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<gregbrady>
johnny_ you know, it's been awhile and I forget the specifics. I just got lost in it all and wanted something simpler to work. Well, I've found that so I guess you are right. Try again from the edubuntu docs and see what happens.
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I had problems even getting two ubuntu machines to be able to communicate.
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samba was a disaster....
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<shogunx>
is there an X_MODE variable in lts.conf?
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i see it referenced, but not explicitly explained in the doc...
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<gregbrady>
johnny_ now I remember.....I am trying to install into a group of computers all connected to a dhcp serving network router with unlimited ip address times. This is instead of having a server with two network cards.
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<johnny_>
you don't need two nics
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i don't
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that is.. unless you want it to be a router
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<gregbrady>
I already have a router that works just fine.
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<johnny_>
exactly
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bbiab
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<gregbrady>
ok, i've installed the server components but I'm unsure of how to boot a thin client
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<gregbrady>
I'd like to keep the thin client as a dual boot
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<gregbrady>
Never mind....I've read through the docs and I just can't figure it out. I'll stick with the awkward ssh X sessions for now. I'll keep researching of course!
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<johnny>
gregbrady, you should ask specific questions
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<gregbrady>
johnny, I cannot figure out the process to setup a thin client dual boot
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<johnny>
why would you want to do that?
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thin clients don't use hard drives
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normally at least
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<gregbrady>
ok, so I would class my laptop as a thick client?
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<johnny>
yes
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or fat client
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ie: anormal computer
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<johnny>
people use say fat/thick client around here to refer to netbooted computers, where all processes run locally
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<cpunches>
WAIT, what is this thin client/thick client stuff?
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<johnny>
nothing cpunches
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<cpunches>
and why haven't I ever heard of it?
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and where is documentation on these classifications
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<gregbrady>
Ok, what I want is my remote computers to run from the server
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<johnny>
remote?
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<gregbrady>
No matter what they are
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<cpunches>
johnny: ?
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<johnny>
ltsp tends to require alot of network usage
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altho usually cuz of firefox/OOo tho...
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<gregbrady>
johnny, ok, I want my computers to be able to boot off my server, no matter what the hardware configuration
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<johnny>
yes
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well.. there is one hardware configuration
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you need
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which is netbootable network card
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<gregbrady>
johnny, ah, I see now
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<johnny>
altho i used floppies to emulate that at once
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or cds are possible, but i didn't want to use up the cdrom drive :)
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for just netboot
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<gregbrady>
so it is a bios setting?
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<johnny>
depends on the computer as to what what the setting is
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but normally you just change the boot order
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so network instead of hard drive
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<gregbrady>
ok, it is a compaq r4000, if you are interested
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<cpunches>
Ya know, I love asking a direct question and being absolutely ignored.
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It's soooo *not* rude.
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I mean, how on earth could someone find that offensive; thats beyond me.
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<gregbrady>
cpunches, remain calm.
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<cpunches>
gregbrady: i was talking to johnny :P
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<gregbrady>
still, remain calm
22:25
<cpunches>
........
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Don't tell me what to do. Ever.
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<johnny>
cpunches, what is your deal
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<gregbrady>
holy cow
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<johnny>
what quesiton did you have?
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<cpunches>
johnny: i asked you a question :/
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<gregbrady>
johnny is doing the best he can
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<cpunches>
<cpunches> WAIT, what is this thin client/thick client stuff?
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<johnny>
it looked like you were trying to be funny
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<cpunches>
cpunches> and why haven't I ever heard of it?
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<cpunches> and where is documentation on these classifications
22:26
<johnny>
cpunches, you've bene here before
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<cpunches>
<johnny> nothing cpunches
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<johnny>
iirc
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<cpunches>
I have been here yes :)
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<johnny>
you wouldn't be in #ltsp if you didnt' know what a thin client was, would you?
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<cpunches>
Uhm. Yes, yes I would; and if I didn't know I wouldn't be asking. I dont use ltsp, I'm scoping it out.
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<johnny>
what are you scoping out for?
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why are you waiting? you must be missing some sort of information?
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what is it? :)
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<cpunches>
I can't really talk about it. So what are these client classifications...I'm actually still unfamiliar with ltsp's function beyond providing one X server to multiple remote screens
22:28
<johnny>
there aren't any real classifications as far as i know
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<gregbrady>
johnny, on a more fun note.......I'm still not sure how to start my thick client on a dual boot system.
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<johnny>
no.. sorry.. i meant using your laptop or regular desktop computer.. is sometimes called a thick client :)
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<cpunches>
johnny: so if there are no classifications, than a thick client is a thin client?
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<johnny>
not at all related to ltsp
22:29
<cpunches>
....omfg nevermind, I don't care that much.
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you just said....
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<johnny>
i wasn't answering you
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<gregbrady>
holy cow, tough crowd
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<johnny>
i was talking to him
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sorry.. i'll prefix my responses
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<cpunches>
lol
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<johnny>
cpunches: no real classifications.. just ho people tend to refer to a slightly large class of computing functions
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how not ho *
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<cpunches>
johnny: oh ok. thats an oddly loose definition; its yours or a community definition?
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<johnny>
community :)
22:31
it is very loose
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most people say thin client.. when they expect all services to run on the server
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and not locally
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<cpunches>
so loose that there isn't one; i love empty jargon
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lol
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<johnny>
more like a mainframe
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with terminals
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<cpunches>
only its X and not bash
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lol
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<johnny>
yes
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<cpunches>
sounds like a giant X-forwarding session in ssh
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<johnny>
that's what it is..
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but it does have a way for local devices to work
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which just x forwarding wouldn't
22:32
<cpunches>
erm...yeah it could
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lol
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<johnny>
no.. it wouldn't
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<cpunches>
uhm......yes it would
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<johnny>
not in linux anwyays
22:32
<cpunches>
yes, in linux
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<johnny>
tell me how?
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<cpunches>
local devices? in ssh?
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<johnny>
oh.. i'm not referring to keyboards or mice
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btw
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<cpunches>
I believe that would be done with screen
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<johnny>
i mean like local hard drives, usb devices
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<cpunches>
me too
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<johnny>
usb keys
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how so?
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we currently use ltspfs to do that
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which exposes the device on the local machine
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to the server
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via fuse (file systems in user space)
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also over ssh
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<cpunches>
oh, you mean where the user wouldn't know they're in a remote session...no, that would be difficult unless you used sshfs, which does all of that.
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<johnny>
hmm.. i wonder if there is a diagram
22:34
<cpunches>
a diagram would be nice
22:34
<johnny>
here's how it goes
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<cpunches>
lol
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<johnny>
1. turn on computer that pxe or etherboots
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<cpunches>
http://www.engrish.com/image/engrish/do-not-little.jpg
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<johnny>
2. download kernel from tftp server
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3. load initramfs and mount rootfs via nbd or nfs
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4. either bind mount or unionfs over top of certain files and directories like /etc/resolv.conf /etc/fstab /var/run,etc
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so they are writable for this computer's session
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<cpunches>
whoa, you're exposing fstab to all of your clients?
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<johnny>
no.. it's empty
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it's only there to be bind mounted or have a unionfs overlay on top of
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<cpunches>
I must have read wrong, can you explain that better?
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<gregbrady>
ok, what is the best way to get a client to a server?
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<johnny>
when they get the roofs, the /etc/fstab is empty
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gregbrady, one moment
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<cpunches>
gregbrady: by offering free beer?
22:37
johnny: ok, so where is the file generated
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<gregbrady>
sure!!!!
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<johnny>
but it needs to be there, so you can either bind mount, or have a unionfs on top of it
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so the clietn can write to it
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<cpunches>
ok, so its client-configurable
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<johnny>
for thier session
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<cpunches>
right
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<johnny>
but lemme continue
22:38
<cpunches>
ok, I'm seeing this as botnet in a box so far
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<johnny>
just as much as any other pc.. except most of the rootfs is mounted read only
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so they can't write to it
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only files needed to be run in the session are available to write to
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<cpunches>
ok, so why couldn't that be possible to unmount and remount with a livecd and chroot?
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<johnny>
no need for a livecd
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that's hte point
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or a cd drive at all
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<cpunches>
oh I see
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<johnny>
it' is useful if you want your users to be able to burn cds tho
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read #1
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and 3
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err and #2
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it loads the initramfs so it has something to start with
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so it can setup the /etc/fstab so the rootfs will be there, so the rest of the system has something to boot from
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so you'll see either /dev/nfs in there
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or /dev/nbd0 or whatever it is
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if using nbd
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<cpunches>
right
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<johnny>
which is how ubuntu and debian do it
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<cpunches>
unfortunately lol
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<johnny>
not really
22:41
it is faster
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i can tell the difference on my network
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<cpunches>
i prefer sshfs
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for mine
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for closed development sharing, anyway
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<johnny>
the problem with ssshfs
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is that it doesn't expose the results of the stat file system calls
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on purpose
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by the developers of ssh
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<cpunches>
tbh i am concerned from what I am hearing about ltsp networks that have cdrom drives on their clients, it sounds like someone could wreak havoc with a few clients
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<johnny>
and many programs need to have the stat filesystem calls
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why?
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why would that be any different than any other computer network with cdrom drives?
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cdrom drives are NOT necessary
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<cpunches>
well, most networks are not centralized. The vulnerability is usually just the NAT or router.
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<johnny>
unless you want your users to have them
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i was mentioning cd rom drives, because many people like having cd burners for their users
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<cpunches>
hrm. i'll continue watching and learning more about ltsp.
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<johnny>
i thought you wanted to know how ltsp works
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i apologize if you didn't want me to go through
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the technical details
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<cpunches>
no its fine, I'm picking up what you're saying. go on if you want lol :)
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<johnny>
only if you want to know :)
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<gregbrady>
Ok, I can ask for help where?
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<cpunches>
i need to learn about it eventually anyway
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<johnny>
do you understand why sshfs is not feasible for the entire setup?
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we especially have a problem with sshfs and firefox
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<cpunches>
johnny: yes
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<warren>
firefox needs stat?
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<johnny>
yes
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<cpunches>
johnny: whats wrong with links? lol
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<johnny>
it checks the size of the directory it writes too
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<cpunches>
or lynx
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<johnny>
cpunches, well.. if you think your users will like it.. :)
22:47
<cpunches>
screw gecko sharp and all that lol I demand lynx! lol
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<johnny>
so, after that
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<cpunches>
oh. users. yeah, I suppose they can be important sometimes.
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<johnny>
then it reads in what you setup for /etc/lts.conf , which is how you tell it certain ways it should run
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like setting specific modules to load, or certain x settings to use, whether you can use local devices, etc
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<cpunches>
so i imagine the server is running a daemon of some sort, like ltspd?
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<johnny>
sorta..
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there is an ldminfod
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but all it does is share the default language settting
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and the server's load rating
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<gregbrady>
ok, I'll try again tomorrow, thanks!
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<cpunches>
so is /etc being shared by all the clients?
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<johnny>
that way the client can pick a different server
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shared.. but not writable
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gregbrady, hold up a moment
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butnot from the server
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<gregbrady>
johnny, not a problem
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<cpunches>
oh ok, so /etc/shadow is accessible, and the command chroot can be downloaded and run
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<johnny>
sorry.. i screwed up
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i forgot to mention how you strt it
22:50
when you first install ltsp
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you setup a client chroot
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which contains a bare minimal system for the cleint to bootfrom
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<cpunches>
on the server side?
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ok
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<johnny>
and that is the rootfs from /opt/ltsp/arch on the server
22:51
<cpunches>
oh good
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<johnny>
so the /etc you use there, is not the server's main /etc
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<cpunches>
oh ok i was like wtf
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<johnny>
so it has X, kernel modules for the ltsp provided kernel, and some ltsp specific scripts
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the ltsp speciic scripts tell it what to do when it has booted
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which is read /etc/lts.conf and doing things based off that
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<cpunches>
oh ok. so whats in place to keep some kid from downloading this: http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/684/exploit.html on my network and phragging the whole network?
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<johnny>
all the programs they use run on the server by default
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<cpunches>
?
22:55
what do you mean, I dont see the connection
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especially if they can just download all the tools they need
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<johnny>
the processes all run on the server by default
22:55
<cpunches>
what does that have to do with the NFS exploit ?
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<johnny>
i don't know how it works
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i'm not the security expert around here
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<cpunches>
oh ok.
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<gregbrady>
Oh my
22:56
<johnny>
that explout you pointed me to
22:56
<cpunches>
well thanks for the heads up, that was very informative.
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<johnny>
you don't even need to use nfs
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nbd is default on ubuntu
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<cpunches>
yes, I hear that. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-237-1
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<johnny>
but.. i really don't see how you would ever safe from any exploit
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any time
22:57
on any computer system
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<cpunches>
johnny: .....lol
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<johnny>
you could make an argument about exploits for every application
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that are just as bad
22:58
<cpunches>
uhm...no. I have no worries on my slackware system, or my Unreal IRCd
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<johnny>
sure.. but your users?
22:58
<cpunches>
my freebsd on the other hand...lol
22:58
<johnny>
you don't run firefox?
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<cpunches>
what about my users?
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<johnny>
or any other popular but possibly buggy apps?
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and exploitable
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<cpunches>
hrm....none that I can think of....even if so, they're not going to get root privs unless their user can get root privs.
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and even if they knew the root password...they couldn't get root privs.
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<johnny>
well.. so you see a problem with mounting any system over the network?
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<cpunches>
no
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<johnny>
so.. how is that any different than how secure it would be with ltsp
23:00
if you set it up securely
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<johnny>
i don't understand your issue with security specifically related ltsp
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<gregbrady>
johnny, good point
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<cpunches>
I think its a Can-O-Botnet lol but I'm reserving smart alec whips for when I know more about it :P
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<johnny>
give me a specific example
23:01
about how it would be
23:01
more so than any other network
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<cpunches>
johnny: i would need to install it and use it before I dared have a conversation like that :P
23:02
<johnny>
oh.. i thought you already had a valid security concern
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if you didn't.. why did you bring it up?
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<gregbrady>
Ok, I love your argument and so on, but I must go now......thanks for the attempt at help. Maybe I'll try tomorrow night and se what happens
23:02
<cpunches>
no, it just screams to me for some reason :P
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gregbrady: dont be such a whimp
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<johnny>
well it sounds "unresonable" for now
23:03
<cpunches>
johnny: agreed
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<johnny>
gregbrady, you need to be more specific in your question :)
23:03
<gregbrady>
cpunches.....I can tough it out!
23:03
<johnny>
and we aren't having an argument anyways :)
23:03
i dont think we are
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<cpunches>
we arent
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<gregbrady>
johnny, your argument went on so long I forgot!
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<cpunches>
everyone in the channel isn't insulted and I am not banned, so we are not having an argument lol
23:05
<johnny>
so..ldm is just a nice little graphical way to have a graphical login over ssh
23:05
<cpunches>
johnny: did you see that ndb exploit taht granted remote execution of root-level arbitrary commands?
23:05
<johnny>
no
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<cpunches>
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-237-1
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<johnny>
i trust that i am kept up to date as needed
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<cpunches>
lol dont depend on your package manager for that :P
23:06
<johnny>
distros are usually pretty good about security updates..
23:06
good enough for me anyways
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<gregbrady>
ok, thanks for ruining the ltsp project for me...Good evening
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<johnny>
gregbrady, huh?
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<cpunches>
gregbrady: dont be such a wimp
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<johnny>
don't take cpunches too seriously.. he is not a contributor to the project
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the people who contribute to this project are awesome
23:07
they are just away right now
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<cpunches>
oh, and I am not awesome?
23:07
:)
23:07
<-- awesome
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<johnny>
cpunches, but you need to chill out tho.. it's not cool to talk to somebody you don't know like that
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<cpunches>
johnny: its the internet, and it is IRC. go to a support channel for any distro and tell me there's not an abrasive hacker culture behind most of the interaction there. Your transactional analysis needs more work than my transactions.
23:09
:P
23:09
And if I feel like I need to chill out, I will chill out.
23:09
so what country are you in?/
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<gregbrady>
No worries, I will try again tomorrow, thanks.
23:09
<cpunches>
killall -u gregbrady
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<johnny>
cpunches, i try to stop that
23:10
that kind of behaviour isn't acceptable here
23:10
<cpunches>
cat /dev/random > johnny
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<gregbrady>
I am just asking for help here!
23:10
<johnny>
gregbrady, don't listen to him :)
23:10
<cpunches>
gregbrady: you are not, you're complaining about asking for help
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<johnny>
gregbrady, can you explain the network in which you would like to use ltsp ?
23:11
<gregbrady>
johnny, a home network
23:11
johnny, very simp.e
23:11
<johnny>
how many computers
23:11
<gregbrady>
johnny, about 5
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<johnny>
what will be there purpose?
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their*
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<gregbrady>
My son, my wife....very simple and controlled access
23:13
I just want simple one machine upgrade and update access.....the rest can login
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<johnny>
in ltsp.. it is important that one machine that serves to the others
23:13
to be much more powerful
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to handle all the programs the other computers run
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<gregbrady>
My main machine is
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<johnny>
but.. don't you already use your main machine for other things/
23:14
<gregbrady>
Part time
23:14
Very part time
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<johnny>
what do you use it for?
23:15
<gregbrady>
If this works good, I would even dedicate this machine. 1 TB of hard drive......2 GB of RAM
23:15
The server is used as a chat computer once in awhile
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<johnny>
ok
23:16
so.. did you already install ubuntu on it?
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<gregbrady>
I have 2 laptops....one internet remote....one local, plus 2 desktops
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all connected to (hopefully) one server
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Maybe not the best solution?
23:19
maybe not responding?
23:19
<johnny>
well you would want the laptops
23:19
to still use a normal OS i think.. if they get taken out of the house
23:19
and eprhaps away from internet connections
23:20
<gregbrady>
I have squid and dansquardian working for my son....
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I'm not sure what else to do there
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<johnny>
they could be setup to boot off ltsp.. but then they would have a different setup when they are at home.. vs when they are away
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i personally wouldn't like that.. if i was the user
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<gregbrady>
hmm i have to think about the setup now....I thank you for your input!
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<johnny>
it is most useful for computers that are always connected to the same network
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