Hi Veli-Matti, Thanks for such a quick reply. Seemed like the simplest solution to meet what I needed was to move /etc/xdg/autostart/smart_1-_Service.desktop and /etc/xdg/autostart/smart_1-_Tools.desktop to my Desktop folder where I could start them when wanted. I restarted the server, used x2go to get back to my server and sure enough, the smartboard software didn't auto-start! And, it successfully launched by double-clicking the desktop launcher files on my Desktop.
I then rebuilt the image: sudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /, restarted, then again using x2go, I started Epoptes, did a WOL of one of the clients, logged in with a test-student account and sure enough, it didn't auto-launch! If a student really wants to use the software it's there to use but at least it isn't already running. Thanks for the help, Veli-Matti! David G On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Veli-Matti Lintu < veli-matti.li...@opinsys.fi> wrote: > Hi, > > If I remember correctly, the smartboard processes are started from > /etc/xdg/autostart/ when user logs in. You can either remove the smart > files from there if you do not want it to autostart at all or you can > modify them to check if there's a smarboard connected before they > start. > > I cannot check the exact files right now, but I hope this helps if you > want to add the check for a connected smartboard. I haven't tried this > with ltsp-pnp, so some caveats may remain. There are probably tens of > other ways to accomplish the same. > > First modify the /etc/xdg/autostart/ files (smart_1-_Service.desktop > and smart_1-_Tools.desktop if I remember correctly). Change the Exec > lines to point to new scripts that you'll create. If I remember > correctly, the .desktop files point normally to the smartboard > binaries. > > Next create two scripts that start the smartboard service and tools > after checking that a smartboard is connected. > > ------------/usr/local/bin/start_smart_tools > ------------------------------- > #!/bin/sh > > # do not start smartboard stuff if we do not have a smartboard connected > > if ! lsusb | awk '$6 ~ /^0b8c:/' | grep -q .; then > exit 1 > fi > > exec "/opt/SMART Technologies/SMART Product Drivers/bin/SMART Board Tools" > \ > "$@" > ------------------------------------------- > > > ------- /usr/local/bin/start_smart_service > ------------------------------------ > #!/bin/sh > > # do not start smartboard stuff if we do not have a smartboard connected > if ! lsusb | awk '$6 ~ /^0b8c:/' | grep -q .; then > exit 1 > fi > > exec "/opt/SMART Technologies/SMART Product Drivers/bin/SMARTBoardService" > \ > "$@" > ------------------------------------------- > > Remember to make the scripts executable. > > > Happy hacking! > > Veli-Matti > > > 2015-02-07 21:58 GMT+02:00 David Groos <djgr...@gmail.com>: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm in a new school/classroom and have set up 30 ltsp-pnp, 12.04 FAT > > clients, pretty simple! Even have the Linux version of smartboard > software > > working. Actually, that's one of the issues, I don't want this > application > > to show up on client computers, only on the server. I've read of the > > solution of adding RM_SYSTEM_SERVICES directive to the lts.conf but I > > imagine that isn't for things like applications. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > David G > > > > -- > > edubuntu-users mailing list > > edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >
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