Howdy I have solved this problem.
I commented out the nameserver line in /etc/resolv.conf and the GATEWAY line in /etc/sysconfig/network Regards Warwick Chapman Managing Member Thusa Business Support cc Cell: +27 83 7797094 Fax: +27 31 2055838 -- There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quoting Warwick Bruce Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Howdy > > The reason we are using the PXELINUX boot method is because we don't want to > > have to explicitly specify each client, as in K12LTSP (Which we find too > sluggish) and, lord forbid, Windows Terminal Services. > > If they have auto generated host names, where can I find the defaults to add > > them to a hosts file? > > Warwick Chapman > Managing Member > Thusa Business Support cc > Cell: +27 83 7797094 > Fax: +27 31 2055838 > > -- There are 10 types of people in this world. Those > who understand binary, and those who don't. > > > Quoting Jake Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Okay, the workstations *never* "have no names". > > > > They get an IP address from the DHCP server. If you define their IP > > addresses, then each one has a known IP address. > > > > When their hostname is looked up (through either "reverse-DNS lookups" > > or lts.conf), they have a name. > > > > So, define all of your workstations in dhcpd.conf, lts.conf, and hosts. > > > > For example (from Guides at http://akejay.freeshell.org/openbox.html): > > > > #> Setting up a new Station: > > #* Know: the MAC address of the station (like 00:10:23:46:12:35) > > the hostname you want to give the station (like obs001) > > the IP address you want to give the station (like 192.168.0.1) > > optionally, what kernel options you want to supply > > whether you want to create a guest account for the station > > whether you want autologin to happen when the station boots > > (and what username it should autologin with) > > 1. # echo __IP address__ __hostname__ >>/etc/hosts > > 2. #: Edit "/etc/dhcpd.conf": > > inside the "group" section, add these lines: > > ---cut--> > > host __hostname__ { > > hardware ethernet __MAC address__; > > fixed-address __hostname__; > > filename "/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1"; > > } > > <--cut--- > > if you want to supply any kernel commandline options, > > add these lines inside the new "host" section: > > ---cut--> > > option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00; > > option option-129 "__kernel options__"; > > <--cut--- > > 3. # invoke-rc.d dhcp restart > > 4. If you want to create a guest account for the Station: > > add the account "__hostname__": > > password: "__hostname__" > > full name: "OpenBox Station" > > 5. If you want an account to autologon when the station boots: > > Edit "/etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc": add this to the end: > > ---cut--> > > [X-__hostname__:0-Core] > > AutoLoginEnable=true > > AutoLoginUser=__account name__ > > [X-__hostname__:0-Greeter] > > DefaultUser=__hostname__ > > <--cut--- > > 6. Run "echo [__hostname__] >>/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf" > > 7. On the Station, run Etherboot and see if it starts up. If not, > > get help from someone who knows LTSP (or TFTP/NFS/XDMCP/XFS). > > > > Let us know how it goes! > > - Jake > > > > P.S. Please critique me on the Guides, if you read them! > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:59:07PM +0200, Warwick Bruce Chapman wrote: > > > Howdy > > > > > > How do I add workstations to the hosts file, when the stations have no > > names. > > > I am using the PXELINUX boot method, and therefore the "Setting > hostname" > > line > > > during the workstation bootup doesn't have any name? > > > > > > Warwick Chapman > > > Managing Member > > > Thusa Business Support cc > > > Cell: +27 83 7797094 > > > Fax: +27 31 2055838 > > > > > > -- There are 10 types of people in this world. Those > > > who understand binary, and those who don't. > > > > > > > > > Quoting Matthew Johannes Winther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Do you have the workstations in the hosts file? because it sounds like > a > > > > name resolving issue I had a while ago. And when I added the > > workstations > > > > to the hosts file, It was fixed. > > > > > > > > Matthew Winther > > > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Ken Cobler wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jake Schroeder wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Please help, o great NFS gurus! > > > > > > > > > > > >The client is just sitting there and mounting, mounting, mounting. > > It > > > > > >seems that it tries about once every ten seconds. Why would this > > fail? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Sadly this has gone beyond my experience in troubleshooting NFS. I > > > > > >would investigate how to turn up debugging on the server to get > more > > > > > >descriptive errors about what is failing. > > > > > > > > > > > >I wish you lots of luck though! Let us all know how it goes. > > > > > >- Jake > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 05:31:07PM +0200, Warwick Bruce Chapman > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Howdy > > > > > >> > > > > > >>When I say sleep, I mean it does nothing more/freezes/dies. > > > > > >> > > > > > >>/var/log/messages says: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>Feb 25 19:16:26 krakatoa rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request > from > > > > > > > >>192.168.0.150:688 for /opt/ltsp/i386 (/opt/ltsp/i386) > > > > > >>Feb 25 19:17:06 krakatoa last message repeated 4 times > > > > > >>Feb 25 19:18:16 krakatoa last message repeated 7 times > > > > > >>Feb 25 19:19:17 krakatoa last message repeated 6 times > > > > > >>Feb 25 19:20:27 krakatoa last message repeated 7 times > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > I had a similar problem and never received an answer. I did > determine > > > > > > > this much. > > > > > > > > > > My server (Redhat 8.0) has 2 ethernet cards with 10 LTSP > workstations. > > > > > > > eth0 (10.0.0.X) was the LAN, eth1 (192.168.1.X) was the Internet > > > > > connection through DSL. Default routing (gateway) went through > eth1. > > > > > > > > > > If I turned off default routing, then the LTSP workstation NFS > mounted > > > > > > > quickly as expected. However, without a default route, we could not > > > > > > access the internet. > > > > > > > > > > If I turned on default routing, we could access the Internet. > However, > > > > > > > the NFS would start the described (see above) sleep like state during > > > > > > LTSP boot. The server would go from 95% idle to 20% idle. After > about > > > > > > > 90 seconds, the LTSP workstation NFS mounted and the LTSP workstation > > > > > > booted the rest of the way as expected. > > > > > > > > > > It looked like to me, that the NFS replies were being sent down the > > > > > wrong ethernet connection (eth1). After the server kernel timed > out, > > it > > > > > would switch to eth0 and LTSP workstation would get its reply and > > > > > complete NFS mounting. > > > > > > > > > > For now, we don't turn off the LTSP workstations unless we absolutely > > > > > > necessary. When we do, we just expect the 90 second delay before > LTSP > > > > > > > booting. > > > > > > > > > > Any insights would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Ken Cobler > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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