Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre2-3 and rtl8139

2001-10-07 Thread Brian Crowley
Jim, It has taken a while but I have tried the newer kernel and it works with the rtl8139. Auto detect of the network card works, so no options 128 or 129 are required in dhcpd.conf. This m/b has an i810 chipset and even though I put in the MODULE_01 = agpgart.o line it didn't load the module

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Your Ideas/Thoughts

2001-10-07 Thread Dario Rapisardi
Hi, There's nothing more "user friendly" than the official documentation. Check the web site (www.ltsp.org). Regards, Dario. El Lun 08 Oct 2001 00:55, Leland Dieno escribió: > Hi everyone, (sorry about that test) > I just have one quick question. (Please respond to me > offlist and

[Ltsp-discuss] 3c900b-tpo and dhcp

2001-10-07 Thread Steve Meyers
I've got one computer working great with LTSP. I'm now trying to get another one hooked up, however it's giving me errors. It hangs during DHCP lookup. I have the DHCP set up exactly the same on the server as for the other computer, using a fixed address tied to a MAC address. I have verifi

[Ltsp-discuss] Your Ideas/Thoughts

2001-10-07 Thread Leland Dieno
Hi everyone, (sorry about that test) I just have one quick question. (Please respond to me offlist and directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I have used Linux before but am definitley not a power user. My friend who is actually signed up for this list (Christopher Edge - [EMAIL PROTECTED]) has been show

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2001-10-07 Thread Leland Dieno
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Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Alan Murrell
> so I used the initrd tools and re made a kernel for the 3c509 with the module in the append line. But 2.09pre3 will still work without the NIC= line in dhcpd.conf, as long as the NIC is compiled into the kernel, correct? Alan __

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
Chris, I've posted the kernel package with the fix for 3c509. it's called lts_kernel_2.09pre3-test.tgz. It may take 30 minutes or so, for it to show up on the download page. The reason I called it '-test' is because I didn't get a chance to test it. Let me know if it gives you a problem. Th

[Ltsp-discuss] Mandrake 8.1

2001-10-07 Thread Dave Mattson
Has anyone (besides me) tried running Madrake 8.1 as a server. I have been running Mandrake 8.0 for quite sometime but after upgrading to 8.1 X would start on the X terminal but the login screen would not appear. This seems very familiar, it seems like I was having this problem when 8.0 wasn'

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] TFTP error 1

2001-10-07 Thread Chris G. Sellers
I have had success with removing the /tftpboot path in the directory path and it works fine. FYI > > > Well there is a known issue with redhat 7.x that the xinetd entry for dhcp > > shifts the root directory to the tftpboot directory. Check your inet > entries. > > Actually, I don't have an x

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] TFTP error 1

2001-10-07 Thread Alan Murrell
> Well there is a known issue with redhat 7.x that the xinetd entry for dhcp > shifts the root directory to the tftpboot directory. Check your inet entries. Actually, I don't have an xinetd entry for DHCP, *however*, I do recall now that with LTSP 2.08 + Mandrake 8.0, the -s entry in the xinetd e

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Chris
It Didnt need fixing i dont think... I just had an old boot ROM which didnt recognize the NIC= parameter from DHCP.   so I used the initrd tools and re made a kernel for the 3c509 with the module in the append line.   but I will make a new boot disk heh   and is it normal for the 3c509's to sl

[Ltsp-discuss] 2.09pre3 local apps questions.

2001-10-07 Thread Doug Herbert
Jim, I have seen a couple of posts, in the last few weeks, with regard to people testing local apps with the pre-release of the next version of ltsp. I have checked out the Sep 30 changelog and also your updated instructions page, dated 5 October. Could you provide a little information on how y

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to use local disks?

2001-10-07 Thread Chris
Im not 100% sure but i think i remember reading that you need to use the kernel-all for IDE support. this is atkleast in the 2.08 i think. - Original Message - From: "Jacques B. Siboni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John F Cuzzola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ltsp discussion group" <[EMAIL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Chris
I look forward to the fix Jim.   and Shane 2.09preX is way different from 2.08 it doesnt compile the NIC in the kernel it loads it from modules and autodetection of the pci cards etc... lots of new good stuff in it. - Original Message - From: Shane Kennedy To: Chris Sen

[Ltsp-discuss] TFTP error 1

2001-10-07 Thread Alan Murrell
Hi All! I installed LTSP 2.09pre3 on a Mandrake 8.0 server, with the following packages: lts_core lts_kernel lts_x_core lts_x_fonts I also ran the ltsp_tempaltes script, which did all the necessary changes. I also edited the /etc/dhcpd file appropriately. I am also using the "default" /tftpboo

[Ltsp-discuss] ROM-o-matic.net update Etherboot 5.0.4,5.0.4-mc1

2001-10-07 Thread Marty Connor
I've updated http://www.rom-o-matic.net/ with the latest production release of Etherboot, version 5.0.4 I've also created an experimental version, 5.0.4-mc1 specifically for people who have trouble with Netgear FA310TX and other LC82C168/169 based cards, using the "tulip" driver. Other than t

[Ltsp-discuss] NFS Server for win2k

2001-10-07 Thread Cross, Nick
In Paul Whittakers 'diskless Windows cookbook' he makes mention of requirements for NFS server for win2k ie - support symbolic links, character and block special files. Has anyone come across a NFS server that does this, or is MS Windows Services for Unix still the best bet - with kernel re-comp

[Ltsp-discuss] Rdesktop color depth

2001-10-07 Thread Cross, Nick
Dear all, have been working with 'ltsp', 'wilisystem' and 'rdesktop' to default into windows2000 TS session on diskless ws. works great.. no really .. works great! Many thanks to all who have made it possible. question.. default color depth is 8bit. I wish to bump it up to 16bit. Has anyone h

[Ltsp-discuss] VFS fails to open root device ram0

2001-10-07 Thread Jan Wilson
I'm trying to get 2.09pre3 going but I get this error: VFS: Cannot open root device "ram0" or 01:00 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Server is AMD 800MHz, 512MB, integrated sis nic (8139too), Mandrake 8.0. Workstation is AMD 1.2GHz,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to use local disks?

2001-10-07 Thread Jacques B. Siboni
John F Cuzzola wrote: > > *** You'll have to create the hda,hda1,hda2,hda3 (etc) devices in the /dev > directory of the diskless client. For example I'm using ltsp 2.07 so I > would: > > cd /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/dev > mknod hda b 3 0 > mknod hda1 b 3 1 > mknod hda2 b 3 2 > etc... (for each parti

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to use local disks?

2001-10-07 Thread John F Cuzzola
*** You'll have to create the hda,hda1,hda2,hda3 (etc) devices in the /dev directory of the diskless client. For example I'm using ltsp 2.07 so I would: cd /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/dev mknod hda b 3 0 mknod hda1 b 3 1 mknod hda2 b 3 2 etc... (for each partition you want to have access to) That

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] lts client?

2001-10-07 Thread Dario Rapisardi
Hi, From a linux console, you should try: # X -query Where ltsp_server is the name or IP address of your current LTSP Server. Hope it helps, Dario. El Dom 07 Oct 2001 16:17, Gerardo S. Gervacio escribió: > hello, just want to ask if there is linux terminal server client > software

[Ltsp-discuss] sleep message

2001-10-07 Thread Andres Ramirez M.
  i am upgrading from RedHat6.2 + lts_core_2.03 (works fine) to RedHat 7.1 and lts_core_2.08 but i have a trouble when the station tries to conect... My IP 192.168.0.1, Server IP 192.168.0.254, GW IP 192.168.0.254 Loading /tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.ne2000... i see the troubleshoting guide but t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
Chris, I've got a fix for this problem, and I hope to post it tonight on the download page. If you are adventurous, you could download the ltsp_initrd_kit package and modify the /linuxrc file. You just need to remove the part that requires the IO parameter. I mistakenly included the 509 along

[Ltsp-discuss] How to use local disks?

2001-10-07 Thread Jacques B. Siboni
Hi all, Sorry if this is a well known question, but I could not find it on the Archives (The webcrawler search tool is buggy). How can I make use of the local drives on the workstation? I want to use them as linux partitions and as swap devices. fdisk /dev/hda fails saying Unable to open /dev/

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 2.09 i810 and agpgart

2001-10-07 Thread Jim McQuillan
James, You need to add: MODULE_01 = agpgart.o That will load the module and automatically the new device node will appear in /dev Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi > >I have been trying 2.09p3, mostly sucess, but my i810 board fails >to start an X session. >I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to identify NIC boards?

2001-10-07 Thread Jacques B. Siboni
Thnks Michael it was very helpful Jacques "Michael H. Collins" wrote: > > I generally use Tomsrtbt or Floppyfw floppies. > > http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/ > > http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > During bootup it will tell you what kinda chipset it has. > > Floppyfw is better on older cards as it w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Ragnar Wisløff
søndag 7. oktober 2001 12:04 skrev Chris: > I have recently decided to try out LTSP, I initially started up with the > 2.08 not ventured into the 2.09pre3, and since then I did my workstation > testing on a new computer but I want te get my old 486 going with a 3Com > 3C509 ISA card That does wor

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 2.09pre3 and 3com 3c509

2001-10-07 Thread Chris
I have recently decided to try out LTSP, I initially started up with the2.08 not ventured into the 2.09pre3, and since then I did my workstationtesting on a new computer but I want te get my old 486 going with a 3Com3C509 ISA cardin the DHCPD.conf file I have specified the two option lines 1

[Ltsp-discuss] 2.09 i810 and agpgart

2001-10-07 Thread jam
Hi I have been trying 2.09p3, mostly sucess, but my i810 board fails to start an X session. I have included the full XF..log. All that I can see is the missing /dev/agpgart. Is this a devfs issue? Thanks for any help James opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf ... [piglet] XSERVER