Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Only BusyBox initramfs no matter what I do

2013-07-15 Thread James Butler
According to the PXE boot sequence, the NIC on the HP Pavillion I am currently trying to use as a client is defined as: Atheros PCIE Ethernet Controller v2.1.0.9 (08/12/11) Windows recognizes it* as Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) and has no problem using it. Du

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Only BusyBox initramfs no matter what I do

2013-07-15 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:47:23PM -0700, James Butler wrote: > There is no problem for the clients to get an IP address from the DHCP server, > and they all log in via TFTP. ... > No interfaces found! Aborting... ... > ipconfig: no devices to configure > /scripts/local-top/nbd: .: line 34: can't o

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Only BusyBox initramfs no matter what I do

2013-07-15 Thread James Butler
Thank you for the reply. My setup is simply the Ubuntu LTSP box connected via 1 NIC to a hub, and a client connected by a single NIC to the same hub. There are no other computers/routers connected, so I assume that the DHCP server on the Ubuntu box is the only one active. Please note that each c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Only BusyBox initramfs no matter what I do

2013-07-15 Thread James McQuillan
is there any chance you have 2 DHCP servers on your network? perhaps once DHCP server is providing the config that is used during the PXE phase, and a different DHCP server is providing different values to the kernel. Jim McQuillan j...@ltsp.org On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:47 PM, James Butler wr

[Ltsp-discuss] Only BusyBox initramfs no matter what I do

2013-07-15 Thread James Butler
Master LTSP System: HP Proliant 4-drive RAID (1.4TB total), 12GB RAM Thin Clients: Dell Optiplex (old), Sony Vaio (2012), HP Pavillion (2013) Connection: Proliant eth0 into Netgear hub, Thin client eth0 into same Netgear hu (exactly as shown in the UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWiring diagram from the docs wiki)

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] freezing problem on ubuntu 12.04 LTSP

2013-07-15 Thread Richard Doyle
Try setting LDM_DIRECTX=True in lts.conf (note spelling--it should be LDM_DIRECTX not LDM_DIRECX, if I recall correctly). I had bad results with VIA clients like yours. Low memory, bad video chips with worse drivers. Fortunately, I was able to replace them. On 07/15/2013 03:02 AM, Oğuz Yarımtep

[Ltsp-discuss] freezing problem on ubuntu 12.04 LTSP

2013-07-15 Thread Oğuz Yarımtepe
Hi, I am having problems with my ubuntu 12.04 LTSP clients. I installed ltsp-server-standalone package. The server is 64 bit though the clients are configured for i386. The clients are able to boot and i can use the desktop environment. Though, during surfing at Firefox, it sometimes freezes. The