> I don't know if this is the same problem we had, but sounds very similar to > a problem we had. There are three files in /var/lib/nfs that we had to > remove: etab, rtab and xtab. If you remove them, they are recreated on boot.
Mike, So sorry. I should have noted that the nfs service must be stopped, then the files removed, then restart the service. If they are not there, the files will be created when the service is started. service stop nfs rm /var/lib/nfs/*tab service start nfs (if you are uncomfortable rename the three files to .old and move them to the /tmp file -- I know it makes me nervous doing things, stabbing around in the dark) I realized in the middle of the night I didn't explain this very well. We actually had to do this a second time just recently when the hub/switch in the server room died and we had to replace it. (It was explained to me in "simplistic" terms as I am a newbie, this time nfs got confused.) What was curious to me is that this time the behavior of the terminals was much different, and yet the solution was the same.... Rita Gibson Tech Support Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning > > I don't know if this is the same problem we had, but sounds very similar to > a problem we had. There are three files in /var/lib/nfs that we had to > remove: etab, rtab and xtab. If you remove them, they are recreated on boot. > I have about 60 machines around the building that were on the fritz, off and > on, I went crazy for a week. That was the fix, but I can't tell you how we > discovered that those files were the problem or why they were "corrupted". > Unfortunately we didn't document it. :^( > > Rita Gibson > > > I have been running LTSP on a server with 7 clients for about 3 months > with no problems. > > Today a client machine booted, contacted the server, did start_ws > and.....The X screen comes up, then disappears, then comes up, then > disappears...in an endless cycle. So, I now try another client...same > thing...grrrrrr. > > The xdm log says: > > Xlib: connection to "mike.bowes.com:1.0" refused by server > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > Xlib: connection to "mike.bowes.com:1.0" refused by server > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > xdm error (pid 4572): server open failed for mike.bowes.com:1, giving up > xdm error (pid 4559): Display mike.bowes.com:1 cannot be opened > xdm error (pid 4559): Display mike.bowes.com:1 is being disabled > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4663 > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4677 > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4691 > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4705 > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4719 > xdm error (pid 4733): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4748 > xdm error (pid 4559): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process 4762 > xdm error (pid 4776): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) > > Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Mike ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net