Notes on LTSP clients (Swiki:237)

here we will document various tips and tricks regarding our LTSP thin clients

• sound is working fine if output is configured to use ALSA
• USB sticks and HDs are automatically mounted to either /media/<USERNAME>/<DEVICENAME>/ or /tmp/.<USERNAME>-ltspfs/<DEVICENAME>/ if they are partitioned. To remove, wait some seconds for the write cache to clear, then just unplug
• if you misspell your password at login, it takes some time for the login screen to recover. It might be faster to power cycle the Thin Client.
• the login screen does not remember the session. If you'd like to change your window manager permanently, you can create a .Xsession file to start the WM of your choice.
• The X screen saver seems to cause problems. If you experience sudden crashes resulting in a loss of your session, try turning xscreensaver off.

Note that we also provide bootable CD and USB stick images that turn any PC connected to the D-PHYS network into an LTSP client. This allows you to provide a convenient and powerful workplace without any installation at all. The operating system(s) installed on your machine will not be touched. Download the USB or CD image from http://livecd.phys.ethz.ch/ and then use dd to transfer it to your USB stick or any CD burning program to create a bootable CD.