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john | 1 Mar 2011 17:58
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how to get Japanese language input to work with local apps?

Hi all,

We are running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid with Firefox as a local app. We've
enabled Japanese language support because our school
teaches Japanese as an elective. Japanese input works fine for apps
that live on the server but won't work for firefox. Can anyone help me
figure
out how to allow Japanese input for local apps?

Thanks!

John

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David Burgess | 2 Mar 2011 18:19
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custom login screen with RDP option

Hi, all,

Those of use who have used Windows terminal servers are familiar with
the annoyance of the client disconnecting every 30 seconds or so,
causing a CPU spike on the server. A colleague of mine has an elegant
solution for this on his Windows-based thin clients, wherein he has
written a simple shell, to which the client boots, presenting only a
large button that says to the effect of "Click Here to Log In". The
client boots to this shell and sits quietly until a user clicks the
button. Only then does the client attempt to contact the terminal
server for login, and the server is unmolested by idle clients.

When my colleague told me about this I thought it was great, and I
wondered why I hadn't thought or read about this in the Linux world.

We love LTSP here. My colleague is on another campus and is not
familiar with LTSP, but he recognizes the power of centralized
management and diskless booting, not to mention all the advantages of
open source. Unfortunately, all the programmers here are of the
Windows/VS/.net breed. I am the most knowledgeable about Linux, but
have virtually no programming skill.

So I'm wondering if this sort of thing has been done. If so, where can
I learn about it? Is it integrated into LTSP? Could it be? It really
seems to me that this is the right way to handle rdesktop logins from
a thin client. What say ye?

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Gideon Romm | 2 Mar 2011 20:12

Re: custom login screen with RDP option

Easily done.

In 2 ways:

1. Try adding to lts.conf:  XINITRC_PROMPT_ON_EXIT = True

OR

2. Just drop the following script into:

/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/ltsp/xinitrc.d/I99-prompt

### BEGIN SCRIPT ####
ldm-dialog --message "Click here to log in."
### END SCRIPT ###

Then, update the image with ltsp-update-image (if you are on Ubuntu) and reboot.

The second way is more customizable, obviously.

-Gadi

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:19 PM, David Burgess <apt.get@...> wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Those of use who have used Windows terminal servers are familiar with
> the annoyance of the client disconnecting every 30 seconds or so,
> causing a CPU spike on the server. A colleague of mine has an elegant
> solution for this on his Windows-based thin clients, wherein he has
> written a simple shell, to which the client boots, presenting only a
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john | 3 Mar 2011 17:31
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Re: how to get Japanese language input to work with local apps?

Am I the only person who has ever tried to get alternative language
input with local apps!?

Say it ain't so!

John

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, john <lists.john@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We are running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid with Firefox as a local app. We've
> enabled Japanese language support because our school
> teaches Japanese as an elective. Japanese input works fine for apps
> that live on the server but won't work for firefox. Can anyone help me
> figure
> out how to allow Japanese input for local apps?
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
>

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Marc Gariépy | 3 Mar 2011 20:22
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Re: how to get Japanese language input to work with local apps?

Hello,

have you tried to install language-support-input-ja in your
ltsp-chroot ?

Marc Gariépy

On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 08:31 -0800, john wrote:
> Am I the only person who has ever tried to get alternative language
> input with local apps!?
> 
> Say it ain't so!
> 
> John
> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, john <lists.john <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid with Firefox as a local app. We've
> > enabled Japanese language support because our school
> > teaches Japanese as an elective. Japanese input works fine for apps
> > that live on the server but won't work for firefox. Can anyone help me
> > figure
> > out how to allow Japanese input for local apps?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > John
> >
>
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john | 4 Mar 2011 02:21
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Re: how to get Japanese language input to work with local apps?

Hi Marc et al.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Marc Gariépy <mgariepy@...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> have you tried to install language-support-input-ja in your
> ltsp-chroot ?
>

I have added the following packages to my chroot and rebuilt the image:

language-support-input-ja
language-support-ja
language-support-fonts-ja
libanthy0
anthy
ibus-anthy

Thanks for any light you can shed on this!

John

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Xavier Brochard | 4 Mar 2011 13:52

Re: how to get Japanese language input to work with local apps?

Le vendredi 4 mars 2011 02:21:04 john, vous avez écrit :
> > have you tried to install language-support-input-ja in your
> > ltsp-chroot ?
> 
> I have added the following packages to my chroot and rebuilt the image:
> 
> language-support-input-ja
> language-support-ja
> language-support-fonts-ja
> libanthy0
> anthy
> ibus-anthy
> 
> Thanks for any light you can shed on this!

May be Ccheck your Firefox settings. If they are located in the users 
directories chances are that Firefox is not "aware" of japanese support in the 
chroot.

You could also try to instal directly a japanese version of firefox from
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

My 2 cents.

Xavier
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Xavier Brochard | 4 Mar 2011 13:52

Re: how to get Japanese language input to work with local apps?

Le vendredi 4 mars 2011 02:21:04 john, vous avez écrit :
> > have you tried to install language-support-input-ja in your
> > ltsp-chroot ?
> 
> I have added the following packages to my chroot and rebuilt the image:
> 
> language-support-input-ja
> language-support-ja
> language-support-fonts-ja
> libanthy0
> anthy
> ibus-anthy
> 
> Thanks for any light you can shed on this!

did you added japanese fonts in the chroot?

Xavier
xavier@... - 09 54 06 16 26

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David Burgess | 4 Mar 2011 22:58
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Re: custom login screen with RDP option

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gideon Romm
<ltsp <at> symbio-technologies.com> wrote:

> 1. Try adding to lts.conf:  XINITRC_PROMPT_ON_EXIT = True
>
> OR
>
> 2. Just drop the following script into:
>
> /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/ltsp/xinitrc.d/I99-prompt
>
> ### BEGIN SCRIPT ####
> ldm-dialog --message "Click here to log in."
> ### END SCRIPT ###

Thank you. This is going to save us a bunch of trouble.

I tried your second suggestion first, and it works until you click ok,
at which point the thin client is back into its endless cycle of
screen refreshes. Likewise, after logging out of Windows the prompt
does not return.

I then added your first solution, and that is better because after the
first refesh of the Windows logon screen, the ldm prompt returns. The
only problem I see with this solution is that that on-screen text is
somewhat vague, "Would you like to start this session?". I went
looking for that string in the chroot but didn't find anything. Is
there a way to customize this text? Would it require editing the
sources of some package and compiling?
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David Burgess | 4 Mar 2011 23:49
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Re: custom login screen with RDP option

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:58 PM, David Burgess <apt.get@...> wrote:

> on-screen text is
> somewhat vague, "Would you like to start this session?". I went
> looking for that string in the chroot but didn't find anything.

Second time is the charm. I found that string in
/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/ltsp/xinitrc and we're flying. Thanks again.

db

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