[Pkg-ltsp-devel] localdev (floppy) problem

vagrant at freegeek.org vagrant at freegeek.org
Thu Nov 8 19:04:25 UTC 2007


On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:30:05PM +0100, SZABO Zsolt wrote:
> I _think_ that the script
> 
>  	ltspfsmounter (ltspfs_0.5+debian1)
> 
> contains an extra line:
> 
>  	env['DISPLAY'] = 'localhost:10.0'
> 
> which may cause problem in using LOCALDEVs when more than one user try to 
> login through ldm. Therefore this line should be commented out or 
> entirely removed...

yes, that definitely doesn't look right... seeing as the next logins
would likely be localhost:11.0, localhost:12.0, etc...

i haven't actually tested LOCALDEV support in a multi-user environment
(at least not for a while). will try to do so shortly.

> Similarly, the rc.d script delayed-mounter of ldm ought to be patched:
> 
> --- S10-delayed-mounter 2007-10-04 01:28:05.000000000 +0200
> +++ S10-delayed-mounter.new 2007-11-08 12:22:05.000000000 +0100
> @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
> 
>   if [ -f /var/run/ltspfs_fstab ]; then
>       while read DEV DIR TYPE OPTIONS DUMP PASS; do
> -        ssh -S ${LDM_SOCKET} ${LDM_SERVER} "/usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter ${DIR} add"
> +        ssh -X -S ${LDM_SOCKET} ${LDM_SERVER} "/usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter ${DIR} add"
>       done < /var/run/ltspfs_fstab
>   fi
> 
> Without -X  one cannot access the local floppy drive...
> (see also the /lib/udev/add_ltspfs_entry script in ltspfsd package)

i've been able to mount floppies, CDROMs and USB sticks just fine... but
i'll look into it. it does look like a (potential) issue.

live well,
  vagrant



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