Re: PXES

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> Hi Diego,
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> I saw you held a presentation at the Linuxtag last week. I was there but
> unfortunately didn't make it to your talk :-(
Were you at the Knoppix presentation ? :-)
>
> Anyway I have to get back to you concerning the bootsplash for NBIs.
> After reading through the bootsplash docs it it clear that the
> bootsplash needs to be appended to the initrd not to the kernel. So -
> each time the initrd is rebuilt the splash command needs to be invoked.
> This required a patch to pxesconfig as it seems. As furthermore, this
> works only if the kernel is prepared to use a VESA FB and display a
> splash. Is that the case with the pxes-0.8 kernel?
>
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Best regards
Some splash parts are there (fb), although is not yet supported.
Please use the mailing list.

Best regards.
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> [email protected] on 20.01.2004 03:52:48
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> To:      Harald Milz/Munich/GECITS-EU@GECITS-EU
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> Subject: Re: PXES
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> On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 12:24, [email protected] wrote:
>     Hi Diego,
>
>     thanks for the hints - but I can't find any doc that tells me how to
> add a
>     splash to the kernel or NBI.
> Check the kernel documentation (look for logo).
>
>
>     Some more feedback:
>
>     - when using the de locale, the ICA Configurator complains about a
> missing
>     NLS catalog for the neighborhood agent. It asks me to set the LANG
> variable
>     accordingly. Where and how do I do that?
> I don't know. Check you Linux box with the same settings.
>
>     - For "console=null", a checkbutton would be nice. Doing that after
> finishing the build is cumbersome.
> You can change an initial configuration (MKNBI_ARGS) file and use
> pxesconfig -c my.conf.
>
>
>     - I would like to add a Thinprint client to the image
>     (www.thinprint.com,
>     the de facto printing standard for ICA thin clients which is nice
> because
>     it compresses the print data over the network, and can do some
> bandwidth
>     tricks too). How do I add a binary /bin/thnuclnt, a config file
> /etc/thinprint.rc, and a spool directory /tmp/.thinprint with 1777
> permissions? I would like to expand PXES to use thinprint as an
> alternative
>     to lp_server but I have no clue as to Gtk-Perl. For now, doing that
> manually is okay.
> I will take a look.
> Is the client license of thinprint free ?
> Could it be included in the PXES tree ?
>
>     TIA!
>
> Regards.
>     Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Best regards
>
>     Harald Milz
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>     [email protected] on 16.01.2004 16:25:26
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>     To:      Harald Milz/Munich/GECITS-EU@GECITS-EU
>     cc:      pxes-devel <[email protected]>
>     Subject: Re: PXES
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>     The splash screen is displayed only in PXE boots.
>     You can add an internal splash to the PXES kernel.
>     If you want the local desktop be sure to select LOCAL session as
> default.
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>     On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 11:54, [email protected] wrote:
>
>     Hi Diego,I would like to use PXES for a number of machines. I can't
> figure
>     out howto use the supplied v0.7 NBI image, because I have no idea
> where toconfigure the various servers for RDP, VNC, etc. The config
> files in /etcall contain default values that I cannot use. The only
> thing that works
>     isthe XDM login. The stock 0.7 NBI is a little insecure anyway due
> to vt04being active, and the Terminal window available... And I
> can't set a
>     Germankeyboard. How can I modify this NBI?I can build a working
> image myself, though. In both cases, the splashscreen isn't
> displayed, though.
>     And with my self-built image, the localdesktop doesn't come up but
> the XDM
>     chooser instead. What can I do to getthe local desktop like with the
> default NBI image?Any help is appreciated - and have a nice weekend.
> Thanks
>     for the good work- maybe I can help enhancing it a little bit!Mit
> freundlichen Gruessen - Best regardsHarald MilzSenior ConsultantCC
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