thin client manager

[Bob Wooden]

I did not have a chance to do this until yesterday.  Rebuild went well, 
except now I have weird things happening.  Luckily, only with TCM.

On one user TCM works in reverse.  When I instruct TCM to "share screen" 
with user Jimmy, a popup occurs on Jimmy's terminal, requesting share 
permission.  (Backwards to the share screen popping up on the server.)  
Now on other users, TCM appears and I can see a small image (in the 
sections at the right) but, "share screen" just hangs and  soon I am 
forcing TCM to quit.

As I see that there is development in the TCM area on 8.04, I will wait 
to upgrade when that comes along.  (Upgrading to long term 8.04 has been 
my plan during this development, anyway.)

So, thanks for your help, Charles.

Charles Austin wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2008 11:14 AM, Bob Wooden <bobwdn at watsonboyce.com> wrote:
>   
>> I have attempted the process you suggested.  I have exited chroot.  I
>> have "sudo ltsp-image-update.  Update completes properly.  And I reboot
>> my client and still I get "Unavailable, install x11vnc on client" within
>> the TCM screen.
>>     
> -----snip-------
>   
>> I am very much a newbie in this area.  So, I apologize for reading
>> through this output and not understanding what is happening.
>>
>>  From what I have been reading, others have gotten this to work, so I
>> suspect it is something I have done wrong.  So, any suggestions would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>>     
> First of all, I am new to Edubuntu myself, so my advice may be
> completely worthless.  What I am about to suggest is what worked for
> me.  If you REALLY want to learn the ins and outs of the set-up and
> the thin client environment, this will not be much help.
>
> Here goes:
> 1.  Uninstall your ltsp image:  sudo rm -rf /opt/ltsp/i386
> 2.  Rebuild your ltsp image:  sudo ltsp-build-client --arch=i386
> (the --arch=i386 is not necessary if you are using a 32 bit distro)
> 3. Verify that your lts.conf file in /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp is still
> correct.  If you are not sure, copy the lts.conf from
> /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/doc/ltsp-client-core/examples/lts.conf
> (after you have done the rebuild).
> 4. Follow the steps to get the TCM going on the wiki pages.
>
> This will not erase any files anyone may have saved, nor will it erase
> any users.  It just gives you a clean slate for the thin client
> environment without having to do a complete re-install.
>
> Let me know how it goes, I am learning this too.
>
> Charles
>
>