On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:07:19PM -0500, Eric Thibodeau wrote: > > For the most part, LTSP does a very good job of detecting what hardware???s > > on > > your thin client. However, it???s possible that you may want to manually > > specify > > a kernel module to load after boot. > > ...._after boot_ ...which implies you got past the NFSroot mounting...which > he can't since he doesn't have the correct NIC driver from what I can read.
Correct. PXE and DHCP get the kernel and initramfs to the system. From there it tries to detect hardware and then loads modules from initramfs. But since it (appears to -- I could be wrong) pick the tg3 driver over the 3Com driver, it's halted at the network mount of /. > ET > On 2010-01-27, at 5:57 PM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > > > Le mercredi 27 janvier 2010 18:44:40, Michael George a ??crit : > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 06:20:38AM -0500, Michael George wrote: > >>> I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client > >>> system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the > >>> necessary files, but the terminal hits a kernel panic when it tries to > >>> mount / over NFS. It says that there's no network available. > >>> > >>> I know the connection is good, because it pulled the kernel and > >>> initramfs. It looks like it picks the tg3 NIC driver to use for network- > >>> ing, but the system uses the 3C950 chipset and would need the 3C95x > >>> driver. > >>> > >>> I'm wondering if anyone here uses LTSP much and might be successfully > >>> using old Dell Optiplex GX1's and could perhaps give me some insight. > >> > >> Is there a way I can force specific modules to be loaded by LTSP > >> clients? That would at least allow me to test whether that it the only > >> problem I have. > > > > See chapter 12 of the documentation: > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ltsp/index.php?title=Ltsp_LtspDocumentationUpstream > > Some extract below: > > > > Modules and startup scripts > > ================== > > For the most part, LTSP does a very good job of detecting what hardware???s > > on > > your thin client. However, it???s possible that you may want to manually > > specify > > a kernel module to load after boot. Alternatively, you may have a script > > you???ve written that you???ve put in the chroot, and want to make sure > > gets run > > at startup. LTSP provides some hooks to allow you to do this. > > > > MODULE_01...MODULE_10 string, default unset > > Up to 10 kernel modules can be loaded by using these con???guration > > entries. The > > entire command line that you would use when running insmod can be > > speci???ed > > here. For example: > > MODULE_01 = uart401.o > > MODULE_02 = "sb.o io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1" > > MODULE_03 = opl3.o > > > > If the value of this parameter is an absolute path name, then insmod will > > be > > used to load the module. Otherwise, modprobe will be used. > > In normal circumstances, you shouldn???t need to specify anything here, as > > most > > hardware will be auto-detected. > > > > > > Xavier > > xav...@alternatif.org - 09 54 06 16 26 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > > business > > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 -- -M There are 10 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count in binary and those who cannot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _____________________________________________________________________ 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
