LTSP 4.2 Local Device Support on Debian Etch

Look at LTSP-42-LocalDev for other Distributions.

Introduction

There is no working package with localdev support for debian etch (as of 14-Feb-2007). But you can use parts of the debian sarge package. Use an actual 2.6 Kernel where the fuse-module is already integrated!

needed Debian Packages

First install needed debian packages:

aptitude install fuse-utils libfuse2 libx11-protocol-perl

Load module

modprobe fuse

If this works, you'll want to add "fuse" to your /etc/modules file so that it'll be there whenever you reboot the server.

copy Files from the Sarge Package

Then you should download an unpack the sarge package (link from LTSP-42-LocalDev)

Download Sarge deb

You can unpack it with

dpkg -x ltsp-server-pkg-debian_0.1_i386.deb tempdir
cd tempdir

Copy the following parts from the package onto your system:

cp ./etc/X11/Xsession.d/51lbus-start /etc/X11/Xsession.d/
cp ./usr/sbin/lbus_event_handler.sh /usr/sbin/
cp ./usr/sbin/ltspfs /usr/sbin/
cp ./usr/sbin/lbussd /usr/sbin/
cp ./etc/ltsp-localdev.conf /etc/

set fuse Group

Now you should (as root) add your user to the fuse group

adduser myuser fuse

Enable localdev on the Client

Enable localdev Support on the Client (see http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LTSP-42-LocalDev#Troubleshooting)

Configure for KDE

If you use KDE, you may change in /etc/ltsp-localdev.conf the line (but this depends on your taste):

FOLDER_ICON="usbpendrive_mount.png"

-- ThomasBayen - 14 Feb 2007