need help with localapps on 12.04

David Trask dtrask at vcsvikings.org
Sat Aug 11 19:50:56 UTC 2012


Never mind...got it working.  The tip to run firefox from the xterm window
was the trick.  I did so and found that libcanberra-gtk-modules needed to
be installed in the chroot....then I found I couldn't write to /tmp   once
I fixed those things, everything is cool  Thanks!


"David Trask" <dtrask at vcsvikings.org> writes:
>Hi all,
>
>Hope you can help.  I have a single NIC install of Edubuntu.  It's
>working as a normal terminal server, but I cannot seem to get localapps
>working correctly.  I followed the directions on the Youtube video put
>out by the disklessworkstations folks (LTSP.org) and as far as I know I
>did everything right, but for some reason when I go to launch
> ltsp-localapps firefox....nothing happens.  It just goes back to a
>command prompt.  HOWEVER....  ltsp-localapps xterm WORKS.  So...I'm
>stumped.  I've run ltsp-update-image --arch=i386  several times...no
>differences.  Any ideas on what I may be missing?  Can someone point me
>to the best localapps how-to?  Anything?  
>
>Also...if it makes any difference...I do have AD integration running with
>Likewise, but I even tried with a local account and got the same results.
>
>David Trask
>Technology Director/Teacher
>Vassalboro Community School
>[ mailto:dtrask at vcsvikings.org ]dtrask at vcsvikings.org
>(207) 923-4305



David Trask
Technology Director/Teacher
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207) 923-4305

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