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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:41 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483382016 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Booting from CD/DVD/USB] User : stefanbaur @@ -429,12 +429,19 @@ ===== Booting from CD/DVD/USB ===== Basically, proceed as shown for netboot above, but set LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE to iso-hybrid (recommended) or iso. + Also, you need to add --bootappend-live followed by all boot parameters that you would usually pass to pxelinux, syslinux or GRUB to LBX2GO_DEFAULTS. if you actually intend to write the image to CD/DVD or USB media, the only file you need is located at ./original-x2go-tce-live-image-i386.hybrid.iso after using the above script. + ==== Burning to CD/DVD ==== + Use ''xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/your-writer-device -dao ./original-x2go-tce-live-image-i386.hybrid.iso'' or whatever cd burning software you like. See https://wiki.debian.org/BurnCd for some additional suggestions. + + ==== Writing to USB media ==== When using iso-hybrid, this file can be dd'ed straight to USB media, no need to unpack, format, fiddle with a boot loader, etc. + + So just do ''dd if=./original-x2go-tce-live-image-i386.hybrid.iso of=/dev/targetdevice'' and wait until it finishes. Also, when using iso-hybrid and USB media, there are a few "cheats" to reclaim unused space on the USB media, and to turn it into a solution that allows you to run X2GoClient in portable mode on Windows, and boot it as X2Go-TCE, with a shared configuration file. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:33 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483381742 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: User : stefanbaur @@ -425,8 +425,19 @@ kernel /boot/X2Go-live2/x2go-tce-vmlinuz boot=live components noswap aufs rd.luks=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 kernel.sysrq=1 keep_bootcon sysrq_always_enabled rd.driver.pre=loop rd.noverifyssl rd.skipfsck rd.live.overlay.check rd.live.overlay.reset rd.live.ram log_buf_len=1M quickreboot consoleblank=0 kernel.sysrq=1 keep_bootcon sysrq_always_enabled rootwait=120 silent quiet splash lang=de vconsole.keymap=de keyboard-layouts=de locales=de_DE.UTF-8 hostname=localhost noroot nouser quiet splash findiso=/boot/X2Go-live2/x2go-tce-squashfs-only.iso toram ntfs-uuid=xxxxxxxxxxxxx FURTHER-OPTIONS-GO-HERE initrd /boot/X2Go-live2/x2go-tce-initrd.img </file> + + ===== Booting from CD/DVD/USB ===== + + Basically, proceed as shown for netboot above, but set LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE to iso-hybrid (recommended) or iso. + + if you actually intend to write the image to CD/DVD or USB media, the only file you need is located at ./original-x2go-tce-live-image-i386.hybrid.iso after using the above script. + + When using iso-hybrid, this file can be dd'ed straight to USB media, no need to unpack, format, fiddle with a boot loader, etc. + + Also, when using iso-hybrid and USB media, there are a few "cheats" to reclaim unused space on the USB media, and to turn it into a solution that allows you to run X2GoClient in portable mode on Windows, and boot it as X2Go-TCE, with a shared configuration file. + ===== Boot Parameters for X2Go-TCE ===== <note important>**These are always required for security reasons, unless you are working on a debug image:** * ''noroot'' - do not allow the local user account on the ThinClient (named "user") to become root, e.g. using sudo **Always set this unless you are debugging an image and need to log in locally!** @@ -620,19 +631,8 @@ filename = concat( "http://DNS-name-of-your-server-here/", hwmac ); } </code> - - - FIXME This page is missing a section/subpage that explains how to create images for USB/CD. - - Basically, proceed as shown for netboot above, but set LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE to iso or iso-hybrid (recommended). - - if you actually intend to write the image to CD/DVD or USB media, the only file you need is located at ./original-x2go-tce-live-image-i386.hybrid.iso after using the above script. - - When using iso-hybrid, this file can be dd'ed straight to USB media, no need to unpack, format, fiddle with a boot loader, etc. - - Also, when using iso-hybrid and USB media, there are a few "cheats" to reclaim unused space on the USB media, and to turn it into a solution that allows you to run X2GoClient in portable mode on Windows, and boot it as X2Go-TCE, with a shared configuration file. FIXME Document how to add second partition to USB media after dd'ing the iso-hybrid image, and how to add X2GoClient-Portable to it. * The catch is that on USB media, Windows will only see the partition with the partition number 1, even if there is more than 1 partition. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:29 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483381668 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [The screen is entirely black (though you might see an active backlight in case of a TFT)] User : stefanbaur @@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ ==== You can see the X2Go login screen, but the screen size (resolution) is wrong ==== Determine the correct resolution for your screen and set boot parameter ''xorg-resolution=HRESxVRES'' accordingly, e.g. to ''xorg-resolution=1280x1024'' - ==== The screen is entirely black (though you might see an active backlight in case of a TFT) ==== + ==== The screen is entirely black (though you might notice an illuminated backlight in case of a TFT) ==== If the screen is entirely black, try pressing [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F1] and see if that takes you to the text login screen. ==== You can see a text login screen with grey/white, green, and possibly red letters against a black background ==== -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:27 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483380707 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Installing a boot loader] User : stefanbaur @@ -351,20 +351,22 @@ append boot=live components noswap aufs rd.luks=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 kernel.sysrq=1 keep_bootcon sysrq_always_enabled rd.driver.pre=loop rd.noverifyssl rd.skipfsck rd.live.overlay.check rd.live.overlay.reset rd.live.ram log_buf_len=1M quickreboot consoleblank=0 kernel.sysrq=1 keep_bootcon sysrq_always_enabled rootwait=120 silent quiet splash lang=de vconsole.keymap=de keyboard-layouts=de locales=de_DE.UTF-8 hostname=localhost noroot nouser quiet splash findiso=/boot/X2Go-live2/x2go-tce-squashfs-only.iso FURTHER-OPTIONS-GO-HERE </file> === Installing GRUB4DOS === - FIXME - * Installing GRUB4DOS allows you to keep the original Windows bootloader installed. - * install GRLDR and GRLDR.mbr from GRUB4DOS into C:\ (assuming an NTFS file system) AND make the appropriate changes to activate it (edit boot.ini on XP systems, use bcdedit.exe on Vista and newer) + Installing GRUB4DOS allows you to keep the original Windows bootloader installed. The method below also allows you to write-mount the NTFS file system and thus to deploy updates using the autoupdater. This is done by chainloading GRUB4DOS from the native Microsoft Windows Bootloader - * These steps all require Administrator privileges - * For Windows XP, you need to edit ''C:\boot.ini'' - - ''attrib -r -h -s C:\boot.ini'' - - Edit ''C:\boot.ini'' and add an entry ''C:\grldr="Start ThinClient"'' somewhere below the section ''[operating systems]'' - - To make booting in ThinClient mode the default, in section ''[boot loader]'', change the line starting with ''default'' to ''default=C:\grldr'' - - ''attrib +r +h +s C:\boot.ini'' - * For Windows Vista and newer, run this script: + + * download https://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos/files/GRUB4DOS/grub4dos%200.4.4/g… and unzip the contents to a temporary directory + * copy GRLDR and GRLDR.mbr from the GRUB4DOS temporary directory into C:\ + * make the appropriate changes to activate the changes: + * Note: These steps all require Administrator privileges. + * For Windows XP, you need to edit ''C:\boot.ini'' + - ''attrib -r -h -s C:\boot.ini'' + - Edit ''C:\boot.ini'' and add an entry ''C:\grldr="Start ThinClient"'' somewhere below the section ''[operating systems]'' + - To make booting in ThinClient mode the default, in section ''[boot loader]'', change the line starting with ''default'' to ''default=C:\grldr'' + - ''attrib +r +h +s C:\boot.ini'' + * For Windows Vista and newer, run this script: <file - insertgrub.cmd> @echo off setlocal set BCDEDIT=%SYSTEM%\bcdedit.exe -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:11 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483380539 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Installing a boot loader] User : stefanbaur @@ -315,12 +315,11 @@ </file> === Installing syslinux === - FIXME - * install syslinux (should work with FAT* as well as ext*): - * ''apt-get install -y syslinux mbr'' - * ''syslinux --install /dev/targetpartition'' + + * install syslinux and mbr: ''apt-get install -y syslinux mbr'' + * run ''syslinux --install /dev/targetpartition'' # if that fails or media won't boot, try ''syslinux -s --install /dev/targetpartition'' * note that you have to mark /dev/targetpartition as "active" in the partition table. You can do that e.g. by calling ''sfdisk -A number-of-target-partition /dev/targetdevice'' * if your system doesn't boot like that, it might be due to an empty Master Boot Record. You can use ''install-mbr /dev/targetdisk'' to fix this. * for syslinux, use these three files as templates: <file - syslinux.cfg> -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:08 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483380393 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Installing a boot loader] User : stefanbaur @@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ FIXME * install syslinux (should work with FAT* as well as ext*): * ''apt-get install -y syslinux mbr'' * ''syslinux --install /dev/targetpartition'' - * note that you have to check that /dev/targetpartition is marked as "active" in fdisk + * note that you have to mark /dev/targetpartition as "active" in the partition table. You can do that e.g. by calling ''sfdisk -A number-of-target-partition /dev/targetdevice'' * if your system doesn't boot like that, it might be due to an empty Master Boot Record. You can use ''install-mbr /dev/targetdisk'' to fix this. * for syslinux, use these three files as templates: <file - syslinux.cfg> menu title X2Go-TCE -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:06 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483380135 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Installing a boot loader] User : stefanbaur @@ -278,14 +278,15 @@ * Use syslinux when installing on FAT* file systems. Should work with ext* file systems as well, if you don't want GRUB-legacy. * Use GRUB4DOS when dealing with an NTFS file system (say, you're trying to turn an existing Windows XP installation into a ThinClient). === Installing GRUB-legacy === - * Create a folder ''(mountpath)/boot/grub'' + * mount /dev/targetpartition to (mountpath) + * create a folder ''(mountpath)/boot/grub'' * install grub-legacy into it: * ''apt-get -y install grub-legacy'' # note this will remove grub2 from your system if it is installed, but will not cause any change to your boot sequence - * ''grub-install --recheck --root-directory=(mountpath) /dev/targetdevice'' #entire device, not partition + * ''grub-install --recheck --root-directory=(mountpath) /dev/targetdevice'' # entire device, not partition * check, and, if required, edit the contents of ''(mountpath)/boot/grub/device.map'' - * ''grub-install --root-directory=(mountpath) /dev/targetdevice'' #entire device, not partition + * if you had to make changes, re-run ''grub-install --root-directory=(mountpath) /dev/targetdevice'' # entire device, not partition * optional: ''apt-get -y install grub2'' # reinstall grub2 if that is what you were using before * create a boot loader configuration file using the following template: <file - menu.lst> # sample grub-legacy menu.lst for booting X2Go-TCE from local media -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 18:02 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483379805 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Setting up your own netbootable X2Go-TCE environment] User : stefanbaur @@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ === Adding the configuration files to your Boot Server === Again, this is assuming you already have an existing, working PXE/TFTP server setup. * change to the pxelinux.cfg directory in your tftproot. * create a file x2go-tce there, using the template below and adjusting it to your needs - * read section "Boot Parameters for X2Go-TCE" to find out what changes to make and what to put where it says FURTHER-OPTIONS-GO-HERE + * read section [[doc:howto:tce#boot_parameters_for_x2go-tce|Boot Parameters for X2Go-TCE]] to find out what changes to make and what to put where it says FURTHER-OPTIONS-GO-HERE <file - x2go-tce> DEFAULT x2go-tce PROMPT 0 MENU TITLE Linux Boot Menu -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 17:56 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483379759 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] User : stefanbaur @@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to use HTTPS with the ''fetch='' command. This is untested. - * Once your setup fulfills all the requirements listed above, go ahead and build the image using the scripts listed in [[doc:howto:tce#configuring_the_build|Configuring the Build]] - make sure to choose ''export LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE='netboot''' (this should be the default) + * Once your setup fulfills all the requirements listed above, go ahead and build the image using the scripts listed in [[doc:howto:tce#configuring_the_build|Configuring the Build]] - make sure to choose ''export LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE='netboot''' (this should be the default) ==== Setting up your own netbootable X2Go-TCE environment ==== === Adding the X2Go-TCE files to your Boot and Web Server(s) === -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/02 17:55 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1483379671 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] User : stefanbaur @@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to use HTTPS with the ''fetch='' command. This is untested. - * Once your setup fulfills all the requirements listed above, go ahead and build the image using the scripts listed in [[doc:howto:tce#build_system_prerequisites_for_all_variants|Build system prerequisites for all variants]] - make sure to choose ''export LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE='netboot''' (this should be the default) + * Once your setup fulfills all the requirements listed above, go ahead and build the image using the scripts listed in [[doc:howto:tce#configuring_the_build|Configuring the Build]] - make sure to choose ''export LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE='netboot''' (this should be the default) ==== Setting up your own netbootable X2Go-TCE environment ==== === Adding the X2Go-TCE files to your Boot and Web Server(s) === -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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