testing new ldm with out encryption

Alfred Nutile alfred at rivervalleywebdesign.com
Fri Jun 22 20:15:31 BST 2007


So it seems to be working here without ssh and with local devices  
still working.
The jerkiness on flash videos does seem less.
Now if I can get auto login to work.
-- 
Alfred Nutile
River Valley Web Hosting/Design/Tech Support



Quoting Jim McQuillan <jam at McQuil.com>:

>
>
> Alfred Nutile wrote:
>> I get ip address of the stations. ie 192.168.8:6.0 <--do not know   
>> what the 6.0 is.
>
> That's NOT ssh.
>
> I'm guessing the '6' is for SCREEN_07, where SCREEN_01 = '0.0'.  I
> haven't looked at Gadi's patch to see how he did it tho.
>
> Jim.
>
>
>> Though the dhcp for one of them and the host file shows it to be ws008
>> and arp as well, but even on that machine I get the ip.
>> So is that ssh or is that not?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Alfred Nutile
>> Rivervalley Tech Support and Web Design
>> 413-367-2479
>> Tech Support 1-877-560-2364
>> alfred at rivervalleywebdesign.com
>> "Why are you buying new hardware and more software?"
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim McQuillan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Kronebusch wrote:
>>>>> so far it works though do I really know if it is not encrypted?
>>>>> and two after setting up hostname in dhcp I still am not able to  
>>>>>  get  the auto login.
>>>>> Though I am not quite sure what the lts.conf should look like.
>>>>
>>>> I have not tested the autologin myself, and I don't know how to   
>>>> tell for certain that X
>>>> is bypassing ssh.  However after I install the new ldm and enable  
>>>>  directx video files no
>>>
>>> It's real easy to tell if X is being tunneled through SSH.
>>>
>>> After logging in, pop up an xterm (or gnome-terminal or kconsole) and do:
>>>
>>>    echo $DISPLAY
>>>
>>>
>>> If the DISPLAY comes back as something like:
>>>
>>>     localhost:10.0
>>>
>>> That means that your X session is being proxied by something   
>>> locally (SSH in this case).
>>>
>>> If you aren't tunnelling through SSH, you'll see something more like:
>>>
>>>    ws009:0.0
>>>
>>> Which means it'll send the X packets directly to the thin client
>>>
>>> Jim McQuillan
>>> jam at Ltsp.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> longer have a jerkyness (I don't think that is a real word) and   
>>>> play very smooth.  So I
>>>> assume this to be proof that the X is not being sent over ssh.
>>>>
>>>> Gideon Romm (gideon at symbio-technologies.com) is the gentleman   
>>>> that added the extra lines
>>>> in the ldm to handle the added features.  I am sure that he would  
>>>>  know the proper setup
>>>> for lts.conf and how to make the autologin work.  I think he   
>>>> would be more than happy to
>>>> help out.  If you get this setup and tested please post back to   
>>>> the list with some
>>>> better instructions.
>>>>
>>>> I am certain that if/when this makes it into the gutsy release   
>>>> there will be much better
>>>> documentation to support it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jim
>>>



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