John, I've missed the first part of the problem. Which binary are you trying to run that results in the segfault ?
Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, John Karns wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, John Karns said: > > > That's the part I wasn't sure about. Actually, I was thinking that the DC > > perhaps was getting the dhclient binary which resides on the server and > > executing it from within the LTSP environment, which uses a different set > > of libraries than those which the binary was compiled under. I wasn't > > questioning the internal consistencies of LTSP. > > > > It does indeed seem to be hardware related, but as far as I can tell, the > > mobo (ASUS P5A) is to blame. I've swapped the entire client machine (with > > the same mobo) as well as the hub and patch cables with the same problem. > > Due to the intermittent nature it's difficult to say with real certainty, > > but the problem appears to occur only when the P5A has an AGP card > > installed. I tried two different AGP cards - a generic card employing a > > Trident Blade3D chip, and an ATI Rage Pro. The problem disappears when I > > replace the AGP card with an ISA video card. > > > > I am declaring the test a success though, because I won't be using the > > ASUS P5A machines as clients for the main part of the project. Although > > it's still disappointing because I do have a few of the P5A which I was > > thinking I could use as DC's later on. > > Well I'm still grappling with this problem here. I've swapped absolutely > everything, including making the former server machine the DC and > vice-versa with the former client. Still getting a segfault. I don't > think that the ASUS P5A mobo was / is at fault. > > Since the beginning, the 1st one or two boots are successful - sometimes > up to 5 or so, other times it segfaults on the 2nd boot. I've tried > both kernels 2.4.9 and 2.4.18 from the LTSP kernel tgz. > > I'm thinking that the problem lies on the server side, as once I had my > laptop also booting from floppy as a DC to have 2 DC's - and after the > problem ocurred, neither DC was able to boot due a segfault. > > I'm running out of ideas. Any hints on how to debug this? I've DL'd a > busybox tar file and had the idea to compile it myself - that may be my > next step. I'll have another look through the LTSP docs to see if there's > info on building from BB source - any tips regarding that much > appreciated. > > One other point is that the machine I'm testing as a client has an > integrated Trident Blade3D chip. When there is a successful boot of the > DC with runlevel 5, the X window manager fails to start and the screen > shows the large X on the monochrome "checkered" background. When I had > the client and server machines reversed, the Blade3D AGP card in the ASUS > worked fine after successful boots. > > Thanks > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > John Karns [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > -- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
