[K12OSN] Updates now available for LTSP-4.2

[Jim McQuillan]

Petre,

Yes, the lts.conf.readme is sadly out of date.

The lts.conf file is created by the ltspcfg utility, if you ask it to.

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Mon, April 17, 2006 8:22 pm, Petre Scheie wrote:
> Does lts.conf.readme need to be updated?  It still has allusions to the
> old style LOCAL_DEVICE_01 support, instead of the new LOCAL_STORAGE
> parameter of which there is no mention.  Also, I notice there isn't an
> lts.conf; is that built during installation or is it in another package?
>
> Petre
>
> Eric Harrison wrote:
>>
>> Fortunately I got a build of the updated LTSP source started just before
>> the construction crew tested out their new John Deere fiber detector.
>>
>> I'm finishing up moving today, I don't have my test server up at home
>> so I can't test this. Can someone give this package a spin and verify
>> that it works? Once I know it is ok, I'll add it to the repository:
>>
>> ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/RPMS/ltsp_i386-4.2-0f.k12ltsp.5.0.0.noarch.rpm
>>
>>
>> I just started work on the updated kernel. May take me a while, since
>> I'm
>> only logging everyone once in a while when I'm sick of unpacking boxes
>> ;-)
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Dan Young wrote:
>>
>>> We (Multnomah ESD, which hosts the K12LTSP repository) had a major
>>> outage this morning. We're just back up within the last half hour and
>>> ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us, http://k12linux.org,
>>> http://k12linux.org,
>>> etc should be reachable again.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan Young <dan_young at mesd.k12.or.us>
>>> Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
>>> 503-257-1562
>>>
>>>
>>> Roy wrote:
>>>
>>>> I see the list server is back up. I am unable to connect to the
>>>> K12LTSP
>>>> repository. Has it changed or is it down?
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Jim McQuillan
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 9:20 AM
>>>> To: ltsp-discuss at lists.sourceforge.net;
>>>> ltsp-announce at lists.sourceforge.net;
>>>> Support list for opensource software in schools.
>>>> Subject: [K12OSN] Updates now available for LTSP-4.2
>>>>
>>>> The following updates are now available:
>>>>
>>>>   o  ltspcfg version 0.16 (part of ltsp-utils-0.25)
>>>>      - Added the proper location for the kdmrc file for
>>>>        Kubuntu-breezy.
>>>>      - Added 'ddns-update-style' line in dhcpd.conf.sample, for FC5.
>>>>      - Fixed configuration of kdm and gdm for many distros, including
>>>>        Ubuntu Breezy & Dapper and Fedora Core 5.
>>>>      - Fixed 'Enable' detection of Xdmcp for kdm.
>>>>
>>>>   o  vidlist
>>>>      - Added several i810 entries for proper auto-detection of
>>>>        i810 chipsets.
>>>>      - Added several nv entries for proper auto-detection of
>>>>        nvidia chipsets.
>>>>
>>>>   o  startx
>>>>      - Changed behaviour of the 'XRAMPERC' option to default
>>>>        to 100.  Also, if it is set to 100, then it won't do
>>>>        the 'ulimit' command.  This was causing problems with
>>>>        i810 chipsets on 64mb or lower machines.
>>>>
>>>>   o  Linux kernel 2.6.16.1-ltsp-2
>>>>      - Added sis7019 audio driver.
>>>>      - Removed savage framebuffer driver. This caused problems
>>>>        for Xorg.
>>>>      - Fixed problem with booting the kernel on Jammin-125
>>>>        workstations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you are interested in installing these updates, you should first
>>>> install the
>>>> newest ltsp-utils package, availabe at:
>>>>
>>>>    http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LTSP-42
>>>>
>>>> Then, run 'ltspadmin' and choose the updated packages you wish to
>>>> install.
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy the updates.  Scott Balneaves and I are heading down to Brazil
>>>> later today, to speak at FISL-7.0 in Porto Alegre.
>>>>
>>>>       http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/7.0/www/?q=en
>>>>
>>>> Ciao,
>>>>
>>>> Jim McQuillan
>>>> jam at Ltsp.org
>>>>
>>
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