Thanks for the help. The second nic in the PC is a 3 Com 905b
I tried bith 3c90x and 3c905b. I'm about to try the shell / starting x manualy. On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:09:56 -0500 (EST), Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin, > > You can force the LTSP kernel to use the correct NIC by including 2 > lines in your dhcpd.conf file. > > You'll need option-128 and option-129. > > Option-128 contains a magic number, and option-129 contains > a string specifying the nic. Something like: "NIC=eepro100". > > If you tell me what kind of nic you have onboard, I can help you with > the value for 'NIC='. > > Also, take a look at http://www.ltsp.org/instructions-3.0.html. Way > down at the bottom is some information for specifying NIC in dhcpd.conf. > > As for the X problem, you could try setting SCREEN_01 = shell > and then when you boot the client, you'll get a bash shell prompt. You > can type 'startx', and it will attempt to start the X server. if it > fails, you should have the error message on the screen, telling you what > the problem is. > > Also, take a look at: http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/gray_screen.html > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Robin Bonin wrote: > > > I have 2 issues. I have several compaq pc's I bought on ebay. They all > > have internal nics. I haven't been able to get any of the rom's from > > rom-o-matic to work, so I installed a second nic. Etherboot downloads > > the LTSP kernel, but ltsp uses in onboard nic. I hace to have 2 cables > > installed to boot. > > > > My second issue, when the X screen comes up before the GDM can start, > > the screen goes blank, then the X screen comes up again for just a > > second and it restarts. It gets stuck in a loop. I recently moved this > > server from a 192.168.0.x network to a 10.10.10.x network, so I'm > > guessing that I am missing an IP somewhere that needs to be changed. > > > > any help is appreciated > > > > Robin > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
