Ubuntu
ltspfs package

no removable media in edubuntu thin client.

Bug #61348 reported by Edward Amsden
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ltspfs (Ubuntu)
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Undecided
Scott Balneaves

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ltspfs

I followed the steps on the EdubuntuEdgyKnot3Testing wiki page, and got Edubuntu Edgy up and running. The terminal server has a single network card, and dhcp was not autoconfigured, I set it up manually. Student control panel worked fine. When I plugged in a generic USB flash drive, network traffic was apparent on the switch, but no icon showed up on the desktop, and I could not access it any other way. Per the wiki page, I am filing this bug against ltspfs

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Edward Amsden (amsden-linux) wrote :

Found problem:

first user created is not added to fuse group by default.

I tried to test with the first user. After I added him to the fuse group everything was fine. Also added second, non-administrative user, added her to fuse group, everything was fine.

However, there is no option to umount/eject the usbdisk. This should be added, especially for CDs and floppies. (Floppies are notorious for losing data if not unmounted, CDs will not eject under Linux unless unmounted).

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Scott Balneaves (sbalneav) wrote :

Thanks for your comment.

The ltspfsd running on the client does in fact include an automounter, and if no network activity on the ltspfs mount is currently going on, will unmount the physical media, making it safe to pull after 2 seconds of inactivity.

For the next release, we'll look at what it will take to put the "Eject" menu option back in, and have it do something useful (like, say, undo the ltspfs mount). Certainly, keeping the current behavior of the automatic media unmount is desireable, as users in terminal situations can, and often do, ignore the dire warnings about yanking media without a proper eject. However, having this in would add consistency to the interface, and would be a desirable goal.

Cheers,
Scott

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Scott Balneaves (sbalneav) wrote :

Eject button not supposed to be there. We'll figure out what we need to do next release to get a working one there for consistency.

Changed in ltspfs:
assignee: nobody → sbalneav
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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