Re: [Thinstation-general] VDM broker Thinstation -- SUCESS
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From: Rondall S. <bob...@su...> - 2008-04-29 23:59:55
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Paul, Thanks a bunch, I was able to plug in the build.conf and the thinstation.conf.buildtime and get a working firefox screen first boot. I only had to make 1 small change to get VDM to work. In the build.conf I had to enable rdesktop, other than that pretty much copy and paste. I couldn't get the mimeTypes.rdf you sent downloaded. I think it got chunked up by my e-mail server. Attached is what I created, probably the same thing. I still haven't got it working quite the way I want, but It is useable. Here is a briefer summary of what I did, may not be the best route, but it works. I created 2 virtual machines to speed up the testing. VM1 is a Fresh Install of openSuSE 10.3 VM2 is a virtual machine that has no hard drive and points directly to the thinstation.iso NOTE: I have to statically assign IP to get the TS to work in VM2. I copied your build files into the Thinstation-2.3 dir. Enabled rdesktop Change thinstation.conf.buildtime to match local setting Opened Firefox on VM1 and configured it to attach to VDM including copied /home/user/.mozilla/firefox/dkrndkl.default/prefs.js and mimeTypes.rdf to .../packages/firefox/etc/TS.default Built the image (more than once) powered on VM2 and jumped for joy Only 2 things are outstanding 1. Everytime firefox starts it tries to go to www.mozilla.org for something. 2. It still prompts to run the software checker. Again thanks for the help. You save me a ton of head scratching. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul O'Leary" <pol...@gm...> To: <bob...@su...> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [Thinstation-general] VDM broker Thinstation > Rondall, > > Sorry for the latest in getting these to you, I haven't been near my > build machine in a couple days. Here are the build files that I used > for the beta VDM image. Please note that I have indeed added the kiosk > package as suggested by Trevor, and it works wonderfully, very clean > looking now. > > If you have any questions on the setup let me know if I can help. I am > still trying to fix a couple small bugs with DHCP on some subnets, but > other than that I and our company are quite pleased with this image. > > I have tested it on a variety of machine, mostly dell/hp > desktops/laptops of various vintages, they all seem to boot into VDM > broker page cleanly. > > Of note, if you are using any machine with the Tigon3 driver for the > NIC, it's a little flaky. I had to DL the one from the contrib site, > and play with it and the original file to see which works best. > > Don't mind the filename for my build, its just how I archived it. > > Cheers > > Paul > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:16 AM, <bob...@su...> wrote: >> That would be great, you just made my day. >> >> The build/conf files would be most helpful. Maybe just make notes of the >> FF changes made. What ver Java did you use? >> >> >> >> >> ---- Paul O'Leary <pol...@gm...> wrote: >> > Rondall, I just finished creating my beta image to use with VDM. >> > >> > It is built on TS2.2.1 or 2.3, both work fine. Is uses FIrefox to >> > connect to the VDM broker and from there we select the VDI client to >> > connect to. I have to make a few changes to FF mimetypes to llow for >> the >> > java portion of VDM to start automatically. I also had to install the >> > java package obviously, but once those two things are done, and you >> set >> > FFs default webpage to the VDM broker, it looks very nice. >> > >> > There are a couple things I am still looking to do, >> > 1. have FF start maximized or with the full screen F11 option. >> > 2. not have Java prompt me about digital signatures errors when >> starting >> > the VDM applet. >> > >> > If you like I can provide any build/conf files I have, or even a full >> > image (54mb). >> > >> > Best of luck, and hopefully you'll get all the help you need from this >> > group. Everyone here has been just great helping me along the way. >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >> > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save >> $100. >> > Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> > >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Thinstation-general mailing list >> > Thi...@li... >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 4/25/2008 2:31 PM |