Local devices vs. Gutsy

[Richard Doyle]

No replies, so I'll simplify my question:

Has anyone gotten local devices to work on more than one client under
7.10?

On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 10:33 -0800, Richard Doyle wrote:
> We upgraded our lab from Feisty to Gutsy over the last couple of weeks.
> All was working well until I noticed that no more than one client could
> use local usb drives, as described in bug 160240
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ltsp/+bug/160420) .
> 
> The discussion of the bug in that thread provides two solutions: either
> (1) hack $client/usr/share/ldm/rc.d/S20-delayed-mounter
> and /usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter, or (2) don't log into the server with 'ssh
> -X <user>'.
> 
> I implemented the first solution, but we now have a number of problems,
> such as intermittent PXE boot failures, freezing clients, and other
> instability.
> 
> Can multiple thin-client users actually use local devices under solution
> (2)? I'd have to give up remote access via NX, but the clients would be
> able to access local devices. 
> 
> What do the developers recommend?
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