IRC chat logs for #ltsp on irc.libera.chat (webchat)


Channel log from 5 October 2017   (all times are UTC)

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10:00
<sebd>
Hello, we found out that our debian 9 LTSP amd64 fat client chroot got 2 problems : /etc/timezone was not created and the ssh service was not registered with systemd. Purging and reinstalling openssh-server fixed this.
10:01
I am not sure whether this is a problem with ltsp-build-client or our specific server setup.
10:57
<alkisg>
Not many people use ltsp-build-client nowadays, maybe try the mailing list or a bug report in debian...
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12:24
<sebd>
what do people use ? A standard debootstrap in a chroot then installation of package ltsp-client ?
12:29
<alkisg>
!ltsp-pnp | echo sebd
12:29
<ltsp>
sebd ltsp-pnp: ltsp-pnp is the recommented method to install and maintain LTSP for "usual" setups. Since it doesn't involve chroots, it requires little to no command line to maintain it. It automatically supports both thin and fat ltsp clients. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ltsp-pnp
12:29
<alkisg>
!ltsp-manager | echo sebd
12:29
<ltsp>
sebd ltsp-manager: LTSP Manager is a GUI tool that makes LTSP maintenance easy. It's the recommended way to install LTSP in common setups. More info: http://wiki.ltsp.org/wiki/Ltsp-manager
12:30
<alkisg>
So no chroots at all
12:30
The server root is a template for the clients
12:32
There are so many methods to create chroots and VMs that there's really no point for ltsp to maintain an additional one
12:33
And, we have an `ltsp-update-image --cleanup` phase and an "init-ltsp.d" boot phase to configure ltsp, so no need for additional ltsp-build-client handlers...
12:53
<sebd>
I am so oldschool
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16:03
<bennabiy>
alkisg: Do you have any experience with LTSP server run from a headless server with a graphics card installed, but not hooked up to a monitor ?
16:03
<alkisg>
bennabiy: what's the difference then? :)
16:03
I had servers that teachers removed the monitors, sure
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16:03
<bennabiy>
alkisg: well, I need the graphics processing power, but am not going to have someone running from the server directly
16:04
<alkisg>
I'm not sure what you mean with "graphics processing power"
16:04
How is this going to reach the clients?
16:04
<bennabiy>
for thin clients
16:04
<alkisg>
opencl apps?
16:04
Thin clients don't get server-side acceleration at all
16:04
In any case
16:04
<bennabiy>
possibly
16:04
ah
16:05
<alkisg>
Well,unless you do something custom with virtualgl
16:05
But not in standard ltsp
16:05
And that would only be for 3d...
16:06
<bennabiy>
Basically, we are upgrading our lab, and are going to be putting the server in a closet because of the noise, but would like to make sure that it is going to provide for all the clients hooked up
16:06
<alkisg>
Well you don't care about graphics, only about cpu and ram
16:06
Check cpubenchmark.net
16:07
And make sure your server has more score than N*client cpu
16:07
Your clients are so old that you use them as thins?
16:07
<bennabiy>
I am looking at a dual Xeon X5660 with about 128-144GB Ram
16:07
my clients are N280 atom
16:08
Hp 5742
16:08
<alkisg>
score?
16:10
<bennabiy>
286
16:10
Accordingly, the Xeons would be the equiv of 54 thin clients
16:10
with ram to match
16:11
<alkisg>
cool
16:11
<bennabiy>
I am pretty hard on the system though, and so I account for me using up many resources but I do not want to affect the lab
16:11
<alkisg>
and how many clients?
16:11
<bennabiy>
We have 5 right now, but are possibly going to have up to 12 with some power users
16:12
Not a classroom environment
16:12
more of an office
16:13
On a server like that, would it make sense to run the lab within a VM from it?
16:13
I have done it a couple different ways, but am still not settled on which way is best
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16:14
<bennabiy>
My current lab is an i5-2600K with 14.6GB Ram and we max that out pretty easily
16:17
<alkisg>
I only use VMs for servers when I need snapshots
16:17
Otherwise,if backups are OK, I use real installations
16:19
<bennabiy>
I am planning on having the whole thing on ZFS, but I also plan on running VMs on it, but the lab does not need to participate in that, so I thought I would just put the lab in a VM as well, which could make for me migrating to newer distros easy, because I could get the new one going and then just a quick switchover would have clients rebooted to new lab
16:20
ZFS makes for good snapshotting
16:27
I am going to try a remote install on a machine I already have and see how it performs. (with the onboard graphics etc)
16:29
<mmarconm>
my server is a intel i3 with 4gb ram :) 30 fat clients 10/100 with hubs =(
16:29
running ltsp and ldap server
16:30
<bennabiy>
I use LDAP as well
16:30
we are looking into fat clients, but at the moment we have many thin clients available, and they suit most people's needs
16:31
clients are Atom N280 with 2GB ram, and as a fat client, they would run pretty slow
16:31
<alkisg>
bennabiy: I think in your case I would use thins with localapps
16:31
<mmarconm>
bennabiy good, for me with a 4gb of ram server its impossible to run in thin client, and 10/100 ethernet speed as well
16:32
<alkisg>
mmarconm: can't afford a single switch?!
16:32
<bennabiy>
Yes, I have Gig ethernet to each client
16:32
<mmarconm>
alkisg, how i explain, governemant do not have money to afford
16:33* mmarconm <bennabiy> Yes, I have Gig ethernet to each client "jealous"
16:33
<alkisg>
OK, although buying one switch to get clients 10 times faster...
16:33
<mmarconm>
yes, and turning the server 100/1000 too
16:33
<bennabiy>
localapps works pretty good, is there a way to specify certain apps for localapps on all clients?
16:33
<alkisg>
The server probably is already gigabit
16:33
<vagrantc>
hard to imagine an i3 that doesn't have gigabit
16:34
<alkisg>
bennabiy: yes, man lts.conf, there are settings for that
16:34
<mmarconm>
alkisg, when i boot above 4 machine at same time i got a error, its possible to controle the boot time ?
16:34
<bennabiy>
vagrantc: Hi!
16:34* vagrantc waves
16:34
<alkisg>
mmarconm: what error?
16:34
Hi vagrantc
16:34
<mmarconm>
let me see
16:34
<bennabiy>
How is LTSP and Stretch?
16:34
<mmarconm>
i took a picture of that
16:34
<alkisg>
mmarconm: you should be able to boot all clients together
16:34
<vagrantc>
bennabiy: admittedly, probably rougher than i'd like
16:34* alkisg tried NFS + overlayfs in ubuntu 16.04 raspberry pi, it worked ok...
16:35
<alkisg>
Kernel 4.10 if it makes a difference
16:35
<vagrantc>
bennabiy: i haven't had a real lab for years, so ... i can test on my little virtual lab, but it doesn't get the testing it used to
16:35
<bennabiy>
vagrantc: understand!
16:35
<vagrantc>
alkisg: overlayfs, or overlay fs ?
16:35
<bennabiy>
I was considering moving the lab to it, but then thought against it
16:36
<mmarconm>
alkisg, uploading the image
16:36
<bennabiy>
I was just going to do a test install on Jessie (ish) system
16:36
<mmarconm>
alkisg, https://imgur.com/a/TDWqp this error, if i try to boot 2 or 3 machines above
16:36
<alkisg>
vagrantc: the kernel one
16:36
<vagrantc>
bennabiy: don't mess with jessie at this point ... just use stretch, which released a few months ago
16:37
<mmarconm>
Lubuntu 16.04 x64
16:37
<vagrantc>
alkisg: i've not seen it work in ages
16:37
<bennabiy>
vagrantc: well, I have a VM with a Jessie equiv running on smartos which I was going to test
16:37
<vagrantc>
alkisg: well, it works well enough to be annoying ... e.g. some files write, but some don't
16:37
<bennabiy>
not for production
16:38
lunch time, then launch time!
16:38
<vagrantc>
bennabiy: well, there are lots of known bugs in jessie's ltsp :P
16:38* bennabiy waves
16:38
<bennabiy>
ah
16:38
then I will just need to do an Ubuntu variety
16:39
<vagrantc>
rkwesk has been testing ltsp on debian lately and updating the wiki page a bit
16:53
<mmarconm>
vagrantc, did you seed the pic ?
16:53
any idea whats is this error ?
16:54
<vagrantc>
mmarconm: do you have multiple dhcp servers? is it sometimes getting the wrong dhcp response?
16:55
mmarconm: e.g. it's trying to connect to nbd-server on your router rather than your LTSP server
16:56
<mmarconm>
vagrantc, hunmnm i have other dhcp server yes
16:57
<vagrantc>
mmarconm: are you using "ipappend 3" in pxelinux.cfg/default ?
16:58
<mmarconm>
vagrantc, i didnt any config about this option in pxelinux.cf/default
16:58
its a default config
16:59
i will open the virtual machine here, has the save config thats i use on my lab
16:59
<vagrantc>
mmarconm: default config is ipappend 2
17:00
mmarconm: so it's something you'll want to change
17:00
<mmarconm>
vagrantc, what this ipappend 3 doees ?
17:00
<vagrantc>
mmarconm: it passes the dhcp settings received on the initial dhcp request on to the kernel, and doesn't make a second dhcp request
17:01
!ipappend
17:01
<ltsp>
ipappend: o temporarily solve DHCP problems in the initramfs, try putting IPAPPEND 3 after the APPEND line in /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default. More info: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#IPAPPEND_flag_val_.5BPXELINUX_only.5D
17:01
<mmarconm>
thank you, i wll change on lab later and tell you if works
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17:02
<vagrantc>
mmarconm: once you change it there, you'll need to change it in another place to make sure it sticks
17:02
!update-kernels.conf
17:02
<ltsp>
Error: "update-kernels.conf" is not a valid command.
17:04
<mmarconm>
ltsp-update-kernel ?
17:08
<vagrantc>
well, you need to edit update-kernels.conf
17:09
but first, test that editing pxelinux.cfg/default actually solves your issue
17:09
if it already has "ipappend 3" then you have a different issue
17:10
<mmarconm>
vagrantc, nope, ipappend was 2, now i will change to 3 to see if the issue continues =)
17:15
<vagrantc>
do not run ltsp-update-kernels after manually editing it
17:15
just reboot a client
17:18
<mmarconm>
ok
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21:12
<Ghostdog>
Hello, I have followed the instructions to install LTSP-Manager using Ubuntu MATE.( Steps 1 to 5). Am a bit stuck in terms of how I install the client software?ware
21:14
<vagrantc>
Ghostdog: you install whatever software you want on the server
21:14
Ghostdog: then you use ltsp-manager to build an image out of your installed server
21:16
<Ghostdog>
OK I guess thats step 4 (/Update image: create the virtual disk for the clients)?
21:16
<vagrantc>
sounds about right
21:17
<Ghostdog>
Do I need to copy the image from the server and install the image on the client workstation?
21:17
<vagrantc>
typically no, they just boot off of the network
21:18
<Ghostdog>
the client workstations are Windows XP, so do I need to install the client image first?
21:19
<vagrantc>
you just need to configure PXE boot in BIOS
21:19
<Ghostdog>
ok
21:19
Appreciate your help.
21:20
<vagrantc>
might also be called network boot, etc.
21:21
<Ghostdog>
ok, thanks for that
21:21
<vagrantc>
!pxe
21:21
<ltsp>
pxe: Preboot execution environment boots computers using a network interface and image. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
21:21
<vagrantc>
!ipxe
21:21
<ltsp>
ipxe: iPXE is the successor to the etherboot/gPXE project, and can be used to netboot clients that don't have a NIC ROM with a PXE stack. To add it to grub, see !grub-ipxe. To add it to the Windows boot loader, see !win32-loader. To download floppy, CD or USB images, visit http://ipxe.org or install the ipxe package.
21:22
<vagrantc>
you can use ipxe if your bios doesn't have built-in network boot ... but most computers have it these days
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