<div>Sorry for the ambiguity, yes i do indeed mean Swindon in Wiltshire, UK. Thanks for the messages of support everyone and I will keep you posted. </div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:10 AM, <<a href="mailto:edubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Send edubuntu-users mailing list submissions to        <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit        <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to        <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at        <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of edubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! (Mike)   2. Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! (norman)   3. Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! (alan c)   4. Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! (alan c)   5. Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! (Gavin McCullagh)   6. Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! (alan c)   7. Re: LTSP5 Ltsp-localapps (Asmo Koskinen)   8. Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution (Tom Wolfe)   9. Re: Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution      (Jordan Erickson)  10. network-admin seg fault on edubuntu (VY)  11. Re: Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution      (Gavin McCullagh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:06:22 +1000 From: Mike <<a href="mailto:mdurhamesq@gmail.com">mdurhamesq@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! Cc: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:493524BE.4000902@gmail.com">493524BE.4000902@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dermot Mc Laughlin wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have only recently subscribed to this list and have been impressed > with the level of support that it has provided. I am the head of > Business Studies and ICT at Greendown Community school in Swindon and > I'm also charged with ICT Strategic Management. I'm new to the job and > have a little bit of Linux experience. I have talked to the schools > senior leaders and the network manager here and people are certainly > interested in the school clients/servers being switched to open source > (for cost reasons initially). In fact, I'm slowly introducing the idea > to staff and students already. > > The network manager and I would love to come by to meet up with people > on this list to discuss feasibility. Can you let me know when the next > such event is happening? We would need a fair bit of help getting > ourselves skilled up and we would be regular posters on this list. > > Thank you, > Dermot Mc Laughlin > You don't say where Swindon is, which country? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:18:55 +0000 From: norman <<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org">norman@littletank.org</a>> Subject: Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <1228220335.6773.10.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain < big snip > I assume this is Swindon UK so why not post this in <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Norman ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:12:09 +0000 From: alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> Subject: Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! To: Dermot Mc Laughlin <<a href="mailto:dermotmc@gmail.com">dermotmc@gmail.com</a>> Cc: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:49353429.4030704@candt.waitrose.com">49353429.4030704@candt.waitrose.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dermot Mc Laughlin wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have only recently subscribed to this list and have been impressed with > the level of support that it has provided. I am the head of Business Studies > and ICT at Greendown Community school in Swindon and I'm also charged with > ICT Strategic Management. I'm new to the job and have a little bit of Linux > experience. I have talked to the schools senior leaders and the network > manager here and people are certainly interested in the school > clients/servers being switched to open source (for cost reasons initially). > In fact, I'm slowly introducing the idea to staff and students already. > > The network manager and I would love to come by to meet up with people on > this list to discuss feasibility. Can you let me know when the next such > event is happening? We would need a fair bit of help getting ourselves > skilled up and we would be regular posters on this list. > > Thank you, > Dermot Mc Laughlin Hi Dermot Welcome! I am in bracknell, and although I am not skilled at edubuntu use in particular, I am a regular user of ubuntu and edubuntu (workstations), and I would be happy to assist in some of my free time. May I suggest that you consider also to joint the UK ubuntu users list? <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:15:39 +0000 From: alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> Subject: Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:493534FB.5000506@candt.waitrose.com">493534FB.5000506@candt.waitrose.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Mike wrote: > Dermot Mc Laughlin wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have only recently subscribed to this list and have been impressed >> with the level of support that it has provided. I am the head of >> Business Studies and ICT at Greendown Community school in Swindon and >> I'm also charged with ICT Strategic Management. I'm new to the job and >> have a little bit of Linux experience. I have talked to the schools >> senior leaders and the network manager here and people are certainly >> interested in the school clients/servers being switched to open source >> (for cost reasons initially). In fact, I'm slowly introducing the idea >> to staff and students already. >> >> The network manager and I would love to come by to meet up with people >> on this list to discuss feasibility. Can you let me know when the next >> such event is happening? We would need a fair bit of help getting >> ourselves skilled up and we would be regular posters on this list. >> >> Thank you, >> Dermot Mc Laughlin >> > You don't say where Swindon is, which country? Swindon is UK, county of Wiltshire, towards the south west of England -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:26:28 +0000 From: Gavin McCullagh <<a href="mailto:gmccullagh@gmail.com">gmccullagh@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20081202132628.GU30312@gmail.com">20081202132628.GU30312@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, norman wrote: > I assume this is Swindon UK so why not post this in > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> That may be useful too, but there's naught wrong with posting here too, if he's proposing to use edubuntu.  Not that many ubuntu users would have familiarity with ltsp. Gavin ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:50:17 +0000 From: alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> Subject: Re: School in Swindon considering going Linux! To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:49353D19.6020400@candt.waitrose.com">49353D19.6020400@candt.waitrose.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, norman wrote: > >> I assume this is Swindon UK so why not post this in >> >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > That may be useful too, but there's naught wrong with posting here too, if > he's proposing to use edubuntu.  Not that many ubuntu users would have > familiarity with ltsp. Quite so, however, there may a fair chance of local contact being available in some form or other, initially discovered from the UK list. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:14:15 +0200 From: Asmo Koskinen <<a href="mailto:asmo.koskinen@arkki.info">asmo.koskinen@arkki.info</a>> Subject: Re: LTSP5 Ltsp-localapps To: Edubuntu Users Group <<a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:493550C7.1010508@arkki.info">493550C7.1010508@arkki.info</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti: > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arkki.info/howto/Mumble/Mumble_thin-client_01.png">http://www.arkki.info/howto/Mumble/Mumble_thin-client_01.png</a> Here is another picture, now with Zoom H2 as a USB Mic, worked out very nice. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arkki.info/howto/Mumble/Mumble_thin-client_02.png">http://www.arkki.info/howto/Mumble/Mumble_thin-client_02.png</a> So LTSP5/Local-apps and these little wonders everywhere are killer combination...and they are really cheap if you compare them for something like HP t5xxx + 20"LCD (on the store there are no more 15/17" LCD's...) ps. I will use that combination for finnish podcast recording tomorrow: Linucast - <a target="_blank" href="http://podcastit.tv/?q=blog/6">http://podcastit.tv/?q=blog/6</a> Best Regards Asmo Koskinen. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:58:35 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Wolfe <<a href="mailto:twolfe@sawback.com">twolfe@sawback.com</a>> Subject: Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20081202175444.I75705@udumti.pair.com">20081202175444.I75705@udumti.pair.com</a>> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Any suggestions for how to prevent clients from having excessively high resolution, e.g. one of my clients ends up with 1920*1440 which is almost unreadable. I tried: [default] X_MODE_0 =1024x768 in  /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf but for some reason this doesn't work on this client. I also tried sudo ltsp-update-image in case that needed to be done, but still resolution remains 1920x1440 on this client. Any tips? Regards, Tom Wolfe Morley, AB ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:51 -0800 From: Jordan Erickson <<a href="mailto:jerickson@logicalnetworking.net">jerickson@logicalnetworking.net</a>> Subject: Re: Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution To: Tom Wolfe <<a href="mailto:twolfe@sawback.com">twolfe@sawback.com</a>> Cc: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4935BFC7.50109@logicalnetworking.net">4935BFC7.50109@logicalnetworking.net</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Weird, I just used X_MODE_0 = 1024x768 last week to fix this same problem, and it works fine (Ubuntu 8.04.1 w/all updates). Maybe try using another space after the = ? Cheers, Jordan Tom Wolfe wrote: > Any suggestions for how to prevent clients from having excessively high > resolution, e.g. one of my clients ends up with 1920*1440 which is almost > unreadable. > > I tried: > > [default] > X_MODE_0 =1024x768 > > in  /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf but for some reason this doesn't > work on this client. I also tried sudo ltsp-update-image in case that > needed to be done, but still resolution remains 1920x1440 on this client. > > Any tips? > > Regards, > Tom Wolfe > Morley, AB > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions <a target="_blank" href="http://www.logicalnetworking.net/">http://www.logicalnetworking.net</a> 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net/">http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net</a>        Intel and HP team up to roll out Green PCs for the enterprise        Mozilla Thunderbird Add-on "Signature Switch"        Will "Windows 7" be another Mojave Experiment? ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:07:37 -0800 From: VY <<a href="mailto:vyau5678@gmail.com">vyau5678@gmail.com</a>> Subject: network-admin seg fault on edubuntu To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID:        <<a href="mailto:4a0b36aa0812021707w53bb1ed7g70c81e66e1529f85@mail.gmail.com">4a0b36aa0812021707w53bb1ed7g70c81e66e1529f85@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, When trying to run network-admin or the network manager, I kept getting seg fault. I then tried running it via strace, and I got an error saying HAL is not able to start or not able to find org.freedesktop.hal.  I tried to update that and it is saying that my HAL is updated. Can someone tell me how I can resolve this issue? thanks gettimeofday({1228266375, 241868}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1228266375, 242485}, NULL) = 0 writev(6, [{"l\1\0\1z\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\177\0\0\0\1\1o\0\25\0\0\0/org/f"..., 144}, {"u\0\0\0type=\'signal\',interface=\'org"..., 122}], 2) = 266 gettimeofday({1228266375, 242816}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 1, 25000) = 1 read(6, "l\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\3\0\0\0005\0\0\0\6\1s\0\6\0\0\0:1.125\0"..., 2048) = 72 read(6, 0x80a6210, 2048)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) gettimeofday({1228266375, 243100}, NULL) = 0 writev(6, [{"l\1\0\1\30\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\177\0\0\0\1\1o\0\25\0\0\0/org"..., 144}, {"\23\0\0\0org.freedesktop.Hal\0", 24}], 2) = 168 gettimeofday({1228266375, 243353}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 1, 25000) = 1 read(6, "l\2\1\1\4\0\0\0\4\0\0\0=\0\0\0\6\1s\0\6\0\0\0:1.125\0\0"..., 2048) = 84 read(6, 0x80a6210, 2048)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) gettimeofday({1228266375, 243584}, NULL) = 0 writev(6, [{"l\1\0\1\10\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\227\0\0\0\1\1o\0\34\0\0\0/org"..., 168}, {"\3\0\0\0net\0", 8}], 2) = 176 gettimeofday({1228266375, 295817}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 1, 25000) = 1 read(6, "l\3\1\1H\0\0\0\5\0\0\0u\0\0\0\6\1s\0\6\0\0\0:1.125\0\0"..., 2048) = 208 read(6, 0x80a6210, 2048)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Process 7885 detached -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/attachments/20081202/6c9a09c8/attachment-0001.htm">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/attachments/20081202/6c9a09c8/attachment-0001.htm</a> ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:10:43 +0000 From: Gavin McCullagh <<a href="mailto:gmccullagh@gmail.com">gmccullagh@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re: Suggestions for preventing ultra-hi monitor resolution To: <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20081203101043.GB8618@gmail.com">20081203101043.GB8618@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, Tom Wolfe wrote: > Any suggestions for how to prevent clients from having excessively high > resolution, e.g. one of my clients ends up with 1920*1440 which is almost > unreadable. > > I tried: > > [default] > X_MODE_0 =1024x768 > > in  /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf but for some reason this doesn't > work on this client. I also tried sudo ltsp-update-image in case that > needed to be done, but still resolution remains 1920x1440 on this client. Are you sure 1024x768 is an available mode?  I imagine the above only works if it is.  If you know how to login on the thin client console you could take a look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see what modes are available. Gavin ------------------------------ -- edubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users</a> End of edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 31, Issue 3 ********************************************* </blockquote></div>