Hey Jim, I used the MAC address and that did the trick... thanks again for all the help.
Phil -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil, > > If you do a range of IP addresses, dynamically > assigned, the server > won't tell the workstation its own hostname. So, > the workstation won't > know. > > The way around this is to assign a static IP address > via dhcp, OR, > use the IP address or MAC address in the lts.conf > file. > > either: > > [192.168.0.1] > > or > > [00:30:00:11:22:33] > > > > probably the 2nd way is better, because if you are > dynamically assigning > ip addresses, there is no guarantee that it will > assign the same IP > address each time the workstation boots. > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Phillip Akers wrote: > > > Hello folks... > > > > I am trying to get an older Micron laptop working > > using wireless LTSP. I am now past the dreaded > grey > > screen of X and to a point where I am getting a > nice > > sharp mouse curser but the background screen looks > > like it might be some combination of screens > > overlayed/tiled or something. > > I found a config file that someone else used to > get > > this laptop running under Linux and put the values > > from his XF86Config file into the lts.conf file > but > > when I bring the laptop up with runlevel 3 and > look at > > the entries in /tmp/XF86Config I do not see any > sign > > of my lts.conf entries. I have also noticed that > when > > the laptop is coming up and lists Current Hostname > it > > does not seem to know who it is. I can also type > > hostname from the bash prompt and it does not know > who > > it is but if I watch the output of the server > syslog > > as the laptop is booting the server knows the > laptop > > name. I have put the assigned range of ip address > > used by dhcp in the server host file and given > each ip > > address a name. This is name the server uses and > I > > would expect the client to use. Anyone have any > idea > > what I am missing here? I have been through the > 3.0 > > documentation and all of the archives and not > found > > anything that fixes my problem. I may have to do > a > > custom XF86Config but do not see why I need to if > I > > can get lts.conf to work. I suspect that the lack > of > > lts.conf entries in XF86Config and the laptop not > > knowing its hostname are related but am kinda > stuck > > here. Thanks for any help. > > > > Phil > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems > CACHE > > FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database > that combines > > robust object and relational technologies, making > it a perfect match > > for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. > www.intersystems.com/match8 > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
