Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: pxe discombolution

2001-09-20 Thread Marty Connor
On 9/21/2001 2:14 AM Rudhuwan Abu Bakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Choose "PXE loadable ROM Image" from the drop-down menu, and you will be >>sent a .lzpxe image. >how do we create *.lzpxe manually? well...we may need it if rom-a-matic >server ever went down..:) is there a command for it? Downl

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: pxe discombolution

2001-09-20 Thread Rudhuwan Abu Bakar
> > >Choose "PXE loadable ROM Image" from the drop-down menu, and you will be >sent a .lzpxe image. > how do we create *.lzpxe manually? well...we may need it if rom-a-matic server ever went down..:) is there a command for it? ___

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: pxe discombolution

2001-09-20 Thread Marty Connor
On 9/20/2001 10:03 PM Peter Rundle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Ok, I've read the doco and I'm keen to give this a whirl. >However, where do I find an eepro100.lzpxe? I've looked >on rom-o-matic, I've googled but I not find him anywhere Choose "PXE loadable ROM Image" from the drop-down menu, and yo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Sizing of hardware + infrastructure parameters

2001-09-20 Thread Peter Rundle
>> It's now a switch, but the hub didn't seem to be a problem. Remember if all the traffic is between the workstations and the server, i.e the workstations don't talk to each other (no local apps), then most of the benefit of a switch is wasted in an LTSP environment because the traffic performa

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: pxe discombolution

2001-09-20 Thread Peter Rundle
Ok, I've read the doco and I'm keen to give this a whirl. However, where do I find an eepro100.lzpxe? I've looked on rom-o-matic, I've googled but I not find him anywhere Help? also will the current vmlinuz.all kernels work? i.e they were made with mknbi >= 1.2? TIA's Pete

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP network card recommendations

2001-09-20 Thread Derek Dresser
Hi, I bought cards with boot proms all set up from http://www.disklessworkstations.com/ they are 10/100 cards and they cost me about $30-$35 each. I thought about burning proms and such, but it was worth it to me just to be able to plug them in and move on to something else. This is not an a

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount error

2001-09-20 Thread Hardy Boehm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Nope I didn't ... where can i get mknbi-linux? bye...hardy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dario > Rapisardi > Sent: Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 19:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] a novice question (ramdisk)

2001-09-20 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
A ramdisk is a virtual disk created on you computers Ram that behaves like a physical drive. (did I get that right?) That's how I understand it anyway. Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:52 AM To: [EM

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09 and ATI Xpert2000Pro

2001-09-20 Thread Jim McQuillan
Marc, Great idea on the CHIPID stuff. Would you please send me (privately) the rc.setupx and lts.conf files ? Also, I've been wanting to add grouping support to the getltscfg program, I just haven't had the time. Thanks, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc Delisle wrote: >Hi, > >To suppor

[Ltsp-discuss] agpgart

2001-09-20 Thread James Newlin
Hi all. Having a brain fart here getting "/lib/modules: no such file or directory".There was no /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/lib/modules path. Tried creating one and placed agpgart.o in that same path, but it did not help. We are using RedHat 6.2 and LTSP 2.07. Have MODULE_01 = agpgart.o. Wh

[Ltsp-discuss] 2.09 and ATI Xpert2000Pro

2001-09-20 Thread Marc Delisle
Hi, To support the ATI Xpert2000Pro (r128 based), this is what I had to do: Add a new config. variable X4_CHIPID in lts.conf: X4_CHIPID = 0x5246 Modify rc.setupx, under the BUSID section, add a similar section for CHIPID, but the generated line must not have quotes, for example: ChipID = 0x52

[Ltsp-discuss] Suse 7.2 & dhcpd problem

2001-09-20 Thread Radboud Huis in 't Veld
Hi everybody, I am new to this list and fairly unexperienced with Linux networking. I am trying to set up a diskless terminal using a server which is running Suse 7.1. Since the server is attached to my cable modem I now have two network cards in the server. The cards, as well as the one in th

[Ltsp-discuss] RPL booting

2001-09-20 Thread James Newlin
Hi everyone. Has anyone been able to boot up LTSP using RPL?We have done boot proms, flash BIOS boots, PXE based mainboards and netAble boots. All work great, LTSP is a great product. Keep up the great work! We would like to try RPL since we have some inhouse systems that have onboard net

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Marc Delisle
Jim, YES it works now: just added init=/linuxrc rwin my loadlin! Thanks! Marc Jim McQuillan a écrit : > > Marc, > > what did you specify for your init= in loadlin ? > > When I tag a kernel, I use the following: > > mknbi-linux --output=vmlinuz.ltsp \ >--append=

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Jim McQuillan
Marc, what did you specify for your init= in loadlin ? When I tag a kernel, I use the following: mknbi-linux --output=vmlinuz.ltsp \ --append="init=/linuxrc rw" \ --rootdir="/dev/ram0"\ bzImage initrd.ltsp.gz If you do

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Marc Delisle
Jim, Do you mean messages before "VFS: mounted root" ? Here are the message after "VFS: mounted root": --- Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed Busybox v0.60.1 (2001.09.16-20:45+) multi-call binary Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] root mount error

2001-09-20 Thread Dario Rapisardi
Hi, Did you tagged your kernel with mknbi-linux again, with the new root directory option(--rootdir=/home/tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/) ? If you are using the old kernel, it will try to mount the old dir. You can retag your kernel , or make a simbolic link (more dirty). Hope it helps

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Jim McQuillan
Marc, Can you show us more of the messages ? there may be something that will give us a clue as to the problem. Thanks, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc Delisle wrote: >Good! now it mounts: > >== >VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) >Feeing unused kern

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Marc Delisle
Good! now it mounts: == VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) Feeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed BusyBox v0.60.1 . .(Snip) . Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! = Hmm, isn't that the point where it would start in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Jim McQuillan
Marc, You might want to say root=/dev/ram0 That is what I do when I use mknbi-linux to setup the kernel for Etherboot. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc Delisle wrote: >Hi, > >I am using loadlin to boot the ltsp bzImage, with initrd= option. Here >are the last messages I see: > >Mountin

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP network card recommendations

2001-09-20 Thread Mark Evans
I am trying to set up a set of machines, but have encountered problems with boot ROMS and (lack of) support from card manufactures. The machines were supplied with D-Link DFE-530TX cards and DFE-534R2 ROMS. However these come with RPL software and dispite claiming to be Flash arn't flashable. (T

[Ltsp-discuss] Reset client

2001-09-20 Thread P.SOB
Hi! I use LTSP in version 2. 08-0 on Suse 7. 1 All would be well if not boot Of working station in quite unexpected moments. On stations works Netscape and StarOffice 5. 2 PL in KDE, internet over dialup. Whether has somebody idea why so happens ? Server AMD Athlon 1GHz, 256 MBRAM, 2x45 GB HDD( h

[Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and loadlin

2001-09-20 Thread Marc Delisle
Hi, I am using loadlin to boot the ltsp bzImage, with initrd= option. Here are the last messages I see: Mounting rootfs Doing the pivot_root Mounting devfs... Running /sbin/init Usage: init 0123456sQqAaBbCcUu VFS: cannot open rootdevice nfs Please append a correct "root=" boot option.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] vmware test bed

2001-09-20 Thread Deryk Robosson
> Deryk, > > Yes, using VMWare to run the workstation is absolutely possible. > > In fact, that is how I developed 2.09pre2. Jim, Thanks for that info. It helped out quite a bit. The folks on the irc.openprojects.net #ltsp channel helped out with my gdm problem. Again, cheers to the eve

[Ltsp-discuss] how to shutdown a workstation ? also /var/lib/nfs/rmtab issue

2001-09-20 Thread Dumas Patrice
Hi, How to shutdown or reboot a LTSP workstation ? As there is nothing on it, maybe just pushing the stop or reset button may work ? However, this will let some entries in /var/lib/nfs/rmtab which isn't so bad, but nfs will start very slowly if there are a lot of bad entries in it. How do people

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem with Xwindows at login

2001-09-20 Thread karthikeyan nagalingam
hai yossi, I am have the same problem,i am just 1.include the following in /etc/x11/fs/config, daemon xfs -droppriv -daemon -port 7100 2. /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf [xdmcp] change Enable=0 to Enable=1 3. /etc/inittab change id:3:initdefault to i

[Ltsp-discuss] Odd X server behavior

2001-09-20 Thread Kenneth Tindle
From the LTSP download page, I have installed: kernel 2.2.18 lts-core 2.08 Mach64 X server 2.0 onto RedHat 7.1. All standard pieces. I made changes to lts.conf that should be very standard and sensible. I have put Etherboot 5.0.3 into a 3com 3c590 card at the workstation. There's an ATI card

[Ltsp-discuss] Problem with Xwindows at login

2001-09-20 Thread Yossi
Running ltscore-2.08 on rh7.1 Terminals boot the kernel ok then hang with the grey screen waiting for the xwindows login screen to appear. This started first as in intermittant problem over the last month then degrading to complete failure today. I am resonably sure that the config files are ok.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Tarantella: an effective solution for providing access to Windows apps

2001-09-20 Thread Gerry Kirk
I think it depends on how many users you want to support. I haven't looked into the costs that closely. A friend of mine was saying about U.S. $700, but I don't know what you get for that. Check out the site: www.tarantella.com Gerry > how much does Tarantella cost? > > Gerry Kirk wrote: >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Tarantella: an effective solution for providing access to Windows apps

2001-09-20 Thread Ragnar Wisløff
torsdag 20. september 2001 10:55 skrev du : > how much does Tarantella cost? It's cheaper than the comparative Citrix product, but still quite expensive. That's of course a relative thing, all dependent on what you are used to paying for software licenses. Look for resellers on their web page.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] TFTP error 2 (ACcess violation)

2001-09-20 Thread Bastian Dingeldein
hi, i am not sure, but i think the problem is that you are running a secure tftp ( -s option ). it sets the tftp in chrooted enviremont. so you can´t access /tftpboot/ . try it without -s in your inetd.conf or with a path relative to /tftpboot , /bzImage for example. perhaps that will help. good

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] xdm error log

2001-09-20 Thread Rudy Hermawan
Hi Ayub, please take a look at the troublshooting section for the X it seem the problem that the XDCMP are not fully configured there is an explanation on the LTSP trouble shooting for that rudy http://www.ltsp.or.id Indonesian LTSP Forum mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ayub syafie wrote:

[Ltsp-discuss] xdm error log

2001-09-20 Thread ayub syafie
Hi all, I have a problem with LTSP instalation, there is xdm-error.log ... = please help the client only have a blank screen after starting X Windows xdm-error.log : (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-scree

[Ltsp-discuss] root mount error

2001-09-20 Thread Hardy Boehm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I changed my /etc/dhcpd.conf to reflect a moved /tftpboot directory. I ran out of space on the partition it lived in and so I moved it. Then I changed the dhcpd.conf file and all other files pointing to that dir. BUT: The ws still tries to moun

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Question from a new list member!

2001-09-20 Thread Mark Evans
> It seems that if I build the RedHat LTSP server, it will conflict with our > Windows 2000 DHCP server though, since both systems will be trying to issue Depends exactly how you set it up. If you have it so that the LTSP server is multihomed and serving DHCP to only the interface(s) with the wor

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Tarantella: an effective solution for providing access to Windows apps

2001-09-20 Thread Rudhuwan Abu Bakar
how much does Tarantella cost? Gerry Kirk wrote: >For those of you who have to provide access to Windows applications from >Linux, check out Tarantella (www.tarantella.com). From a browser, users can >access Windows apps from any platform. > >It's implemented by running Tarantella from Linux,

[Ltsp-discuss] Tarantella: an effective solution for providing access to Windows apps

2001-09-20 Thread Gerry Kirk
For those of you who have to provide access to Windows applications from Linux, check out Tarantella (www.tarantella.com). From a browser, users can access Windows apps from any platform. It's implemented by running Tarantella from Linux, which accesses apps installed on an NT/2000 box. You on

[Ltsp-discuss] a novice question

2001-09-20 Thread nsmanian123
hai friends, please explain me about "what is ramdisk?" - This mail sent through : http://mail.sify.com _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto:

[Ltsp-discuss] not a valid image

2001-09-20 Thread nsmanian123
hai friends, i am unaware of DC and i started configuring dc using dhcp.When i booted my DC using the rom-o-matic floppy.i received the following error: * Searching for server(DHCP) ..Me:192.168.1.11 , Server:192.168.1.1 loading 192.168.1.1:/t

[Ltsp-discuss] TFTP error 2 (ACcess violation)

2001-09-20 Thread nsmanian123
hai friends, i have configured dumb terminals using dhcp.When i booted my DC using the rom-o-matic floppy.i received the following error: * Searching for server(DHCP) ..Me:192.168.1.11 , Server:192.168.1.1 loading 192.168.1.1:/tftpboot/bzImage