[opensuse-edu] Announcing KIWI-LTSP 0.4.4 with localapp support and Easy-LTSP update

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CyberOrg

9 Aug 2008 9 Aug '08

16:26

Hello Community Thanks to all the hard work done by the developers at the LTSP hackfest we now have local apps support out of box. KIWI-LTSP 0.4.4 now has these additional features apart from live USB/CD client images: - Firefox installed in the client chroot so the more resource intensive load can be run using clients hardware. To launch local firefox, run "xrexec /usr/bin/firefox" - Improved kiwi-ltsp-bootimages package with eepc support fixed I am happy to also share that Easy-LTSP - GUI tool for managing ltsp is now almost complete, packages for openSUSE and Fedora are already available, we need someone to debianize it. Here is the transcript of the meeting we had yesterday: http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/ltsp-gui-meeting-08-aug.txt More information in Easy-LTSP - openSUSE Google Summer of Code project can be found here: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Easy-LTSP We have restructured wiki to make it easier to get all the information required, check it out here for installation and other information: http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP Add-on iso is also available for openSUSE 11.0 if you prefer off-line installation instead of via 1-click: http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/iso Have a lot of fun... -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

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Jpd

9 Aug 9 Aug

23:06

Great, will give this another go - ran out of time before. Any one used the net boot option in grub? This seems to be the way for us, as we will be dual booting with windows. USB option looks good, for machines we can't put grub onto, is there much docs on this? Sent from my iPod On 9 Aug 2008, at 17:26, CyberOrg wrote:

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Hello Community

Thanks to all the hard work done by the developers at the LTSP hackfest we now have local apps support out of box.

KIWI-LTSP 0.4.4 now has these additional features apart from live USB/CD client images:

- Firefox installed in the client chroot so the more resource intensive load can be run using clients hardware. To launch local firefox, run "xrexec /usr/bin/firefox"

- Improved kiwi-ltsp-bootimages package with eepc support fixed

I am happy to also share that Easy-LTSP - GUI tool for managing ltsp is now almost complete, packages for openSUSE and Fedora are already available, we need someone to debianize it.

Here is the transcript of the meeting we had yesterday: http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/ltsp-gui-meeting-08-aug.txt

More information in Easy-LTSP - openSUSE Google Summer of Code project can be found here: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Easy-LTSP

We have restructured wiki to make it easier to get all the information required, check it out here for installation and other information: http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP

Add-on iso is also available for openSUSE 11.0 if you prefer off-line installation instead of via 1-click: http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/iso

Have a lot of fun...

-J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

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CyberOrg

10 Aug 10 Aug

03:10

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Jpd wrote:

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Great, will give this another go - ran out of time before.

Any one used the net boot option in grub? This seems to be the way for us, as we will be dual booting with windows.

PXE booting does not require any change to grub at all.

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USB option looks good, for machines we can't put grub onto, is there much docs on this?

There is not much into it. Step 1. Do 1-click install of kiwi-ltsp Step 2. Mount openSUSE 11.0 i586 DVD5 iso (not the live) at /mnt/11.0 Step 3. Change the configuration accourding to your setup in /etc/sysconfig/kiwi-ltsp Step 4. Run kiwi-ltsp-setup -cd to build live cd Run kiwi-ltsp-setup -u to build live USB (keep the stick plugged in and unmounted) Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

Jpd

05:29

On 10 Aug 2008, at 04:10, CyberOrg wrote:

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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Jpd wrote:

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Great, will give this another go - ran out of time before.

Any one used the net boot option in grub? This seems to be the way for us, as we will be dual booting with windows.

PXE booting does not require any change to grub at all.

I don't think pxe will work in our environment. With grub installed on each box it makes getting to the windows partition more reliable.

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USB option looks good, for machines we can't put grub onto, is there much docs on this?

There is not much into it.

Step 1. Do 1-click install of kiwi-ltsp

Step 2. Mount openSUSE 11.0 i586 DVD5 iso (not the live) at /mnt/11.0

Step 3. Change the configuration accourding to your setup in /etc/sysconfig/kiwi-ltsp

Step 4. Run kiwi-ltsp-setup -cd to build live cd

Run kiwi-ltsp-setup -u to build live USB (keep the stick plugged in and unmounted)

Any ideas on what size USB disk is required?

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Cheers

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CyberOrg

05:37

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Jpd wrote:

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Any ideas on what size USB disk is required?

LTSP image is about 110M Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

Jpd

06:07

On 10 Aug 2008, at 06:37, CyberOrg wrote:

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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Jpd wrote:

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Any ideas on what size USB disk is required?

LTSP image is about 110M

+ local apps? How hard is it to add local apps and do they have to be in rpm format? Also any idea if serial devices just work in ltsp 5?

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Cheers

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CyberOrg

06:25

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Jpd wrote:

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How hard is it to add local apps and do they have to be in rpm format?

Yes, they have to be in rpm format unless you want to add a lot of build deps in the chroot. http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP/Tips_and_Tricks#Adding_application_into_the_imag...

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Also any idea if serial devices just work in ltsp 5?

I have never come across any except for serial mouse. Serial mouse works, other devices might not. -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

Jpd

13:00

On 10 Aug 2008, at 07:25, CyberOrg wrote:

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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Jpd wrote:

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How hard is it to add local apps and do they have to be in rpm format?

Yes, they have to be in rpm format unless you want to add a lot of build deps in the chroot.

Any idea how hard it is to make a rpm (run into alot that did not work) as the app we are using comes as a tarball.

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http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP/Tips_and_Tricks#Adding_application_into_the_imag...

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Also any idea if serial devices just work in ltsp 5?

I have never come across any except for serial mouse. Serial mouse works, other devices might not.

Any ideas who else I can ask? I really need a serial port to work as these some kit for a module which needs it.

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CyberOrg

13:03

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Jpd wrote:

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Any idea how hard it is to make a rpm (run into alot that did not work) as the app we are using comes as a tarball.

Easy with little help :) http://build.opensuse.org There are tons of packages in there you can take one of the .spec as an example to build your package.

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Also any idea if serial devices just work in ltsp 5?

I have never come across any except for serial mouse. Serial mouse works, other devices might not.

Any ideas who else I can ask?

I really need a serial port to work as these some kit for a module which needs it.

As local app work, you can run apps that require serial port as localapp. Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

Jpd

14:08

Will give all that a go Will be a week before I have any results Sent from my iPod On 10 Aug 2008, at 14:03, CyberOrg wrote:

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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Jpd wrote:

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Any idea how hard it is to make a rpm (run into alot that did not work) as the app we are using comes as a tarball.

Easy with little help :)

http://build.opensuse.org

There are tons of packages in there you can take one of the .spec as an example to build your package.

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Also any idea if serial devices just work in ltsp 5?

I have never come across any except for serial mouse. Serial mouse works, other devices might not.

Any ideas who else I can ask?

I really need a serial port to work as these some kit for a module which needs it.

As local app work, you can run apps that require serial port as localapp.

Cheers

-J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

Jpd

9 Aug 9 Aug

23:34

One more Q Serial device are supported, right? Sent from my iPod On 9 Aug 2008, at 17:26, CyberOrg wrote:

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Hello Community

Thanks to all the hard work done by the developers at the LTSP hackfest we now have local apps support out of box.

KIWI-LTSP 0.4.4 now has these additional features apart from live USB/CD client images:

- Firefox installed in the client chroot so the more resource intensive load can be run using clients hardware. To launch local firefox, run "xrexec /usr/bin/firefox"

- Improved kiwi-ltsp-bootimages package with eepc support fixed

I am happy to also share that Easy-LTSP - GUI tool for managing ltsp is now almost complete, packages for openSUSE and Fedora are already available, we need someone to debianize it.

Here is the transcript of the meeting we had yesterday: http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/ltsp-gui-meeting-08-aug.txt

More information in Easy-LTSP - openSUSE Google Summer of Code project can be found here: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Easy-LTSP

We have restructured wiki to make it easier to get all the information required, check it out here for installation and other information: http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP

Add-on iso is also available for openSUSE 11.0 if you prefer off-line installation instead of via 1-click: http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/iso

Have a lot of fun...

-J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

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Lars Vogdt

11 Aug 11 Aug

10:41

On Sonntag 10 August 2008 01:34:25 Jpd wrote:

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One more Q

Serial device are supported, right?

Depending on your needs - you can use the printer settings to configure your serial port for example: PRINTER_0_DEVICE = /dev/ttyS0 PRINTER_0_TYPE = S # Serial PRINTER_0_SPEED = 9600 PRINTER_0_FLOWCTRL = H # Hardware PRINTER_0_PARITY = E # Even PRINTER_0_DATABITS = 7 I think this should give you a good overview about the possible settings. With kind regards, Lars -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

Jpd

11:31

Basically we are hopeing to use dosbox to run an IDE for 68000 assembly programming. The kit we got is fantastic, and there's 10+ years of teaching material for it. It's one of the "must do" on the list, as it's a core module in the course. Sent from my iPod On 11 Aug 2008, at 11:41, Lars Vogdt wrote:

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On Sonntag 10 August 2008 01:34:25 Jpd wrote:

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One more Q

Serial device are supported, right?

Depending on your needs - you can use the printer settings to configure your serial port for example:

PRINTER_0_DEVICE = /dev/ttyS0 PRINTER_0_TYPE = S # Serial PRINTER_0_SPEED = 9600 PRINTER_0_FLOWCTRL = H # Hardware PRINTER_0_PARITY = E # Even PRINTER_0_DATABITS = 7

I think this should give you a good overview about the possible settings.

With kind regards, Lars -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org

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