OpenOffice problem - can open just one session

[Sergio Dicandia]

Thanks a lot, just a final question: how can I set autologin on thin clients ?
Should I edit lts.conf ? 

Regards


----- Original Message ----
From: Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com>
To: Sergio Dicandia <sdicandia at yahoo.com>
Cc: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:13:58 PM
Subject: Re: OpenOffice problem - can open just one session


Hi,

On 
Wed, 
23 
Jan 
2008, 
Sergio 
Dicandia 
wrote:

> 
Everything 
went 
(almost) 
fine, 
except 
that 
I 
have 
a 
strange 
behaviour 
on
> 
thin 
clients: 
logging 
on 
different 
clients 
with 
the 
same 
account, 
when 
I
> 
launch 
OpenOffice 
Writer, 
it 
shows 
on 
just 
one 
client 
(not 
always 
the 
one
> 
I 
run 
it 
from). 

This 
is 
because 
openoffice 
is 
already 
running 
once 
for 
that 
user 
and 
it
won't 
create 
a 
second 
parallel 
instance, 
it 
will 
simply 
open 
an 
extra
window 
in 
the 
first 
instance.

> 
The 
same 
happens 
with 
other 
apps, 
but 
not 
browsing 
resources, 
when 
I 
get
> 
a 
separate 
windows 
for 
each 
client. 
I 
checked 
the 
options 
and 
I 
already
> 
set 
them 
so 
that 
it 
allows 
different 
sessions 
when 
logging 
with 
the 
same
> 
account.

> 
Of 
course 
it 
makes 
the 
whole 
thing 
a 
complete 
failure, 
since 
we 
need 
to
> 
have 
different 
clients 
accessing 
with 
the 
same 
account 
and 
running
> 
separate 
instances 
of 
Writer 
(or 
other 
apps).

I 
would 
seriously 
consider 
creating 
accounts 
for 
each 
user 
and 
if 
you
_really_ 
can't 
do 
that, 
you 
could 
create 
accounts 
for 
each 
thin 
client.
This 
is 
not 
a 
nice 
way 
to 
work 
at 
all 
though.

If 
you 
try 
to 
start 
firefox 
on 
two 
thin 
clients 
with 
the 
same 
account 
it
will 
usually 
complain 
for 
the 
same 
reason 
-- 
what 
happens 
when 
two
instances 
of 
firefox 
have 
the 
bookmark 
file 
open.  

    
Instance 
1 
and 
2 
start.  
    
Instance 
1 
adds 
a 
bookmark 
and 
saves 
bookmarks. 
    
Instance 
2 
adds 
a 
bookmark 
and 
saves 
bookmarks.
    
Now 
Instance 
1's 
changes 
are 
lost.  
This 
is 
only 
a 
small 
example 
of 
how
messy 
things 
can 
get 
when 
two 
programs 
work 
of 
the 
same 
instance.  
It's
true 
of 
openoffice 
and 
firefox 
and 
most 
other 
programs.

You 
really 
shouldn't 
log 
in 
the 
same 
account 
in 
multiple 
places.
    
Gavin







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