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John Horne wrote: >That's interesting. At present we have LTSP 4.1 on a Fedora Core 3 >server. However, if I install a package on the server, then it is only >available on the server because the relevant package files are not put >into the directories used for the LTSP linux image. To get the package >available to the LTSP clients I have to build the package from source >within the LTSP build environment (LBE). Overall a pain. My >understanding was that ubuntu got around this by doing exactly what you >say - install a package onto the server and it becomes available to the >LTSP clients (somehow). It sounds easy and impressive. > > > >John. > > Okay, I've had a bit more of a play with LTSP on Ubuntu. It appears that the terminal server packages on Ubuntu work differently to how it does on my Debian server. I found some documentation @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinClientHowto >From what I can make out, when you've installed the LTSP packages and then run the ltsp-build-client script, it creates another installation of Ubuntu on the servers hard drive. I had to change the dhcpd.conf file as it wasn't setup for PXE booting. Once I did this I tried booting from another VMWare virual machine. I setup the LTSP client to use only 32MB of memory (I figured since it was only displaying the desktop, it didn't need seriously high memory requirements). This is where I came unstuck! It appears that under Ubuntu, the LTSP server boots an entire copy of Ubuntu over the network and everything runs on the local machine not on the server. I guess this is okay if you have a reasonable spec machine with a fast network connection, but it isn't suitable for machines with only 32MB memory (not to mention slow processors!). I guess there's advantages of doing an LTSP server both ways. Personally I prefer the idea that the applications run on the server and the output is displayed on the low end PCs acting as dumb terminals. I did also find another document here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTSPHowTo >From having a quick read, it looks like a similar setup to my LTSP server. Not sure if it works on Ubuntu 5.10, I'll give it a try tomorrow and post some results. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html