Re: [Thinstation-general] USB Sticks (and Thinlinc)
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Re: [Thinstation-general] USB Sticks (and Thinlinc)
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From: Dave B. <bo...@cn...> - 2016-11-29 17:55:07
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What about making sure that the usb stick's writes are synced before someone pulls it out? On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 05:47:44PM +0000, Don Cupp wrote: > add the automount package to thinstation to have thinstation automount > drives. > On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:39 AM, Brian Koch > <bk...@ci...> wrote: > Dave, I'm using Vmware, but I believe the lines for your usb issue are > as follows (change # and Application to what you need). In my current > build, I'm testing the build by booting from usb to save time. > However, you may need to review thinlinc's manuals. There could be a > config file that has to be created/filled out to communicate properly > with the usb's. I had to do that so that Vmware would communicate > properly with a webcam. > USB_ENABLED=On > BIND_MOUNT0="storage:/mnt/ storage" > STORAGE_CONFIG1=/mnt/storage > #USB_STORAGE_SYNC=on > USB_MOUNT_DIR="/mnt/usbdevice" > USB_MOUNT_USELABEL=YES > MOUNT_0="LABEL=boot /boot auto x-mount.mkdir,defaults > 0 0" > MOUNT_1="LABEL=home /root auto x-mount.mkdir,defaults > 0 0" > MOUNT_2="LABEL=swap swap swap defaults 0 > 0" > SESSION_#_Application_AUTODETECT=TRUE > SESSION_#_Application_ connectUSBOnStartup=true > SESSION_#_Application_ connectUSBOnInsert=true > Brian Koch > IT Dept > City of Taylor, MI > (734) 374-1514 or Ext. 7550 (internal use) > Please have a ticket put in if you need an issue resolved. > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Dave Botsch > <[1]bo...@cn...> wrote: > > Hi. > I'm trying to get USB working with my Session 0 being ThinLinc. > It's unclear exactly how things are supposed to work. > All the end user will have access to is the main ThinLinc gui > application and then their login'ed thinlinc session (on linux). > So... > User inserts usb stick into the thin client (an Asus EEEBox in this > case). Dmesg on the thin client shows that the thinstation OS > recognizes > the USB stick and partition table/etc. > Is the thin client now supposed to automount the USB stick? Or not? > Is the thin client supposed to mount the USB stick when the user, in > the > thinlinc remote session (LInux), run tl-mount-localdrives ? > The documentation on thinlinc's side implies that the thinstation is > supposed to mount the stick and export the mount via NFS... but > again, > thinstation never actually mounts anything. > And then the question would be, how does the user on the thinstation > side safely *un* mount the stick? In the remote session, the user > would > run tl-umount-localdrives, but the stick (if it was mounted) > wouldn't be > unumounted by ThinStation. Or is something automagic supposed to > happen? > Thanks. > ps the Default thinstation.build.conf mentions /mnt/usbdevice, but > this > directory doesn't exist on the thinstation, so something isn't > adding up > here. > -- > ****************************** ** > David William Botsch > Programmer/Analyst > @CNFComputing > [2]bo...@cn... > ****************************** ** > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ > ------------------ > ______________________________ _________________ > Thinstation-general mailing list > [3]Thinstation-general@lists. sourceforge.net > [4]https://lists.sourceforge.net/ lists/listinfo/thinstation- > general > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > _______________________________________________ > Thinstation-general mailing list > [5]Thi...@li... > [6]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general > > References > > 1. mailto:bo...@cn... > 2. mailto:bo...@cn... > 3. mailto:Thi...@li... > 4. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general > 5. mailto:Thi...@li... > 6. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Thinstation-general mailing list > Thi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general -- ******************************** David William Botsch Programmer/Analyst @CNFComputing bo...@cn... ******************************** |
