On Friday 16 March 2007 02:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I currently have about 35 terminals connected to an LTSP server and > >> everything runs fine. I setup a cronjob to shutdown all the terminals > >> at 8:00PM each night. The cronjob runs a shell script that > >> essesentially runs the following command: ltspinfo --shutdown -h > >> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx All the terminals power off and the world stays round. > >> However, yesterday I added another terminal to the mix. This terminal > >> is based around the VIA EPIA-M10000-LVDS mini-ITX motherboard. I built > >> the system and set it up normally on the LTSP server and it boots right > >> up and runs fine...and then later that night the server powered it down > >> along with all the other terminals. This morning I tried to boot the > >> new terminal up and it exits the PXE boot before even trying to contact > >> the DHCP server. I poked around in the BIOS and everything is set > >> properly, but what finally did the trick was removing power (physically > >> unplugging the system) and then plugging it in again. I have tested > >> this several times today by manually running the ltspinfo command on > >> that terminal and each time it refuses to boot afterward unless it's > >> unplugged first. Obviously it's jamming up the network interface and > >> locking out the ROM option. I'm just curious as to whether or not > >> anyone else has had an issue like this before. I know that I haven't > >> with any other computers on the network and they are not all the same. > >> For reference, this board uses the VIA CLE266/VT8235 Chipset and the > >> LAN interface is controlled by the VIA VT6103 chip. Any thoughts would > >> be much appreciated.
If this is still an issue: I've found that the the via lan chipset on my mini itx boards will not PXE boot except after a power down. I don't switch off those boards. If there's a powerfail it's just fine :-) restarting. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
