Local devices vs. Gutsy

[Denis Melnikov]

Hi,

2008/1/8, Richard Doyle <rdoyle at islandnetworks.com>:
> We upgraded our lab from Feisty to Gutsy over the last couple of weeks.
> All was working well until I noticed that no more than one client could
> use local usb drives, as described in bug 160240
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ltsp/+bug/160420) .
>
> The discussion of the bug in that thread provides two solutions: either
> (1) hack $client/usr/share/ldm/rc.d/S20-delayed-mounter
> and /usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter, or (2) don't log into the server with 'ssh
> -X <user>'.

This is not two solutions, this is one solution of two steps.
I've followed both - and ltsp-update-image necessarily! - and now
several USB sticks work simultaneously in several (two in my test)
thin clients.

Denis

> I implemented the first solution, but we now have a number of problems,
> such as intermittent PXE boot failures, freezing clients, and other
> instability.
>
> Can multiple thin-client users actually use local devices under solution
> (2)? I'd have to give up remote access via NX, but the clients would be
> able to access local devices.
>
> What do the developers recommend?