From johnahebert at yahoo.com Tue Dec 7 16:58:04 2004 From: johnahebert at yahoo.com (John Hebert) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:57:54 2004 Subject: [Ltsp] Fwd: [brlug-general] k12 ltsp School installation Message-ID: <20041207225804.27575.qmail@web10706.mail.yahoo.com> David needs some help with an LTSP setup. Anybody have ideas? John --- David Grant wrote: > From: "David Grant" > To: > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:56:00 -0600 > Subject: [brlug-general] k12 ltsp School > installation > > Hey guys, > > I tried setting up the linux terminal lab at > Broadmoor high and ran into a > problem. The terminals are booting up, getting an IP > address from the DHCP > service but timing out on loading the TFTP service. > Then they just lock up. > I don’t know if it is the terminals, the server, or > if the error is between > the keyboard and the chair, but the server appears > to be running fine. Any > ideas? Keep in mind I am a linux idiot. Thanks. > > David Grant > Director, Computers for Louisiana's Kids (CLK) > A Program of Capital Area Corporate Recycling > Council (CACRC) > davidg@cacrc.com > 800 St Philip st > Baton Rouge, LA 70802 > 225-379-3577 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release > Date: 12/5/2004 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From johnahebert at yahoo.com Tue Dec 7 17:00:46 2004 From: johnahebert at yahoo.com (John Hebert) Date: Tue Dec 7 17:00:33 2004 Subject: [Ltsp] Re: [brlug-general] k12 ltsp School installation In-Reply-To: <200412062156.BPK67954@mailrtr3.mailzone.edeltacom.com> Message-ID: <20041207230046.52192.qmail@web10703.mail.yahoo.com> David, Can you provide a few more details about the TFTP problem? Specifically, do you mean that the TFTP server is not answering, or that TFTP does not get started on the client? Also, could you provide some details about the client boxes? How do they know where the TFTP server is? Really want this project to succeed! John --- David Grant wrote: > Hey guys, > > I tried setting up the linux terminal lab at > Broadmoor high and ran into a > problem. The terminals are booting up, getting an IP > address from the DHCP > service but timing out on loading the TFTP service. > Then they just lock up. > I don’t know if it is the terminals, the server, or > if the error is between > the keyboard and the chair, but the server appears > to be running fine. Any > ideas? Keep in mind I am a linux idiot. Thanks. > > David Grant > Director, Computers for Louisiana's Kids (CLK) > A Program of Capital Area Corporate Recycling > Council (CACRC) > davidg@cacrc.com > 800 St Philip st > Baton Rouge, LA 70802 > 225-379-3577 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release > Date: 12/5/2004 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From brad at selu.edu Tue Dec 7 19:33:01 2004 From: brad at selu.edu (Brad Bendily) Date: Tue Dec 7 19:32:44 2004 Subject: [Ltsp] Re: [brlug-general] k12 ltsp School installation In-Reply-To: <20041207230046.52192.qmail@web10703.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: > David, > > Can you provide a few more details about the TFTP > problem? Specifically, do you mean that the TFTP > server is not answering, or that TFTP does not get > started on the client? Also, could you provide some > details about the client boxes? How do they know where > the TFTP server is? The TFTP server usually resides on the same box as the LTSP. DHCP and the NFS exports are also on the LTSP server. You tell the client where the TFTP and NFS home dir is via DHCP from the server. The client does not have any configuration on it specifically other than a floppy disk that loads the network drivers. Once the client boots it gets a DHCP address from the dhcp server and the dhcp config should tell the client a few specifics. David can you post a copy of your dhcpd.conf file? or at least a small section regarding a specific client. David, do you have this same problem on all clients? To check that tftp is running, from the server open a terminal window and type "lsof -ni" (with no quotes). You should see a line that looks like this: xinetd 1527 root 5u IPv4 3107 UDP *:tftp (Notice TFTP at the end.) Also, in my dhcpd.conf file here is what one of my client configs look like. host pc1250.kiosk{ hardware ethernet 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; fixed-address 147.174.xxx.xxx; allow bootp; server-name "xxx.xxx.selu.edu"; next-server 147.174.xxx.xxx; filename "lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-1"; option root-path "147.174.xxx.xxx:/opt/ltsp/i386"; option domain-name-servers 147.174.xxx.xxx, 147.174.xxx.xxx; option host-name "pc1250"; } You may or may not need all of that info. I'm not using a "traditional" LTSP setup. Traditionally people run DHCP on their LTSP servers, but I run DHCP on another server and had to configure my client setup for that case. Would it be possible for me to take a look at the server? Either via the internet or in person, I wouldn't mind. I'm actually going to a dr. appointment Thursday morning on Bluebonnett in BR. How about then? > Really want this project to succeed! > John Agreed! Brad B