[Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu package to netboot from GRUB2 using gPXE

2009-12-24 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
I've modified somewhat a work of vagrantc's, and I've made a package that adds a gPXE (Etherboot) entry to the grub2 menu, by: * Putting the Etherboot "all-drivers" kernel to /boot/gpxe.lkrn * Creating an /etc/grub.d/41_gpxe grub2 script * Calling update-grub So if anyone has Ubuntu Karmic or

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] karmic kernel panic

2009-12-11 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 12-12-2009, ημέρα Σαβ, και ώρα 11:38 +0800, ο/η jam έγραψε: > /init: export: line 14: 49.54.56.46: bad variable name > kernel-panic ... James see if it's the same problem as this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ltsp/+bug/474703 To verify, copy the new file in the chroot and ca

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Second DHCP server on internet router

2009-12-07 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 07-12-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 11:23 +0100, ο/η Rolf-Werner Eilert έγραψε: > An interesting approach, but I do not see how the WLAN router could use > the information from the LTSP server's DHCP offer. > ... If you're using a single NIC setup (i.e. your server has only one NIC and the LTSP D

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Second DHCP server on internet router

2009-12-07 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
We're using *only* the router's DHCP server, in tens of labs. It's been working fine for years, both with cheap and expensive routers. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ProxyDHCP Στις 07-12-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 10:18 +0100, ο/η Rolf-Werner Eilert έγραψε: > In our LTSP environment

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp via grub.conf

2009-12-04 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
It is possible, but you'll need some serious initramfs hacking (putting your wireless driver there, probably even putting the WPA keys etc). Can't help there, never done it. Στις 04-12-2009, ημέρα Παρ, και ώρα 02:58 -0600, ο/η greg wm έγραψε: > thank you alkis! ..but, umm, , silly me, thinking i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp via grub.conf

2009-12-03 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Yes, it's possible to boot LTSP without using DHCP, TFTP and NBD servers. See the page here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/StaticIPsWithoutDHCP You'll also need to pass an nfsroot kernel parameter for NFS: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWithoutNFS Στις 03-12-200

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp via grub.conf

2009-12-03 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
That's the way grub2 wants the grub.cfg entry, yup, nothing critical. For reference, here's how I do it on grub2. Grub2 discourages manual editing of grub.cfg, and uses scripts instead. So I create a file named /etc/grub.d/41_gpxe with the following contents: #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This fi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp via grub.conf

2009-12-02 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Etherboot is deprecated in favor of gPXE, from the same team. Also, the nbi.img images that are used by the older etherboot versions have some problems in Ubuntu Karmic. IMHO, gPXE is the way to go. Download the "Linux Kernel (SYSLINUX/GRUB/LILO) Loadable Image .lkrn" from the following site: http

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ubuntu karmic client boot with nfsroot fails

2009-11-19 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
After removing udhcpc, don't forget to also update the kernel, i.e. `update-initramfs -u` in the chroot, and `ltsp-update-kernels` outside of the chroot. `ltsp-update-image` is NOT needed. If you want, you may visit #ltsp at irc.freenode.net for live help on the problem... Στις 19-11-2009, ημέρα

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ubuntu karmic client boot with nfsroot fails

2009-11-19 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
If you remove udhcpc from the chroot, so that everything reverts to the old behavior (ipconfig etc), does it work? Στις 19-11-2009, ημέρα Πεμ, και ώρα 16:34 +0100, ο/η Bettina Lapp έγραψε: > update: fixed udhcp script, boot with nbd works, boot with NFS root does > not. Client still stops with me

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ubuntu karmic client boot with nfsroot fails

2009-11-13 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 13-11-2009, ημέρα Παρ, και ώρα 19:52 +0100, ο/η Bettina Lapp έγραψε: > The line I get is something like: > /init: export line 15 : bad variable > name > > So our central DHCP server seems to return some weird options which > udhcp doesn't like - which obviously has never been a problem before

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] nic bonding vs multiple dhcp scopes on separate nics

2009-11-10 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 10-11-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 15:27 -0800, ο/η john έγραψε: > ... > to bond the nics via ifenslave or setup a second dhcp scope handing > out my second nic as the gateway. I've used 4-nic bonding on a cheap unmanaged 100 mbps switch, before upgrading to gigabit. With netperf I saw that I was

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] can't seem to force a resolution

2009-09-08 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 08-09-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 13:34 -0600, ο/η David Burgess έγραψε: > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: > >> Στις 08-09-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 11:38 -0600, ο/η David Burgess > >> έγραψε: > >>> Thanks. I fixed both: > >&

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] can't seem to force a resolution

2009-09-08 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 08-09-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 11:38 -0600, ο/η David Burgess έγραψε: > Thanks. I fixed both: > > XRANDR_DISABLE=True > X_MODE_0=1024x768 > X_HORZSYNC=30-100 > X_VERTREFRESH=55-60 > > but I still have no video on this monitor once X starts. I assume you put [Default] on top? Try with only

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] can't seem to force a resolution

2009-09-08 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 08-09-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 10:02 -0600, ο/η David Burgess έγραψε: > X_HORIZSYNC=30-63 That's too little for 1024x768. Try with X_HORIZSYNC=30-88 -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Report

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] can't seem to force a resolution

2009-09-08 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 08-09-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 08:58 -0600, ο/η David Burgess έγραψε: > This is interesting. I put the following in lts.conf: > > XRANDR_DISABLE=True > X_MODE_0=1024x768 This isn't enough. E.g. when the client boots, X may erroneously read the monitor info and think it supports 1024x...@120

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Debugging freezing ltsp terminals

2009-08-29 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 29-08-2009, ημέρα Σαβ, και ώρα 12:19 +0200, ο/η Xavier Brochard έγραψε: > Le vendredi 28 août 2009 11:06:47, Veli-Matti Lintu a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > About a month ago there was discussion about freezing thin clients. > > Freezing meaning that display, network, keyboard and mouse all freeze

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CPU usage of xorg and ssh, Java programs slow

2009-08-12 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 12-08-2009, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 11:15 +0200, ο/η Peter Stein έγραψε: > LDM_DIRECTX didn't help. > ... > CPU of xorg goes up to 45%, ssh uses 20%. LDM_DIRECTX should make the ssh CPU usage drop to zero. If it didn't, maybe it's not declared correctly. Try: getltscfg -a from a *local* terminal

[Ltsp-discuss] Broadcasting video to all TCs by modifying gstreamer default output

2009-07-22 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 20-07-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 11:49 -0700, ο/η Charles Paul έγραψε: > I wrestled with the problem this morning, and here is the script I came > up with for notify-send on Debian 5 LTSP: > ... > Hope this is of use to other people! Thank you Paul, this was enlightening! :) I constructed a si

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] youtube with mplayer plugin -- sound works!

2009-07-09 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 07-07-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 21:13 -0400, ο/η Rob Owens έγραψε: > Install the greasemonkey extension for firefox/iceweasel, and then install > the HQTube script. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24999 Funny thing, I had just thought about this possibility and I was surfing the Internet

[Ltsp-discuss] Using dnsmasq as a proxy DHCP server

2009-06-29 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
I've heard people asking for a method to make LTSP clients boot when the DHCP server is on a different machine with no access to it; I've just put up a wiki page for this scenario: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ProxyDHCP "A proxy DHCP server is defined by the PXE specification as a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 9.04 Alternate Cd install does not work

2009-06-28 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 28-06-2009, ημέρα Κυρ, και ώρα 11:12 -0500, ο/η Bob Wooden έγραψε: > > sudo invoke-rc.d dhcp3-server stop > > > This command reports "fail" and LOCKS the computer display up to the > point that I cannot keystroke (ctrl-alt-backspace, ctrl-alt-del, nor > any "magic keys") to reset or restar

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 9.04 Alternate Cd install does not work

2009-06-26 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
The alternate cd should have put a static IP for eth1 in your /etc/network/interfaces file, but it didn't. Try with the following "default" contents in the interfaces file: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 9.04 Alternate Cd install does not work

2009-06-26 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 26-06-2009, ημέρα Παρ, και ώρα 06:29 -0500, ο/η Bob Wooden έγραψε: > Yes, I agree, but I am having problems and prefer to solve this > problem before making any changes to (like upgrading) second nic. As > my existing system worked fine with 8.04.2, why does it not work with > jaunty? I wonde

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ubuntu 9.04 Alternate Cd install does not work

2009-06-25 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 25-06-2009, ημέρα Πεμ, και ώρα 06:15 -0500, ο/η Bob Wooden έγραψε: > My motherboard has an onboard 10/100/1000 LAN and it connects to the > internet. My LTSP is on a second 10/100 card (RTL8139, I think?) for the > terminals. (Just like my old 8.04, that was working.) Why do you use the slow

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-server-pnp: using the new dnsmasq as a proxy dhcp server

2009-06-09 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 09-06-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 13:26 +0300, ο/η Asmo Koskinen έγραψε: > Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti: > > > Script sees my network right, but then this. It does not create new > > ... Hi Asmo, I've uploaded a heavily improved version in my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~ts.sch.gr/+archive/ppa) with

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-server-pnp: using the new dnsmasq as a proxy dhcp server

2009-06-09 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 09-06-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 08:18 +0300, ο/η Asmo Koskinen έγραψε: > Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti: > > I changed little these lines, client boots very well. > > r...@ubuntu-ltsp5:~# cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp-server-pnp.conf > > [--] > # This range is for the public interface, where dnsmasq func

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-server-pnp: using the new dnsmasq as a proxy dhcp server

2009-06-08 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 08-06-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 18:28 +0300, ο/η Alkis Georgopoulos έγραψε: > Also notice that while it works fine with PXE clients, and with recent > gPXE clients, it *does not work* with older Etherboot clients (without > flashing them with gPXE), because they don't implement

[Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-server-pnp: using the new dnsmasq as a proxy dhcp server

2009-06-08 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
cause they don't implement the PXE proxy DHCP specification. I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to improve automatic configuration (the algorithm is described in the README file), any beta testing, packaging hints or wha

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Xorg-problem

2009-05-27 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 27-05-2009, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 04:56 -0700, ο/η sm8ps-ltsp...@yahoo.com έγραψε: > My question is how to over-ride the automatic Xorg configuration that is > responsible for the erroneous "68.0 - 61.0" entry. Thanks for any suggestions! AFAIK, you need to set both X_HORZSYNC and X_VERTREFRESH

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Disable X dontzap

2009-04-29 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 29-04-2009, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 13:04 -0700, ο/η Jordan Erickson έγραψε: > Alkis, X_ARGS, IIRC, *is* an lts.conf option. Yeah, Lns you made my day :) X_ARGS="-retro" in lts.conf works fine :) -- Register Now & Save f

[Ltsp-discuss] Disable X dontzap

2009-04-29 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Just in case someone needs the same thing, to re-enable the Alt+Ctrl +Backspace shortcut in Jaunty I created /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/ltsp/screen-session.d/XS96-disable-dontzap with the following line as contents: X_ARGS="$X_ARGS -retro" It would be nice to have an lts.conf option for that... may

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] very slow

2009-04-05 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 06-04-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 08:04 +0200, ο/η Werner Winter έγραψε: > > > What about your network settings ? > > NICs 100MB, switch 1GB > > But I think the problem is insufficient ram. The terminals only have > 32, > 64 or 128MB. > > -- > Werner > My 450 MHz Celerons with 64 Mb RAM

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