[K12OSN] USB Files Don't Display

[David Whitmer]

Are you using K12LTSP 5.0 or 6.0?

If you're using K12LTSP 5.0, Eric recently changed ltsp_config to work
with the fuse package update (he'd already updated the package for
K12LTSP 6.0).

Try running the following:

   yum install ltsp_config

   /sbin/service ltspfs-insecure start
   /sbin/chkconfig ltspfs-insecure on


David Whitmer
Director of Media & Technology
Calvary Schools of Holland (Michigan)
web: www.calvaryschoolsholland.org
email: the.whitmers at gmail.com


On 3/15/07, David Hopkins <dahopkins429 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a similar issue but it was caused by an update to the fuse package.  I
> re-added all users to the fuse group and then also made certain that dns was
> set to use host first  so that the thin clients were able to resolve their
> names.
>
> check the size that is reported for the thumb drive.  In my case, it was
> reporting the size of the system's hard drive indicating that the drive was
> not actually mounted properly.  What was happening in that case is that the
> file was being copied to the
> $HOME/Drives/thumbdrive-directory-mount-point and not to
> the actual drive which would explain why you can't see the contents of the
> drive itself.
>
> You could also try use a dns reservation for a client just to determine if
> that results in the client 'knowing' its name.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dave Hopkins
>
>
>
> On 3/14/07, k12ltsp <k12ltsp at hermon.net> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We are having a strange issue with USB files not displaying when students
> > bring in their Thumbdrives and connect it to the terminals. It stopped
> > working as of March, leaving me to suspect that an update caused the
> issue.
> >
> > The behavior is strange. When a student connects a thumbdrive into the
> > terminal, it actually mounts! However, they can't see any of the contents
> > that are presently on the drive.
> >
> > Here's the strange part, they can actually write to the thumbdrive,
> > meaning, create new files and save them. Files created when mounted to the
> > terminal will become visible again if the thumbdrive is unplugged and
> > plugged back in. HOWEVER, as explaned above, any files that have been
> > written on the thumbdrive elsewhere are NOT visible.
> >
> > This makes it hard for students to bring in their homework created on
> > their personal machines into the school.
> >
> > I have gone through the troubleshooting steps using the USB wiki on the
> > LTSP website, and couldn't pass Step 4. Perhaps our problem is here? How
> > can I get the workstation to know the hostname?
> >
> > Step 1: Disable X.
> >
> > N/A. Have shell loaded on second screen. Switched to second screen.
> >
> > Step 2: Determine Version Number.
> >
> > Output is 4.2 Update 3.
> >
> > Step 3:
> >
> > On workstation, lbuscd confirmed running. /tmp/drives/ shows a folder
> > representing the thumbdrive inside.
> >
> > Step 4:
> >
> > hostname returns the output = (none). I suspect this may be our problem. I
> > have however followed the steps in the installation section by adding the
> > line "get-lease-hostnames         true;" to the dhcpd-k12ltsp.conf file,
> > but it made no difference after restarting dhcpd and rebooting the
> > terminal. The dhcpd-k12ltsp.conf file at the part where I entered this
> > line is below.
> >
> > get-lease-hostnames         true;
> >
> > shared-network WORKSTATIONS {
> >   subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> >      range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.253;
> >      use-host-decl-names       on;
> >      option log-servers        192.168.0.254;
> >      get-lease-hostnames         true;
> >
> >
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