Nacho-BSD

[Mike Schwartz (PC Support)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Bergman [mailto:steve at rueb.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:36 PM
> To: mschw at athenet.net
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Nacho-BSD
> 
> Mike Schwartz (PC Support) wrote:
> > Yes, I was thinking of using these as thin-clients, so I was wondering
> > how the CentOS terminal emulations works to access filePro servers right
> out
> > of the box, or if you were using a different terminal emulator running
> on
> > the CentOS thin clients.
> >
> >
> Here is the bzip2'd kickstart iso image:
> 
> http://68.12.186.87:81/CentOS4.3_ThinClient_Install.iso.bz2
> 
> 
> 
> And here are the /appl/fp/termcap entries I use for "linux" and "xterm":
> 
> http://68.12.186.87:81/fp_termcap_entries.txt
> 
> 
> And here is the kickstart config file in case you want to play around
> with the kickstart image:
> 
> http://68.12.186.87:81/ks.cfg
> 
> 
> 
> You will also need the iso image for the CentOS 4.3 CD2:
> 
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4.3/isos/i386/CentOS-4.3-i386-bin2of4.iso
> 
> 
> It only pulls a couple of things off that CD, but the way the packages
> are arranged, it is still needed.  You don't need any of the other images.
> 
> Basically, put it in the CD drive and boot from CD.  Hit enter once at
> the beginning, and it will wipe ***everything*** off the hard drive
> without asking anything further and install itself.
> 
> Log in as root and go to the bottom of /etc/inittab after it reboots.
> 
> (Note that it expects to be able to get an address via dhcp.  Note also
> that since it can't find the XDMCP server yet, it may be a few minutes
> before you get a text login screen.  Be patient.)
> 
> There will be a line that starts an X server that should look something
> like:
> 
> rx:345:respawn:su - root -c "/etc/X11/X -query server_ip_or_dns_name -fp
> tcp/server_ip_or_dns_name:7100" >/var/log/remote_x.err 2>&1
> 
> You will want to change server_ip_or_dns_name to the correct value in
> both places.
> 
> You must enable XDMCP on the server.  You can do this in
> Applications->System Settings->Login Screen from the server's Gnome
> desktop. (You can edit gdm.conf directly but I usually use the gui for
> this.)
> 
> The -fp argument tells it what font server to use.  By default, the
> CentOS server is not going to be making its font service public.  You
> should make the server listen by commenting out
> 
> no-listen = tcp
> 
> in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config on the server and restart the xfs
> service. ( # service xfs restart )
> 
> You could also enable xfs on the thin client by logging in as root and:
> 
> # chkconfig xfs on
> # service xfs start
> 
> and then you could simply remove the "-fp" option in /etc/inittab.
> 
> I'm probably leaving some detail out, so if you have difficulty, let me
> know.
> 
> I should also say that the links I have given are to my desktop machine
> which is usually on, but is not guaranteed to be available 24/7.
> 
> -Steve
 
     Wow!  Thanks for all the info!  I'll have to give all this a try.

Mike