[K12OSN] new lab install

John Montoya jomontoya at kern.org
Wed Oct 22 16:16:06 UTC 2008


Thank you everyone, for your input.


I have much to read up on and then make the decision.

http://k12ltsp.org/mediawiki/index.php/Technical:ADIntegration 

http://www.likewisesoftware.com/products/likewise_open/ 

http://www.centrify.com/

Plus the other configuration suggestions.

Also, so far - no one seems to be opposed to using 5-EL, so I guess I'm going with it as the new OS on the server too.
I will continue to monitor this thread for any other Microsoft server suggestions. 

Today... I will get a client connected, install flash, java, acrobat, webmin,fl-teachertool, and  update OpenOffice.

If after I make a decision on the MS Server / AD issue - and run into specific issues - I will start a new topic.


[ On a side note: ]

Had a meeting with the principle and other admin in this district yesterday (there are three schools).
They are now seriously considering going LTSP across all three schools  if we can get the lab running successfully !
Very cool ! - and now .... the pressures ON ! <smile>


Thanks to everyone for you continued help - and I'm always open to suggestions.

john-




>>> "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> 10/22/2008 8:42 AM >>>
Isn't it possible that with Samba on the /home server (which can be the LTS) and folder redirection on the Windows domain, you can have $HOME as Windows' home drive and $HOME/Documents as Windows' "My Documents" so that you don't have to teach the students to connect to a server?  I'd like to get that going here at RMSEL in Colorado, unless someone warns me off.

BTW, It's \\server\share[\folder...]  Only the ~first~ level of "folder-ish" objects in a server is shares, any deeper level is a folder.

BTBTW, I use the terms "folder" and "directory" interchangeably.

----- Original Message -----
From: "steve smith" <steve.smith at ntschools.net>
To: k12osn at redhat.com 
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:37:29 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: [K12OSN] re: new lab install

John

it is possible, and once set up, very efficient for students to have one log in for all platforms.  Trick is to join your terminal server to the windows domain using authentication (system-admin-authentication under fedora). Can be tricky but once set is seamless.  We teach students (on gnome desktop) to connect to server (windows share - server - share), and they can open and work on files from their windows home directory on any thin client. The only drawback we have found is that users need to use a windows machine to change their password. Not sure why.....might be just me, and haven't had time to look into it, especially when we have a workaround.
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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Java applet audio (Rob Owens)
   2. Re: Java applet audio (Erich Lantz)
   3. Re: Java applet audio (Erich Lantz)
   4. Re: Java applet audio (Robert Arkiletian)
   5. Re: Java applet audio (Erich Lantz)
   6. Re: Java applet audio (Terrell Prud? Jr.)
   7. Re: Java applet audio (Erich Lantz)
   8. Re: Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab (Nils Breunese)
   9. Re: Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab (David Van Assche)
  10. k12os.org? (Nils Breunese)
  11. Re: Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab (Nils Breunese)
  12. Re: Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab (Lewis Holcroft)
  13. screenshots of new client login screen (Peter Scheie)
  14. New Lab Install (John Montoya)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:13:57 -0400
From: Rob Owens <rob.owens at biochemfluidics.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Erich Lantz wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
>> If you give me a link to something that's supposed to produce a sound,
>> I'll test it on one of my thin clients.  I use K12LTSP 5.0EL
>>
> Great, thanks!
>
> First, go here:
>
> http://gong.ust.hk/gong506/guest.html 
>
> Wait for the applet to load, then select "Dave Turns into a Potato" from
> the board list in the left pane; click the OK button- wait for that
> topic to load, then press the Play button.
>
I got the error "Failed to initialize audio player".  No sound.

-Rob
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:20:24 -0400
From: Erich Lantz <lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
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Rob Owens wrote:
>
> I got the error "Failed to initialize audio player".  No sound.
>
>

Right- that's exactly the result I'm getting with K12LTSP 6.0.

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Erich W. Lantz

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:26:48 -0400
From: Erich Lantz <lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Erich Lantz wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
>>
>> I got the error "Failed to initialize audio player".  No sound.
>>
>>
>
> Right- that's exactly the result I'm getting with K12LTSP 6.0.
>

I should add that I have been able to get this applet (sometimes) to
play sound through the server only, if the server is equipped with a
sound card (my production server is not). My guess is that the "failed
to initialize audio player") results from the applet's attempt to stream
audio to the server's IP.

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Erich W. Lantz

ESL Specialist
Virginia Council of Churches Refugee Resettlement Program
(540) 433-7942
lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org 




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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:03:27 -0700
From: "Robert Arkiletian" <robark at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Erich Lantz
<lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org> wrote:
> Has anyone been able to get audio directed to client workstations from Java
> applets? I'm administering an ESL lab based on K12LTSP 6, using ESD sound.
> All other audio apps work fine on the workstations, but anything Java-based
> stubbornly attempts to play through the server.

try this
esdmon -s source_hostname  | esdcat > esdrec -s dest_hostname


--
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/ 
C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/ 



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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:45:57 -0400
From: Erich Lantz <lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>
>
> try this
> esdmon -s source_hostname  | esdcat > esdrec -s dest_hostname
>
>
>

OK- I've run this as root on the server, using my server's IP as the
first parameter and the connected workstation's IP as the second. I do
get the same results from the Java applet: "unable to initialize audio
device."

--
Erich W. Lantz

ESL Specialist
Virginia Council of Churches Refugee Resettlement Program
(540) 433-7942
lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org 




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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:07:31 -0400
From: "Terrell Prud? Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Erich Lantz wrote:
> Terrell Prud? Jr. wrote:
>>
>>
>> If you want something that *is* supported, and looks just like
>> K12LTSP 6, then K12LTSP 5.0EL is strongly recommended.
>>
>> -
>
> I would make the switch if I was assured that this would fix the Java
> audio issue.

As you've discovered from others who have replied, it may or may not fix
the issue.  But regardless of that, you're asking to get compromised, so
in *any* case, you should upgrade.

Unless you want your Linux lab to also be blamed for virus attack
activity, that is....

--TP



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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:09:57 -0400
From: Erich Lantz <lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Java applet audio
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Ter
>
> As you've discovered from others who have replied, it may or may not
> fix the issue.  But regardless of that, you're asking to get
> compromised, so in *any* case, you should upgrade.
>
> Unless you want your Linux lab to also be blamed for virus attack
> activity, that is....

Well,

1. The lab server sits behind several levels of corporate firewalling.

2. The current CentOS distro will not run on my hardware (old Dell
PERC/2 RAID).

Thanks to everyone here for your suggestions.

--
Erich W. Lantz

ESL Specialist
Virginia Council of Churches Refugee Resettlement Program
(540) 433-7942
lantz at vacouncilofchurches.org 




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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:05:20 +0200
From: Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <CD48F5D3-4CF0-497A-9CB6-E47FA88D2304 at breun.nl>
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Anthony Luscre wrote:

> 2. When a user logs out it leaves a gvsf-fuse-damon runnig on
> Server. I there a way to make automatically kill all processes for a
> user when they log out

With K12LTSP you can set PURGE_PROCESSES="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/
k12ltsp, but since you're running Ubuntu that is probably not
available, since it seems to be a K12LTSP-specific mod. You might want
to file a bug for this if it's always the same process that doesn't
stop when it should.

Nils Breunese.



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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:11:28 +0200
From: "David Van Assche" <dvanassche at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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        <8cc423ef0810210111t25232676pa74ecbd090461ae1 at mail.gmail.com>
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Where exactly do u see Anthony saying its Ubuntu. I read the same mail
and it states:

I am having  three major problems in our new lab (Fedora 9, LTSP 5,
Gnome Desktop, Kerenl 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.686.PAE,  PAE enabled computer
with 13 GB RAM, 2 Quad core processors, 30 clients)

kind regards,
David Van Assche,
www.nubae.com 

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl> wrote:
> Anthony Luscre wrote:
>
>> 2. When a user logs out it leaves a gvsf-fuse-damon runnig on Server. I
>> there a way to make automatically kill all processes for a user when they
>> log out
>
> With K12LTSP you can set PURGE_PROCESSES="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/k12ltsp,
> but since you're running Ubuntu that is probably not available, since it
> seems to be a K12LTSP-specific mod. You might want to file a bug for this if
> it's always the same process that doesn't stop when it should.
>
> Nils Breunese.
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:26:00 +0200
From: Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl>
Subject: [K12OSN] k12os.org?
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Hello,

On http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn I read the following:

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Please see http://www.k12os.org for more information.
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This site doesn't seem to be working for me though.

Nils Breunese.



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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:27:24 +0200
From: Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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David Van Assche wrote:

> Where exactly do u see Anthony saying its Ubuntu. I read the same mail
> and it states:
>
> I am having  three major problems in our new lab (Fedora 9, LTSP 5,
> Gnome Desktop, Kerenl 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.686.PAE,  PAE enabled computer
> with 13 GB RAM, 2 Quad core processors, 30 clients)

Hm, I may have been tired. Sorry about that.

Nils Breunese.

> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl> wrote:
>> Anthony Luscre wrote:
>>
>>> 2. When a user logs out it leaves a gvsf-fuse-damon runnig on
>>> Server. I
>>> there a way to make automatically kill all processes for a user
>>> when they
>>> log out
>>
>> With K12LTSP you can set PURGE_PROCESSES="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/
>> k12ltsp,
>> but since you're running Ubuntu that is probably not available,
>> since it
>> seems to be a K12LTSP-specific mod. You might want to file a bug
>> for this if
>> it's always the same process that doesn't stop when it should.
>>
>> Nils Breunese.



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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:44:40 -0400
From: Lewis Holcroft <lewis at pcc.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Three Big Issues causing freeze-up in lab
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
Cc: "Support list for open source software in schools."
        <k12osn at redhat.com>
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PURGE_PROCESSES=yes also requires that the K12initialize script has
modified the PostSession/Default script to include purge_user syntax.
This has not happened on the last two servers I have set up

Lewis

On Oct 20, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl> wrote:

> Anthony Luscre wrote:
>
>> 2. When a user logs out it leaves a gvsf-fuse-damon runnig on
>> Server. I there a way to make automatically kill all processes for
>> a user when they log out
>
> With K12LTSP you can set PURGE_PROCESSES="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/
> k12ltsp, but since you're running Ubuntu that is probably not
> available, since it seems to be a K12LTSP-specific mod. You might
> want to file a bug for this if it's always the same process that
> doesn't stop when it should.
>
> Nils Breunese.
>
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:39:27 -0500
From: Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org>
Subject: [K12OSN] screenshots of new client login screen
To: Development discussion of K12Linux
        <k12linux-devel-list at redhat.com>,       k12osn at redhat.com 
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I've posted a couple of screenshots of the new login screen that appears on the
clients for K12Linux.  See them at http://k12linux.org under the Screenshots
section.

Peter



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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:43:12 -0700
From: "John Montoya" <jomontoya at kern.org>
Subject: [K12OSN] New Lab Install
To: <k12osn at redhat.com>
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Hello...

Back again for a second attempt at this... it's been about a year
since I installed a test lab for a district using ltsp4.2 / fc 6.
I will wipe the server clean and install k12ltsp version 5-EL
(unless some suggests version 5 / fedora 9)

[HISTORY]
Last year the teacher just didn't buy into Linux - kept comparing it
to and trying to make it Windows. She hacked and tried to use half XP
machines for some things and some thin-clients for others.
Long story short, it failed. After a recent meeting with
administration, the teachers, and accounting agreed to try it again.
My whole selling point was that this time (at least in the lab) they have
to let go of Windows.
Linux is not Windows... has some touch and feel like Windows, but is
not and never will be Windows.

[CURRENT]
I have a second chance to get the lab working. As we speak, they are
installing OpenOffice on all student and teacher machines (Windows
version).

[SCENARIO]
The campus is a Microsoft house. A couple of windows servers,
basically one for teachers and one for students. All the students have
their own student accounts. This way, as they progress through different
class rooms, they always have access to their one home directory. This is
the ONLY request from the campus. They would like to have the k12LTSP
running in the lab, but they would also like to only use one student
log in.

[QUESTION]
Is it possible for a student to use the one Windows account to log
into an XP machine in History class, then later again in English class
(working in each class) - then use the same login for computer lab, to
access their home directories to work on the English and History work
(that they created earlier - and is now all OpenOffice)...working on it from a thin client in
the lab?


We are a Novell house, I have a basic understanding of Windows
networking, and also understand Samba... I just need some basic
input that this is or is not possible (working in and out of
Windows / LTSP environments  with one account)


Thank you in advance for your help and or suggestions.


john-


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