You might try hardcoding the terminals into the arp cache of the ltsp server.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2005 20:37 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Hello all, > > > > I have 2 HP t5515 machines in for eval right now, and I seem to be having > > some problems with them. They don't always boot. I am using pxe and they > > seem to hang at various points when downloading the kernel. This doesn't > > happen all the time (only about 1 out of every 10 times do they make it > > through and boot properly). I do get a "client does not accept options" in > > /var/log/messages on the server but I get that regardless if the client > > boots or not. When they work they work wonderfully but I need to know what > > is happening and if I can fix it or if I should just look somewhere else. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > If system hangs regularly occur while still downloading the kernel, this can > not have anything to do with the version of LTSP, or the content of the > kernel file, because that is not yet running. In fact, you could replace it > by any other file roughly the same size and that would probably not change > anything about the kernel load hangs, I guess. > > I'd verify certain parts of the network. Can you boot with a crossover cable > (certain switch/network card combinations seem to not work ok), another tftp > daemon....? If you are using pxelinux (which you probably are), you could try > using etherboot instead (you'd have to setup dhcpd.conf accordingly, and get > an etherboot .zpxe file from rom-o-matic.net matching your t5515's network > chipset). > > Might be pxe is a bit broken on those machines - I was told HP sent out whole > a bunch of ThinClients that needed a firmware upgrade before reliably working > as thin clients. Btw. you did already get the latest firmware, didn't you? > > I don't own a t5515, just my $0.02. > > Anselm > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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
