Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NFS trouble with ThinkNic

2002-02-13 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
Carrie, just use straight ltsp 3.0, it works right away, no special setup is necessary, unless you use el cheapo 15' monitors - then set video mode to 800x600. i use only thinnics for terminals and they all boot just fine, starting from ltsp 3.0.x. good luck, julius On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, C

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Dave Brooks
Appologies. As you asked, this error came from a box running RedHat 7.2 with the latest RedHat RPMs (in this case, the one that ships on the CD). Its version 1.11 (according to the internal strings) from RedHat's RPM tftp-0.17-14. There is nothing on their internet sites (ftp.redhat.com or upda

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP client web server?

2002-02-13 Thread marvin
Lee Bolding writes: > I'm trying to find a way of creating a "lite" web server, and wondered if > LTSP was suitable for this task? > > Ideally, I want to boot my diskless server (with 1GB+ RAM) via TFTP, placing > the (much stripped down, minimal) OS into a RAM disk, and then operating > (Apac

[Ltsp-discuss] NFS trouble with ThinkNic

2002-02-13 Thread Carrie Coy
I'm trying out a ThinkNIC and I've used John Robertson's very helpful ThinkNIC HOWTO to set it up.  I've used his vmlinuz.thinknic kernel and pxelinux.* files from the sourceforge download. I'm stuck where the root file system is  NFS-mounted.   This is what appears on the ThinkNIC screen: IP

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I-Opener and v3.0

2002-02-13 Thread Michael H . Collins
I will put it up at my site too. Just so i can play with it. On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:31:49 -0600 Richard Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: ~On 03:56 AM 2/13/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] shaped the electrons to say... ~>I have made a new setup for my i-opener that works with LTSP v3.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] flash crashes mozilla on LTSP workstation

2002-02-13 Thread John McCreesh
On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 09:16, rob wrote: [snip] > We have switched from mozilla to opera. Opera launches faster, renders pages faster, uses less server ram, than mozillaand the users love it. > The downside so far; an add in the upper right hand corner (free version). Not a big issue for us be

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP client web server?

2002-02-13 Thread Martin Herweg
Lee Bolding wrote: > Ideally, I want to boot my diskless server (with 1GB+ RAM) via TFTP, > placing the (much stripped down, minimal) OS into a RAM disk, and then > operating (Apache) from there why ? what for ? on which server is the content that you want to serve? > Is this possible with LTS

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Runlevels in dhcp.conf (problem with ltsp 3.0)

2002-02-13 Thread Wolfgang Schweer
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wolfgang, > > Why does /linuxrc need to be modified ? > > Just have the set_runlevel script look at /proc/cmdline to get the > kernel command line. Well Jim, I didn't know that one can grab it from there. But how to get the right piece, say RUNLEVE

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Runlevels in dhcp.conf (problem with ltsp 3.0)

2002-02-13 Thread jam
Wolfgang, Why does /linuxrc need to be modified ? Just have the set_runlevel script look at /proc/cmdline to get the kernel command line. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Phil Davey wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 [EMAIL P

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Runlevels in dhcp.conf (problem with ltsp 3.0)

2002-02-13 Thread Wolfgang Schweer
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Phil Davey wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You are correct, LTSP v3.0 ignores any runlevel specified in > > the kernel command line, favoring instead what is set in > > lts.conf. > > Oh dear. > Is there any other way to achieve what I'm trying to do?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
I am not sure where I got it from, but its here: http://www.linuxbox.nu/~arthur/tftp-hpa-0.28.tar.bz2 I use Linux from Scratch at home, and have had to set the -vv flag before to get more information. Arthur H. Johnson II The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Anyone who is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread David Johnston
Ola Ketil Siqveland wrote: > > Hi > I try to coonnect to my server by usin a 3c590 PCI network card > with use of floppy boot disk, > but i stop after > Serarching for server (DHCP) > . > > the var/log/message look like this > Feb 12 13:22:53 tiger dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:a0:24:96:8

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Andy Rabagliati
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Dave Brooks wrote: > I'm guessing that the version I have does not support these flags. Is > there a newer one, and where would I find it? When asking a question on these lists, it is best to give more information rather than less. It is also smart to do your own research b

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP client web server?

2002-02-13 Thread jam
Lee, Yes, LTSP has been used to setup 'Thin Servers'. It has even been used to serve web pages. A couple of weeks ago, a guy in Australia used it to setup a whole bunch of webservers to serve up some kind of images of a special anual event, where they get pounded with hits 1 day a year. I don'

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP client web server?

2002-02-13 Thread Lee Bolding
I'm new to all this, so please forgive me if this has been asked many times before... (a quick browse through the archives revealed nothing). I'm trying to find a way of creating a "lite" web server, and wondered if LTSP was suitable for this task? Ideally, I want to boot my diskless server (wit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Dave Brooks
I've just tried the -v and -vv switches (seperately, not at the same time), and I'm getting an error: Feb 13 15:44:43 server in.tftpd[19126]: Usage: in.tftpd [-c] [-l] [-u user] [-t timeout] [-r option...] [-s] [directory ...] Feb 13 15:44:43 server in.tftpd[19127]: Usage: in.tftpd [-c] [-l] [-u

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
You can also add -v or -vv. That will make the logs VERY verbose and helps in debugging. Arthur H. Johnson II The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Anyone who is capable of getting himself made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Andy Rabagliati
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, G. David Sword wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 06:27, Ola Ketil Siqveland wrote: > > Hi > > I try to coonnect to my server by usin a 3c590 PCI network card > > with use of floppy boot disk, > > but i stop after > > Serarching for server (DHCP) > > Did you enable tftp? - y

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] X Font Server - bad news?

2002-02-13 Thread Jason Bechtel
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:41:10 -0800 > From: Marcus Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] X Font Server - bad news? > > So... for me the Big Question is: How do I go about getting pretty, > anti-aliased fonts without XFS? Apparently, one could configure XFS to handle more clien

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread Ola Ketil Siqveland
Yes I have enabled tftp, the server and workstation works fine with an older 3c509 card but I have many 3com 3c590 PCI network card that I hope to use in some ws. Ola Ketil Siqveland "G. David Sword" wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 06:27, Ola Ketil Siqveland wrote: > > Hi > > I try to coonnect t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot problem

2002-02-13 Thread G. David Sword
On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 06:27, Ola Ketil Siqveland wrote: > Hi > I try to coonnect to my server by usin a 3c590 PCI network card > with use of floppy boot disk, > but i stop after > Serarching for server (DHCP) > . > > the var/log/message look like this > Feb 12 13:22:53 tiger dhcpd: DHCPD

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] I-Opener and v3.0

2002-02-13 Thread jeffj
Richard Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said the following on the auspicious date of 02-02-12: >On 09:07 AM 2/12/2002, you shaped the electrons to say... >>The Iopener boots from a kernel loaded in flash. That kernel >>doesn't have the things needed for LTSP v3.0. That is, it doesn't >>have devfs. >>To