hi all, thanks for the patient help. it seems that creating a test account did the trick - i got my laptop and computer 2 booting into the terminal server.
however, i still am getting errors with computer #1. right before the screen goes retarded, as explained below, it gives the following error message (or very close to it, it just flashes for a partial second): "Device doesn't support 44100 Hz changed to 44099 Hz" i troubleshot it down to a monitor problem. a different monitor works fine. once i had the login screen up and switched back to the old monitor, it worked fine. when i logged out, it went back into poltergeist mode. could it be a monitor setting? i suppose it isn't a big deal if we have to swap the $20 monitor, but it would be better to not have to. tia... oe1 --- Charles Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:21 AM, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i will look at the syslog, assuming i can find > it. i should be ok using google, though. > > > sudo less /var/log/messages > > or > ls /var/log > > to see the other log files your server is storing. > There is a wealth > of information there - it is always the first place > I go looking when > something does not work. Most of the messages are > in plain language, > but you can google for error messages that are > cryptic. You do have > to sudo to read them. > > > i probably won't be able to do much interpreting > of what i see, but i will be able post it so others > can analyze it. > > > Good idea. > > > could the problem be related to trying to log on > with the same username and password as the server? > i will create client logons and try to logon with > them. > > > It never hurts to have a test account set up. With > the thin clients, > you are setting up a session on the server. It > really should not be > an issue in Linux, but for sanity's sake it is > easier to troubleshoot > if you have a test account set up. > > Good luck, > Charles > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
