Adobe Reader as localapp (thin client black screen)

[M Rathburn]

More info on this.... I've noticed that on the thin client, the mouse cursor
will appear for a second then disappear for a second over and over.  The
lights on the keyboard will blink during this 'pulsation'.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: M Rathburn [mailto:stretchem at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:39 PM
> To: 'edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com'
> Subject: RE: Adobe Reader as localapp (thin client black screen)
> 
> > and add the medibuntu repositories to the chroot sources.list (as 
> > Jonathan said, see 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu, it is 
> > really a well-written document. Just remember to put sudo chroot
> > /opt/ltsp/i386 before each command.) you will get all 
> dependencies and 
> > updates via apt-get, that is way easier to maintain than to 
> watch out 
> > for every update of acroread and then install it by hand via gdebi.
> > 
> 
> Yes, that was the best way to go.  Excellent documentation.
> 
> I installed into the chroot Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Reader. 
>  From all indications that went okay.  I then did an 
> ltsp-update-image.  When firing up a thin-client, I get the 
> pretty little Ubuntu graphical logo and status bar.  It goes 
> through that, then it displays the mouse cursor, then the 
> screen goes black and nothing else.  It is at this point 
> where we normally get the Ubuntu login screen.  We don't do 
> anything like LDAP/NIS, etc.
> 
> I've rebooted the machine.  I can log into the console okay.  
> I can even log in via VNC, if that matters.  All else looks 
> well.  All thin-clients get the black screen.
> 
> How can I either get this to fire up, or at least revert back 
> to a workable environment (preferably before Monday morning!) 
> :).  I have no idea as to where to even begin tracking this down.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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