Thin client, server devices, local devices...

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007, François BARILLON wrote:

> In a testing Edubuntu network, I see in the thin client desktop about
> all the server devices :
> - two ntfs partition
> - a fat32 partition
> - the DVDrom
> 
> and some local devices :
> - local hard disk
> 
> but neither the CDrom nore the usbkey are mounting.
> 
> Where can I see if there are errors when trying to mount devices?
> 
> Note : the thin client user IS in the "fuse" group.

You wouldn't see the local hard disk if it weren't.  A couple of things to
try to narrow it down:

1. Look at the output of the "mount" command to see what devices the server
   has mounted.  You should see your local hard disk mounted with type
   ltspfs.  For the devices to work, they should also be mounted and in
   that list.

2
  a. If you haven't already, set the root password on the thin client chroot.
	chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 passwd
     then hold <ctrl><alt> and press <F1> on the thin client to get a command
     line.  
  b. Login as root with the password.  You can now try a few commands on the
     thin client like:
	- mount   (to see if it has mounted the usb key)
	- lsusb   (to see if the usb key is detected)
	- less /var/log/ldm.log   (login/display output)
	- dmesg   (kernel messages)
	- cat /proc/bus/usb/devices   (see what usb devices are there)
	- ls -l /proc/ide  (see is there a cdrom ide device)



Gavin