Thanks for the link. It seems to be trying to work, but it gets stuck right where it did when I was having NFS troubles which leads me to think that I need to tell nbdbootd what image it is supposed to serve.
I need to learn more about NBD before I think. Scott On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 10:20 -0800, Dan Young wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:06 AM, P. Scott DeVos <sc...@4ahomes.com> wrote: > > I solved some problems. > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 18:47 -0600, P. Scott DeVos wrote: > >> Has anyone gotten ltsp to work on Fedora 11 running x86_64 for thin > >> clients running i386? I'm having trouble. Here are the problems I > >> have: > >> > >> 1. Uses NFS instead of NBD. Not a disaster, but why? > > > > Still using NFS. Does anyone know if the Fedora packages set up NFS by > > default or if I am doing something wrong? > > Did you take a look at this: > https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/NBDRootConfiguration > > I imagine it may be that way because the NBD image needs to be > recreated each time the client chroot is updated, or maybe just > hysterical porpoises... > > >> 2. /etc/initramfs-tools directory not created. This, of course, > >> prevents me from fixing 1. above. > >> 3. No /etc/default/ltsp-client-setup script installed. > > > > Does anyone know how Fedora handles the fact that these scripts are not > > created? Are there equivalent tools in Fedora? > > > >> 4. When my EEE PC 700 thin-client boots, the sound and microphone are > >> turned up so loud there is terrible feedback which I can only stop by > >> plugging in a pair of headphones. > > > > Still no solution to this other than turning off internal speakers in > > BIOS (no bios setting for microphone, fortunately). > > > > So what is the correct way to adjust the volume on the client? I have > > tried the gnome volume control, sound properties and the alsamixer and > > cannot get the volume control for recording or playback to change. > > > > > >> 5. I cannot log in. LDM says "No Response from server, restarting" > > > > I use a nonstandard port for ssh. I didn't think that was a problem > > because the default fedora lts.conf script has LDM_DIRECTX=yes which I > > thought meant traffic is unencrypted. Anyhow, SSH_OVERRIDE_PORT=<my > > port> solved this problem. > > > >> 6. I cannot update the client image. If I attempt to chroot into the > >> client image and run yum update I get the following error: "IOError: > >> [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/cpuinfo'". > > > > I solved this by copying the /proc/cpuinfo file from one of my i386 > > clients to /opt/ltsp/i386/proc/cpuinfo. Does anyone have any reason to > > believe that this is a Bad Idea (TM)? > > Do you "setarch i386" before you chroot? > > -- > Dan Young <dyo...@mesd.k12.or.us> > Multnomah ESD - Technology Services > 503-257-1562 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 -- P. Scott DeVos Member 4A Homes LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
