[K12OSN] K12LTSP 5.0 beta #3

[Eric Harrison]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:

> Will a yum update go from B2 to B3?

Yes.

-Eric


>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] K12LTSP 5.0 beta #3
>> From: Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us>
>> Date: Fri, April 14, 2006 2:25 am
>> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
>> <k12osn at redhat.com>
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Eric Harrison wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> K12LTSP 5.0 beta #3 has been uploaded & the repositories updated.
>>
>> I guess it would help if I included the links...
>>
>> Pentium/Xeon/Athlon/etc 32bit version:
>>
>>    ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/5.0.0-32bit/iso/
>>    rsync -Pav k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us::testing/5.0.0-32bit/iso/ .
>>
>> Opteron/EM64T/etc 64bit version:
>>
>>    ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/5.0.0-64bit/iso/
>>    rsync -Pav k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us::testing/5.0.0-64bit/iso/ .
>>
>>
>> The fix for the livna repository is in the repository now as well.
>>
>>> There are a number of fixes. Off the top of my head:
>>>
>>> * A new service was added that allows LTSPFS to work by default (i.e.
>>> users don't have to be in the "fuse" group), but at the cost of
>>> decreased security. This can be turned off with:
>>>
>>> 	/sbin/chkconfig ltspfs-insecure off
>>> 	/sbin/service ltspfs-insecure stop
>>>
>>> * /etc/dhcpd-k12ltsp.conf is updated correctly if you change the default
>>> network from 192.168.0.0/24 to something else
>>>
>>> * named will start once again
>>>
>>> * A couple of packages were changed around to accommodate new packages
>>> being added to Fedora Extras:  ltsp_config was replaced with ltsp-config
>>> , ltsp_ltspswapd, and ltsp_ltspfs.
>>>
>>> * gCompris updated to the new 7.4 version
>>>
>>>
>>> No fix yet for i810-based terminals.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm going to be off-line for the next 2-5 days, so hopefully there are
>>> no brown-bag bugs ;-)
>>
>> My DSL was fixed tonight, now I can work from home once again!
>> But I'll still be gone for a long weekend ;-)
>>
>> -Eric