Ubuntu
ltsp package

USE_XFS parameter prevents X from starting

Bug #158735 reported by Anthony M Simonelli
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ltsp (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Scott Balneaves

Bug Description

If USE_XFS=Y is used in the /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf file, X does not start and I am not presented with a login screen by LDM. X attempts to start but eventually just a blinking cursor is displayed on the screen. Once that parameter is removed, the thin client boots and operates perfectly but without use of a font server. The use of a font server is necessary for the thin clients because certain applications require 75 and 100 DPI fixed fonts. I am using Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon and LTSP 5.0.39.

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/ltsp
Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)
Changed in ltsp:
assignee: nobody → sbalneav
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Anthony M Simonelli (asimonelli) wrote :

One workaround I found is to install xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi packages in the chroot environment:

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/apt/
sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386
aptitude update
aptitude install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
sudo ltsp-update-image

This provided the program with the fonts it needed to run and therefore eliminated the need for a font server. There are possibly others that may need a font server for similar programs that are not included with Ubuntu and this type of workaround might work for them also. Maybe USE_XFS should be unsupported if the requirement of it is obsolete.

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Scott Balneaves (sbalneav) wrote :

This actually sounds like a good idea. XFS has several known problems, and if simply adding these older fonts to the chroot eliminates the need for XFS, then it's a fairly simple thing to do. I'll talk to ollie, we'll get it added to the seeds.

Cheers,
Scott

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ltsp - 5.0.40~bzr20080212-0ubuntu1

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ltsp (5.0.40~bzr20080212-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * new upstream version with fixes for the following bugs:
   LP: #149006 (default to 24bit colordepth)
   LP: #190419 (move .nbi image out of the way before regeneration)
   LP: #113709 (security server sources.list entry handling)
   LP: #135419 (chroot upgrade issues)
   LP: #177926 (documentation fix)
   LP: #184316 (client locale handling (default to en_GB if none is set)
   LP: #189237 (fix path handling, remove trailing slashes from arguments)
   LP: #132397 (handle proxies with apt)
   LP: #148109 (only use getltscfg if lts.conf is valid)
   LP: #172459 (only use free nbd devices to do network swapping)
  * install our own dhcpd.conf
  * add rdesktop to ltsp-client deps (LP: #153589)
  * fix xorg deps of ltsp-client (LP: #158735)
  * add plugin for mythbuntu kiosk setup (LP: #188413), thanks to Michael Haas

 -- Oliver Grawert <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Feb 2008 17:48:48 +0100

Changed in ltsp:
status: New → Fix Released
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