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Midi and LTSP (Asmo Koskinen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:36:00 -0400 From: Clay Berlo Subject: Re: disable hibernate and keymap on thin clients To: Edubuntu Users Group Message-ID: <1157646960.5515.2.camel@edcberloc-lt.dsbn.edu.on.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Just a *small* note: trying this on my server resulted in users not being able to login to GNOME. Removing gnome-power-management also took gnome-session out! Reinstalling gnome-session brings the power package back, as well... gconf seems to be the best way to work this out. Basically, set a mandatory entry, as Oliver mentioned. With my config, as soon as users select "Quit" they are logged off (no confirmation or options given). On Thu, 2006-31-08 at 11:08 +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi Oliver, > > thanks for the reply. > > On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Oliver Grawert wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, den 29.08.2006, 21:48 +0100 schrieb Gavin McCullagh: > > > XKBLayout = GB > > > under [default] in /etc/ltsp/lts.conf and /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf > > > (which is correct?) but to no avail. I keep getting @ instead of ", > > > etc. > > the variables in lts.conf are environment variables, they should be > > capiatlized, also there is no "GB" keymap in xorg, its likely rather > > "gb" > > Cool, so I probably need: > > XKBLAYOUT = gb > > also, which of the above is the correct lts.conf location? > > I know you're preparing a default lts.conf which is a good idea. It would > be really helpful to have a doc or wiki page somewhere which listed _every_ > directive which can be set in lts.conf and if possible every possible value > (within reason, I realise this wouldn't be possible for something like X > modes). > > > > 2. Out of curiosity I hit the Hibernate button presented when I click quit. > > > To my shock and alarm the system went down. And I mean the server. > > > Both on my account and the users. How do I disable this horrible > > > @feature@. > > that bug showed up very late in the release cycle, i'm working on a > > patch for gnome-session in edgy i hope to be able to backport to dapper > > for the next pointrelease. for now the easiest is to remove > > gnome-power-manager completely via apt or set the gconf keys > > "can-suspend" and "can-hibernate" with gconf-editor, that will make the > > option go away. > > I see. I'll probably go with removing the gnome-power-manager for now. > Can one set global gconf keys and if so how is it done? I presume a user > could probably over-ride this but that's not so much of a concern. My fear > is that a user will hit hibernate thinking that they can return to their > programs when they login again (as gnome currently advertises). > > Gavin > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/attachments/20060907/dff7263e/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 20:11:56 +0100 From: Gavin McCullagh Subject: Re: disable hibernate and keymap on thin clients To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <20060907191156.GA27909@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 07 Sep 2006, Clay Berlo wrote: > Just a *small* note: trying this on my server resulted in users not > being able to login to GNOME. Removing gnome-power-management also took > gnome-session out! Reinstalling gnome-session brings the power package > back, as well... This seems about right alright: gavinmc@edubuntu:~$ apt-cache rdepends gnome-power-manager gnome-power-manager Reverse Depends: ubuntu-desktop gnome-session edubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop gnome-session edubuntu-desktop Oliver: did you just force the dependencies? > gconf seems to be the best way to work this out. Basically, set a > mandatory entry, as Oliver mentioned. With my config, as soon as users > select "Quit" they are logged off (no confirmation or options given). I'll see if I can figure that out. Thanks, Gavin ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:14:34 +0200 From: "R.M.Deal" Subject: GUI LAN transfers To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Ervin Peters Message-ID: <45006F9A.6020407@kzoo.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I am trying to move Edubuntu or Ubuntu into our international school as the standard operating system. Right now, I have a major problem: My users are teachers mostly who are NOT going to use the command-line at all. So my question is, how do I provide my users with a simple graphic, icon-moving technique for taking documents (say in OpenOffice) created locally and storing them in a central server? Related to this question is: How do I tell my users how to send their documents to a remote computer printer or a LAN printer, graphically? Please let me know if this is a FAQ but a search I just made of my collection of recent Ubuntu digests yielded nothing useful. Best, Ralph M. Deal, volunteer assistant in IT at the Thuringia International School in Weimar, Germany ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:58:48 +0200 From: Oliver Grawert Subject: Re: disable hibernate and keymap on thin clients To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <1157666328.8903.3.camel@edubuntu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" hi, Am Donnerstag, den 07.09.2006, 20:11 +0100 schrieb Gavin McCullagh: > Reverse Depends: > ubuntu-desktop > gnome-session > edubuntu-desktop > ubuntu-desktop > gnome-session > edubuntu-desktop > > Oliver: did you just force the dependencies? no, i did test it during dapper development only ... at this time g-p-m wasnt a hard dependency of gnome-session ... i'm very sorry for the confusion this caused... i wrote a patch for edgys gnome-power-manager package today that fixes the issue, i will check if it applies cleanly to the dapper package and push an update for this issue as well as for the usplash caused login manager problem ... ciao oli -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil Url : https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/attachments/20060907/109aeff5/attachment-0001.pgp ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:14:11 -0400 From: "Mauricio Hernandez Z." Subject: Re: GUI LAN transfers To: "R.M.Deal" Cc: Ervin Peters , edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <1157670851.5105.17.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Hi Ralph, On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 21:14 +0200, R.M.Deal wrote: > I am trying to move Edubuntu or Ubuntu into our international school as > the standard operating system. Right now, I have a major problem: > My users are teachers mostly who are NOT going to use the command-line > at all. So my question is, how do I provide my users with a simple graphic, > icon-moving technique for taking documents (say in OpenOffice) created > locally and storing them in a central server? Well, there a couple of ways for 'drag and drop', and the depend on the protocol you use (i.e. NFS, SAMBA, etc). At least with Edubuntu, this is even simpler in the LTSP mode because ALL users from clients are actually accessing a 'central server' (the one they boot from). Else, if each client boots as standalone mode, and if they use GNOME, users can drag'n drop files and folders from one location to another, as long as the privileges setting allow it (NFS is good at this). > Related to this question is: How do I tell my users how to send their > documents to a remote computer printer or a LAN printer, graphically? Well, I have always set CUPS from localhost:631 only, after adding a 'cupsys' to 'shadow' group (IIRC). Then you get to a nice 'web'like interface at which you can set a printer to use 'iip' protocol, which will let users to see that printer from their 'Print...' menu option, at any application. > Please let me know if this is a FAQ but a search I just made of my > collection of recent Ubuntu digests yielded nothing useful. > no idea yet. :D Regards, -- Mauricio Hernandez Z. Tecnocimiento.cl Cel: (56+8)749 6071 mhz@ubuntu.com mhz@tecnocimiento.cl www.tecnocimiento.cl www.fetchile.cl PGP KEY: 1024D/2CAB0DE9 2006-07-20 |============= IRC ===============| | servidor: irc.freenode.net | | canal: #edubuntu | #edubuntu-es | | nick: mhz | |=================================| "Si no puedo compartirlo contigo, entonces no lo quiero" [Mail escrito sin acentos o caracteres especiales para evitar conflictos de lectura entre clientes de correo] ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:28:12 -0400 From: "Mauricio Hernandez Z." Subject: Re: Wiki contents for '...pedia' uses To: Jason Ryer Cc: edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com, edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com, edubuntu-devel-es@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <1157671693.5105.29.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 16:35 -0400, Jason Ryer wrote: > Hola Mauricio, > > I think that your idea about managing content specifically for those > that do not have internet and/or have older computers is an excellent > idea. I have downloaded the wiki but unfortunately was unable to get > it working due to errors when importing the database. Which wiki? which DB? for 'any' wiki, I'd totally suggest MoinMoin Desktop Edition which runs on M$, OSX and Linux, by simply unpacking and executing it. :D > However, being that we are working with schools throughout Bolivia and > many without internet, it would be great to see a distribution that > works for our needs. I am currently coordinating a shipment of P3s > from the US here to Bolivia to distribute to various communities > throughout Bolivia. It would be great to give these people a working > sytem that includes such internet tools as wikipedia and edubuntu > without the need for an internet connection. (As it currently stands, > edubuntu is NOT equipped to install to Spanish without depending on an > Internet connection.) Believe me Jason, I am very interested on delivering a spanish-default flavor of Edubuntu, even with spanish docs, spanish edu-content, and a wikipedia CD. However, commited hands to achieve this from the edu-oriented community are still very few and the lack of funding is also an issue, esp. to deliver this once is ready to LAm countries. Personally, at this moment, I don't even have machines to play with, not even a server to test 'normal' edubuntu flights or stuff, just this thin laptop which has recently survived a serious HD problem. Maybe, it is time for me/us to write down some specs and see if we get what we need. However, I do not lose hope :D Regards, -- Mauricio Hernandez Z. Tecnocimiento.cl Cel: (56+8)749 6071 mhz@ubuntu.com mhz@tecnocimiento.cl www.tecnocimiento.cl www.fetchile.cl PGP KEY: 1024D/2CAB0DE9 2006-07-20 |============= IRC ===============| | servidor: irc.freenode.net | | canal: #edubuntu | #edubuntu-es | | nick: mhz | |=================================| "Si no puedo compartirlo contigo, entonces no lo quiero" [Mail escrito sin acentos o caracteres especiales para evitar conflictos de lectura entre clientes de correo] ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:51:13 +0300 From: Asmo Koskinen Subject: Midi and LTSP To: edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <4500F6C1.2080403@arkki.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello, I try to find out is it possible to use midi keyboards (Jack+QSynt(FluidSynth)+Rosegarden) with thin clients in LTSP/Edubuntu. I can use midi keyboards on fat client with any troubles: http://www.arkki.info/howto/Audio_Studio/ On the LTSP mailing list there is one brave soul that try to help me, check out mails: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ltsp-discuss&m=115752395406471&w=2 Let's try to make midi working on the LTSP/Edubuntu. Yst?v?llisin terveisin Asmo Koskinen. ------------------------------ -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users End of edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5 ********************************************