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Channel log from 28 March 2010   (all times are UTC)

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<jimcooncat>
has anyone used x2go? What do you think about it?
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<windmill>
Hello, My client computers don't seems to want to boot passes the initial ubuntu logo. I think my ltsp-build-client hasn't worked properly.... I don't seem to have an lts.conf should I?
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my dnsmasq.conf seems to point to a file called lts.conf but this doesn't exist
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Debian version: 5.0 (lenny), Installer build: 20090123lenny6
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<windmill>
anyone around?
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I get some warnings when running ltsp-build-client
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<moldy>
windmill: paste your config files
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<windmill>
moldy, which config files?
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<moldy>
windmill: all relevant ones
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windmill: at least your dhcp config
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<windmill>
I'm using dnsmasq
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<moldy>
windmill: also, do you get any error messages? do the systems just hang?
17:35
<windmill>
on my router
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<moldy>
windmill: then paste dnsmasq.conf
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<windmill>
I don't get any errors on the client they just stop at the ubuntu logo
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<moldy>
so, paste your configs
17:36
server-side log files are also interesting
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your dnsmasq.conf should not point to lts.conf, as far as i know
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so i guess you misconfigured something
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<windmill>
oh
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I'm running dnsmasq on my router and pointing to my server
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<moldy>
you said that already
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as i said before, we need your exact configuration to help
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nopaste the dnsmasq.conf file, make a screenshot, whatever
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<windmill>
ok, I'm just trying to get it, not as easy coz it's on my router
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ok, http://paste.ubuntu.com/404715/
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any clues?
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<moldy>
what kind are your clients?
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do they use pxe, or etherboot, or that ltsp stuff?
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<windmill>
just laptops
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pxe
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they boot ok
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load a kernel
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then stop
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<moldy>
i'd check the server-side logfiles, then the client kernel configuration
17:47
maybe you're missing a driver or something
17:47
do the clients reply to ping after they hang?
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<windmill>
good question
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<moldy>
if they do, install ssh in the client chroot and try to login to a client with ssh
17:48
you want to get at some kind of debug output from the client (e.g. dmesg)
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<windmill>
right
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I'm gunna run the ltsp-build-client again last time I got a warning that said debconf: (Failed to open fd 3: Bad file descriptor at (eval 22) line 3)
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this time I'll redirect output to a file so I can paste the warnings
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then I'll try what you suggest
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I have a feeling that it stops just after the kernel loads
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<moldy>
did you mount proc?
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<windmill>
moldy, should there be an lts.conf file in the i386 directory
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?
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<moldy>
ltsp-build-client itself throws that error?
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lts.conf is for customization, it is optional
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<windmill>
moldy, yes but it ends but saying it was sucessful
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<moldy>
that doesn't mean much
17:56
it would be interesting what exactly causes the debconf error
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<windmill>
the error goes something like
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debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Passthrough
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debconf: (Failed to open fd 3: Bad file descriptor at (eval 22) line 3)
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debconf: falling back to frontend: Noninteractive
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<moldy>
but i would put my priority on getting at debug output from a "running" client
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windmill: ok, that sounds normal
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i wouldn't waste time on ltsp-build-client at the moment. see if you can get ssh working.
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<windmill>
well, I can do much till ltsp-build-client finishes again
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<moldy>
you can abort it :)
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<windmill>
but I wouldn't have a proper set up? no?
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what do you call it
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the client os bit
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<moldy>
on my system, aborting it is fine
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it works in a temporary directory, iirc
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the clients boot the image anyway
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<windmill>
I'll see if I can boot the client now
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ok same thing, it stops at the ubuntu logo
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<moldy>
not surprising
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<windmill>
moldy, It's not responding to pings
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right, I've no clue what to try next
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the client gets it's address from the router, finds the tftp server, downloads the kernel. then the ubuntu logo pops up and every thing stops
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<moldy>
windmill: anything in the server log files?
19:44
windmill: i suspect that you are missing a driver or something. it would be worthwhile to test if other client hardware boots
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<windmill>
where are the logs?
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<moldy>
windmill: on ubuntu, in /var/log/*
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usually, /var/log/syslog, /var/log/messages, possibly a few others
19:45
if possible, i would test "known working" hardware
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<windmill>
don't have anything working
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<moldy>
well, do you have anything other than what is _not_ working?
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by other i mean other mainboards, mainly
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<windmill>
well I'm testing with two working laptop which can both pxe boot
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I'm having a look in the logs now
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<moldy>
pxe is not the problem here, i think
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i suspect that the hardware just doesn't work well with your client kernel (broken bios or something)
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but it's hard to tell without further information
19:48
activate the grub menu on the client system and boot it without the bootsplash
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so you see what is going on
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<windmill>
oh I've found something
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Mar 29 01:42:19 MPC avahi-daemon[575]: Invalid query packet.
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Mar 29 01:42:59 MPC avahi-daemon[575]: last message repeated 2 times
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Mar 29 01:42:59 MPC in.tftpd[32548]: tftp: client does not accept options
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<jammcq>
that's harmless
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the 'client does not accept options' message
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<windmill>
oh
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<moldy>
windmill: look for nbd errors
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<windmill>
can't find any nbd errors
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How do I disable the splash screen?
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<moldy>
i don't know. but i know it's possible. google.
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<windmill>
ok, I hit escape at the right moment
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I get
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No interface found! Aborting...
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ipconfig : eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
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ipconfig: no devices to configure
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<moldy>
looks like you might have a problem with your network card drivers
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<windmill>
oh
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<moldy>
find out which nic model your clients have and how to get it running on linux
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<windmill>
lemme just try the other laptop
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ok this one is different
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it get's an address
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then,
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Error: failed to connect to NBD server
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ok I don't really understand where NBD comes in
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<vagrantc>
NBD is how you get a root filesystem over the network, at least on ubuntu
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<windmill>
so not nfs then?
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<vagrantc>
ubunutu defaults to NBD
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debian still uses NFS by default
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<windmill>
ahh
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so what do I need to set up for NBD?
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<vagrantc>
grep nbdrootd /etc/inetd.conf
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<windmill>
vagrantc, I've found it
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2000 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/nbdrootd /opt/ltsp/images/i386.img
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seems right
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<vagrantc>
windmill: dpkg -l openbsd-inetd
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<windmill>
ok what am I looking at?
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is that not just showing me that inetd is installed
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?
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<vagrantc>
is it installed?
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<windmill>
it's listed
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<vagrantc>
dpkg -l '*inetd*' | egrep ^ii
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which inetd is installed?
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<windmill>
ii openbsd-inetd 0.20080125-2ubuntu1
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<vagrantc>
is it running?
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pgrep -l -f inetd
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<windmill>
1068 /usr/sbin/inetd
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<vagrantc>
sounds promising...
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<windmill>
so why can't the client see it?
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<vagrantc>
is the LTSP server also the DHCP server?
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<windmill>
no
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<vagrantc>
might be tring to connect to your DHCP server, then
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<windmill>
the router is the dhcp server
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ok
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what is telling it where the nbd server is?
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<vagrantc>
it should be using the next-server argument passed via DHCP
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forget what it's called in dnsmasq
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