[K12OSN] Fl_TeacherTool 0.30 issue (long)

[Petre Scheie]

I'm not sure of the difference between the two libraries, but isn't the point of Mue Kow 
to get away from having custom files and instead rely on the libraries and other files 
that come with the distro?  Why is the library in /opt/ltsp/i386/lib different than the 
one in /usr/lib?

Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> I have pretty much finished a new version of TT. I have added the
> requested monitor/control feature using the vnc.so module that plugs
> into X on the client. So now we can not only broadcast but also
> monitor students activity or tutor them controlling their keyboard and
> mouse. I have done minimal testing and it seems to work fine. BTW one
> nice feature is that the broadcasting is unaffected by this new
> feature because the broadcast uses tightvncviewer not realvncviewer.
> 
> Here is the issue. It requires modifiying LTSP. The how-to on the ltsp wiki here
> 
> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#VNC_SO
> 
> describes the procedure and I have also pasted a summary how-to of it
> from Trond Maehlum  below.
> However, Eric Harrison and I are concerned about libgcc_s.so.1 which is
> being overwritten in /opt/ltsp/i382/lib with the one from /usr/lib in
> K12LTSP. These two libraries are *not* the same size. Unfortunately,
> vnc.so does not work with the client X server with the stock
> libgcc library. One thing to note is that vnc.so gets loaded at boot
> time or (ctrl-alt-bkspc) not runtime. The only way I can *think* of
> solving this is to build the vnc.so module inside a chrooted ltsp
> tree. So it gets built with the ltsp stock libgcc. But I don't know if
> this is even possible or how to do it. Wondering if anyone has any
> ideas how to solve this problem? I know that a sym link approach was
> used to address this issue in the wiki but I don't think it's a real
> solution (But I could be wrong).
> 
> Here is a summary how-to from Trond Maehlum
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Login at the terminalserver as root. Edit /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf
> and add:
> 
> X4_MODULE_02 = vnc
> 
> Then edit the file /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/build_x4_cfg
>  and add the following under 'Secton "Screen"' (but over
> 'EndSubSection'), so it looks
> like this:
> 
>  Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device "My Video Card"
>        Monitor "My Monitor"
>        DefaultDepth  ${X_COLOR_DEPTH:-16}
>        Subsection "Display"
>                Depth ${X_COLOR_DEPTH:-16}
>                Modes ${MODE[*]}
> 
>                Option "httpdir" "/usr/share/vnc/classes"
>                Option "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
>                Option "rfbport" "5900"
>                Option "usevnc"
> 
>        EndSubSection
>  EndSection
> 
> Now you'll have to make a password for the vnc-session. Run this
> command:
> 
> # /usr/bin/vncpasswd
> 
> Choose a password and copy the password file into the ltsp-tree
> 
> # cp -R -p /root/.vnc /opt/ltsp/i386/root/
> 
> Now you must copy the vnc-module and some libraries into the ltsp-tree:
> 
> # cp /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/vnc.so
> /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/
> # cp /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/lib/
> Before you do this next cp. Backup /opt/ltsp/i386/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 as
> libgcc_s.so.1.backup
> so you don't lose the original file.
> # cp /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /opt/ltsp/i386/lib/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> --
> Robert Arkiletian
> C++ GUI tutorial http://fltk.org/links.php?V19
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