FC6 & LTSP - solved
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sun Dec 24 01:35:09 UTC 2006
Frank Cox wrote:
>
>> I have a LTSP server that I just updated from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 6,
>> and also updated it to LTSP 4.2.
>>
>> I can log in to the machine locally, and I can get the GDM login screen on the
>> terminals as well. However, when I enter a username/password on the terminal
>> it accepts my password and the screen goes blank for a few seconds and then the
>> GDM login screen returns.
>
> After much head scratching I have found a solution.
>
> It appears that this may be a Gnome issue rather than a LTSP issue.
>
> If I delete .gconf in the users' home directories I can then log in from a LTSP
> terminal and set up their desktops again.
>
> Therefore, there must be some change in one of the .gconf files between and FC4
> and FC6 that is incompatible with LTSP.
>
> Anyway, the problem is now solved and the terminals are once again working. I
> don't know if I should file a bug report against FC6 Gnome regarding this issue
> or not.
Are you aware of the k12ltsp distribution that rolls LTSP and some
educational programs into a fedora base with some nicer defaults?
Whatever issue you might have could already be solved in the
recently released version based on FC6. http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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