LTSP

The Linux Terminal Server Project (website) is a collection of scripts and documentation to create a cluster of thin clients. For instance, an entire client chroot environment is built with a single command: ltsp-build-client. This article will guide you through the installation and configuration of a basic LTSP 5 system.

This guide shows you how to install and configure the Gentoo LTSP 5 port. This guide assumes some knowledge of thin client architecture and experience in manually installing Gentoo. Also, you need a server and client with the specifications listed in the LTSP manual. Concerning the client networkcard, only PXE is included in this manual.

Several resources can help you speed you on your way in time of need. Others are listed in the Resources section. For more online LTSP help, you can visit #ltsp on one of the freenode irc servers.
 * LTSP Administrator's Reference
 * LTSP upstream development page
 * LTSP mailing lists

Bugs can be reported in two locations. Check known issues before a potential duplicate.
 * Gentoo - For issues related to Gentoo
 * Upstream - For issues related to LTSP itself

Known Issues

 * If you get an emerge error for "=dev-lang/python-2.6* is not installed", with a "die "$(python_get_implementational_package) is not installed";", this means that some of your binary packages were installed against Python 2.6, Remove your binary packages to let them compile against your new python environment.


 * Several programs will fight for the virtual terminals on the clients. Comment out getty in inittab: