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The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) provides thin-client support for Linux

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/etc/network/interfaces is almost empty

I'm trying to set up a static IP address for my LTSP server as to configure one of my two NICs (internal one : Server -> Light client) via the /etc/network/interfaces , but when I open the interfaces ...
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LTSP thin client to single user mode

Is it possible to boot a LTSP thin client to single user mode? I've updated the default entry under /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg to read as follows: - append ro initrd=initrd.img root=/...
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How to install local applications in ltsp thin clients?

I've configured a ltsp server at home and built the thin client. Though, I'd now like to know how to add local applications to the thin client, namely chromium-browser and emacs24.
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LTSP client synchronize blackberry address book & calendar with evolution

I'm trying to setup blackberry sync'ing with Evolution on a LTSP client. It works on the server. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 64bit on the server and here are the instructions I've followed to get the ...
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LTSP thin client boots to a command prompt instead of a GUI [closed]

When I install Edubuntu 11.10 with LTSP, it installs fine. When I go to boot from the thin client it opens a terminal (looks like MS-DOS) on the thin client, but the LTSP server shows a GUI. I am new ...
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Is Wireless LTSP possible?

Background: I've been doing research into LTSP, to see if it would be a viable option for my school. However, (almost) everything I've found say that wireless LTSP isn't possible. This is a problem ...
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How do I wake up the printer when it sleeps?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on an LTSP network. I have attached a printer to the server via USB. The printer is an HP LaserJet Pro P1102 with driver Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended). Often the ...
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Can i use Ubuntu 11.10 for netboot?

can i use an Ubuntu 11.10 for netboot over PXE? im aware of the LTSP and other similar proyects, but i dont find information using ubuntu 11.10 (the latest)
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How do I stop server mounted USB drives showing a dialogue on thin clients

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 64bit Desktop on my server with LTSP5.2 and 10 workstations. Everytime I put a CD or USB disk into the server it shows up with an error on all the workstations saying 'Unable ...
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Thinclient Boot CD

How can I create a bootable CD to run on an old PC accessing an LTSP server. I have found ample documentation on installing an LTSP server, but no reference on how to create a bootable CD. (PC ...
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LTSP - thin client VS fat client - how does the root folder work?

There is plenty of information on the internet including here, but I could not find a specific discussion on it. Any comment is appreciated. Sorry if it is a very rookie question. I installed Ubuntu ...
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How to resolve thin client log on freezing using LDAP + LTSP 12.04?

On Ubuntu 12.04 I have some kind of problem with LTSP and LDAP. Sometimes I can log to the server, but sometimes I can't (window freezes on LDM) log in from the thin client. Everything is OK when I ...
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What do I need to get started with thin clients?

I'm planning to make an ubuntu server (with load balancing to a few offstage computers) and have thin clients connect to it. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make a thin client, or the setup ...
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How to create a file in a specific location for every user?

I'm running an Ubuntu LTSP setup at a school with about 60 unique users. Occasionally, we need to share a document, create a directory or place a config file in every user's account. Obviously, it's ...
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How do I disable the "Would you like to set up Livepatch now" message at login?

I have some LTSP clients with Ubuntu 20.04. Whenever login, there is always a prompt "Would you like to set up Livepatch now". We would not like to set up Livepatch. Any command to ...
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Best Way to Install LTSP on Ubuntu 18.04

Upgrading my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 16.04 then 18.04 LTS left LTSP unable to boot clients. I am using the traditional 2 NIC structure on 1404, with thin clients on a physically separate subnet, and their ...
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How do I use with LTSP with a Dell FX170 thin client?

Just got a reconditioned DELL Optiplex FX170 thin client delivered, without an image. On power-up, I see the message: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER I am very sure all the ...
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Proxy settings do not promulgate to fat or thin clients [closed]

I work in Hertfordshire schools, which use a proxy eg http://wf1.thegrid.org.uk on port 80 to allow graded access by all users, within the schools, to the Internet. I have Ubuntu 10.04LTS successfully ...
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How do I execute a script on a LTSP-Thin Client after boot?

What is the best way to execute a script after boot/reboot on a specific thin-client in an LTSP enviroment? I want to run a script after boot to execute ltsp-localapps foo , but only on one client. ...
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Can't find LTSP option when booting from Ubuntu Server ISO images

I have tried using a Windows & Ubuntu host machine running both VMware pro & Virtual box to install an LTSP server from an Ubuntu server installation iso. When I start up the Ubuntu server ...
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Edubuntu LTSP amd64 not Loading with PXE

I have a computer lab running off of an i386 fat-client image right now. The image is being hosted via LTSP on Edubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with the client being the same desktop. However, the package system ...
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LTSP Thin clients Login problem

The situation is: I have created an Ubuntu LTSP 64bit Server with 32 bit clients using steps in this tutorial. I used Virtual Box machine as thin client using same procedure in this tutorial. Every ...
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How to make LTSP log into the Windows 7 VM

I have managed to install Ubuntu server and Mythbuntu and a remote front-end. Now I think it could be nice to integrate my Windows machine with the server and use Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) ...
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Thin clients video in LTSP changed when adding a new video card to the server

First of all I'm new in using linux and please forgive my bad english. I have an server with Edubuntu LTSP 10.10, a projector and 20 thin clients. On the server I had to install a video card (nvidia ...
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16.04 LTSP Thick Clients Need USB Headset Support?

I am in a bit of a bind and Google has been no help. We run a call center with 80 stations, which all PXE boot a Ubuntu 16.04 LTSP desktop from a central server using the LTSP project code. We ...
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How to fix intermittent connection problems on Epoptes

I have been using Epoptes on an Ubuntu 16.04 server to monitor my computer lab for about a year, it worked fine until I updated the clients from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04. Now the client connects to the ...
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what is the best choice to replace RDS Server ...LTSP or XDMCP in 14.04

At work I need to replace Remote desktop server with same ubuntu server that give me ability to attach hp thin clients with it so users can login to desktop and run application same as windows RD. ...
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What is the difference between ltsp-server and ltsp-server-standalone packages?

What is the difference between ltsp-server and ltsp-server-standalone packages? What packages must I use for setting up an ltsp-cluster root server? According to this link: UbuntuLTSP/LTSP-Cluster - ...
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How to change the keyboard layout of LTSP clients in 13.10

I am trying to change the keyboard layout for ubuntu 13.10 ltsp clients. I edited /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf (which was empty after the install). What works is de/german, but this is the ...
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LTSP client image load hangs on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

I'm bringing up LTSP on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for the first time. The client reaches the point that its console says: TFTP prefix: /ltsp/i386 Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default Loading vmliuz-3.13.0-24-...
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Is it possible to serve a VirtualBox image with LTSP?

We have a Ubuntu image with LTSP that is used to boot about 60 classroom PCs (Ubuntu fat clients). The most difficult part we face is to maintain the bootable image (keeping latest security changes) ...
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Ubuntu LTSP 18.04 lock screen not accepting password

I have an Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 with LTSP installed and currently being used with 4 fat clients and 6 users. Each user has the same problem, they cannot log back in after they lock their session. ...
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Problem upgrading a chroot for FAT Clients (ltsp, edubuntu, and 14.04)

I have an edubuntu server. After I got the fat client image built, I followed the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ThinClientHowtoNAT so that the clients could have access ...
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LTSP + AD Integration

I have a Windows AD environment with user profiles having homedirs in Windows. Now I have setup an Ubuntu LTSP Server (10.04.3 - installed via ubuntu-alternate 64bit) My target was to integrate both ...
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How do I change a local apps locale in LTSP?

I'm wondering how to change locale (UI gtk) inside local apps to ru_RU for example instead of en_US. Ror example i install chromium-browser inside client image chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get -y ...
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how to make thin client turned on after turning on server

I have a LTSP server and 20 thin clients I have already enabled wake on LAN on every thin client and also I can control(boot,turn of) my thin clients with VNC edition " epoptes" now I want to ...
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LTSP fat clients not connecting to internet in proxy DHCP mode

My current setup is modem to router. Router(10.10.10.0/24) to virtual server via enp8s1. Virtual machine running pfsense as a DHCP server via enp3s0(a second nic in the server) a network 192.168.67.0/...
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Windows in VM viewed by a Thin Client using LTSP

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server installed with LTSP and Virtualbox. I want to do a remote desktop (if it's possible) where my client can view or access the Windows from the Virtualbox using LTSP. ...
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Thin client boot from server

I have just installed a ubuntu 16.04 lts(Xenial Xerus) server, to test with a thin-client to boot from it. I have so far been successful,and after a week though the isc-dhcp-service is running well ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Diskless Workstation

I already follow all step given from here but when I try to boot the client using network it reply: CLIENT MAC ADDR: EC B1 D7 4F E5 C1 GUID: 80763A3E B448 E511 8E7C ECB1D74FE5C1 CLIENT IP: 192.168....
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use clients on terminal server

I installed a terminal server on ubuntu using ltsp-standalone and client with the i386. I did the network configuration also. But the question now is how do I have to make clients and/or how can they ...
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LTSP Thin Clients can't see usb flash drives and other devices

I have Ubuntu 14.04 64bit as an LTSP server and I have several 32bit thin clients attached to it. They have USB keyboards and mice and they work fine, but they don't recognize USB drives, scanners and ...
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Thin-client Edubuntu 14.04 LTSP

I'm using VBox for this: I already have 2 thin-client PC-1 and PC-2, and in the server I have 3 users: staff, student, archie (admin) What I want to do with the client is, how to make both of them ...
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LTSP thin client - Mount local hard drive

If I am running a thin client on an LTSP server, is there any way to mount the client local hard drive ? I know the system is not running on the client, but as I can use removable devices (USB sticks,...
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LTSP Client Boot Issue - Ubuntu 12.04 VMware

Today I've been trying to get a virtual Ubuntu 12.04 LTSP server and client setup running in VMWare Fusion by following this guide. http://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/how-create-ubuntu-1104-x64-ltsp-...
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LTSP client boots on busybox

I've installed an LTSP server on my linux desktop 12.04 (virtual machine), set all the necessary network settings. Now I created a thin client using virtualbox, booted (after starting up the server ...
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Where do ltsp user accounts need to reside?

I've looked at the fan club ltsp install articles, but I cannot tell if the user accounts for my ltsp users need to reside only on the ltsp image. I believe that is the case, and I've added them ...
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How to upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP Thin client to Ubuntu 12.04?

I have a setup with Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP server and Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP Thin client. I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP Thin client to Ubuntu 12.04 or higher. Is it possible to upgrade? If it is, How can ...
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Edubuntu LTSP client desktop management

I am working with edubuntu to create a LTSP server. I need to have control over the desktops of the client as this will be implemented in a school environment. I have several LTSP 4 servers running ...
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LTSP problem with old CPU client

I want to setup LTSP with 12.04, but I have a problem with some clients. When I try to boot them, fail with a reference to cmov and cx8 support in the CPU. After some investigation, I discover that ...
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