[K12OSN] Re: "press enter to login"

[Gideon Romm]

Jack-

No problem.  If you can, please post your version of K12LTSP, just so
any future person searching these archives with the same problem will be
able to find the solution easier.

Cheers,

-Gideon

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 08:46 -0500, Jack Palmadesso wrote:
> Thanks a bunch.  You must have been reading my mind or something
> because I am very interested in these wrapper scripts.  I have been
> lucky enough to demo LTSP for the company I work for and I'd like to
> have the ability to launch other applicatons like Citrix for example
> for certain terminals.  Some people want Linux, some want a Windows
> terminal server and some want Citrix.  LTSP can fit the bill on all of
> these with a few servers and lots of old hardware nobody wants to use.
> 
> Thanks again
> Jack
> 
> On 3/16/06, Gideon Romm <ltsp at symbio-technologies.com> wrote:
>         I figured I'd just send them along to the list.
>         
>         1. Back up your /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/screen.d/rdesktop file
>         2. Replace with the attached rdesktop-screen (remember to
>         chmod 755)
>         3. place the rdesktop.wrapper file
>         in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/bin  (also, 
>         chmod 755)
>         
>         Let 'er rip!
>         
>         -Gideon
>         
>         PS:  Usual caveats about listening to some guy on the listserv
>         apply (in
>         terms of the computers coming to life and destroying the world
>         on
>         you...)
>         
>         On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:57 -0500, Gideon Romm wrote: 
>         > Jack-
>         >
>         > This behavior has been changed since LTSP v. 4.1.1 (I'm not
>         sure what
>         > version you are using).  In the latest version of LTSP, a
>         wrapper script
>         > is called that launches rdesktop again when it dies, so that
>         it does not 
>         > kill the xserver.
>         >
>         > I can dig up the wrapper script and send it to you if you
>         like.  Or, if
>         > you can, update to the latest version.
>         >
>         > Regards,
>         >
>         > -Gideon
>         >
>         > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 15:37 -0500, Jack Palmadesso wrote:
>         > > Forget it.  I now realize that it is nessasary to have
>         "press enter to
>         > > login" appear so as not to be constantly knocking on a W2k
>         terminal 
>         > > servers door constantly.  If a user get a terminal server
>         login but
>         > > does not do anything for few minutes then the terminal
>         server rightly
>         > > kicks the user off.  when the user it kicked off it would
>         be "rude" to 
>         > > just have the server automatically try and go back to the
>         login screen
>         > > when nobody was probably at the terminal to begin with.
>         > >
>         > > On 3/14/06, Jack Palmadesso <jack.palmadesso at gmail.com>
>         wrote:
>         > >         I'm demoing LTSP to managment here tommorow.  Some
>         of the
>         > >         terminals will go directly to a W2k3 Terminal
>         server via the
>         > >         setting in "lts.conf"  That works fine but just
>         before X fires
>         > >         up the terminal prompts the user to "press enter
>         to login".
>         > >         Can I get around this and just have the terminal
>         go directly 
>         > >         in?  I'm not complaining but it would just be alot
>         smoother to
>         > >         have it bypass that requirement.  Anybody have any
>         hints for
>         > >         me on that one?  I'll be demoing on 4.4.1
>         > >
>         > >         Thanks, 
>         > >
>         > >         Jack
>         > >
>         > >
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