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Channel log from 10 December 2007   (all times are UTC)

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<Big-K>
hi
06:40
could so help me booting my thin client?
06:41
<daduke>
Big-K: don't know yet, let's see. What's your problem?
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<Big-K>
ending up in ash
06:42
seems like nbd cannot mount the chroot
06:43
os is debian testing
06:43
do i have to configure nbd?
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<daduke>
Big-K: haven't used nbd yet, I'm on etch+tftp+nfs
06:45
<Big-K>
what version are u running?
06:45
aahh that 4.2 ifaik
06:45
<daduke>
Big-K: version of ....?
06:45
<Big-K>
ltsp
06:47
<daduke>
Big-K: vanilla etch, 5.0.39
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<Big-K>
hmmm
06:48
maybe I should try etch too
06:48
ltsp version is the same
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<Big-K>
daduke did u configure ltsp to use nfs?
06:49
or is it standard?
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<daduke>
Big-K: it's standard. Can you access https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/233 ? These are my install notes
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<Big-K>
thx
07:09
hmmm I thought nbd would be standard since ltsp v5
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<tuff>
hello. can someone tell me why is this line "env['DISPLAY'] = 'localhost:10.0'" in /usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter ?
08:30
<daduke>
tuff: afaik, nobody really knows. But it's accepted that it prevents localdevices from being mounted.
08:32
<tuff>
I just came to the same conclusion
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<daduke>
tuff: thing is, everybody recommends to kick it out, et voila, mounting works, but only for the first user (for me and many others). Do you also see this?
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<val_>
hello
08:39
<daduke>
val_: hi val_.
08:39
<val_>
how i can start nfs fo ltsp?
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<val_>
my log is "rpc unable to receive...."
08:39
<tuff>
daduke: you mean after the line is out mounting works just for first user?
08:40
<val_>
but portmap is availible
08:40
<daduke>
tuff: for my LTSP 5 on Debian etch, yes. I've seen many similar reports.
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<daduke>
val_: how about trying to mount NFS from another machine first? Easier to debug than the whole LTSP setup.
08:42
<tuff>
daduke: I am not any more near that server at the moment but I will test it.
08:43
<daduke>
tuff: ok.
08:43
<Munkie>
Is it "Dangerous!" to mount the filesystem rw? I want to compile the nvidia kernel module but as kernel is a different arch and I don't know about cross-compiling, I thought using modules-assistant from a running client might be the answer.
08:45
<daduke>
Munkie: if you just do it once from one connected client, you should be safe. Just make sure only one client mounts the fs. You also might have to circumvent the tmpfs overlay.
08:45
<val_>
daduke which pack i need install "unfs3 nfs-user-server nfs-kernel-server"?
08:46
<Munkie>
daduke: ok, thanks
08:46
<tuff>
daduke: we did a migration to ubuntu/ltsp-5 and local devices worked. Today I went to the client and noticed that local devices do not work. started to debug and arrived at that particular line. when I commented it out, mounting started to work on that terminal.
08:46
<daduke>
val_: which distro? nfs-kernel-server should be fine
08:47
<val_>
etch
08:47
debian
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<daduke>
tuff: ubuntu might be more up to date than etch. Maybe they fixed it already. But then, this line was still there...
08:48
val_: nfs-kernel-server
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<val_>
ok ltsp admin tell me: " nfs Yes Yes no"
08:49
<tuff>
daduke: I just remembered, just before leaving I popped the usb drive to another terminal and it also worked. This should count as second user, although I logged out from first terminal.
08:49
<daduke>
val_: iirc ltsp_admin is from an older ltsp version.
08:50
<val_>
<daduke> all greate
08:50
but it s jumping so crazly
08:50
<tuff>
the first user thing should come from that when ssh does X forwarding it sets the display to localhost:10.0 for first user on that machine
08:50
<daduke>
tuff: not sure about that, I think it's 'first of the logged-in users'
08:51
<tuff>
second user gets 11.0 and so on. So removing the line should actually make it work for all.
08:51
<daduke>
tuff: yeah sure, but even with this line gone it doesn't work for serveral users on several machines
08:53
<val_>
daduke modprobe: Fatal. Faild to open config file /etc/modprobe.devfs
08:53
may be some wrong in configs
08:56
<Gadi>
morning, guys. There is definitely that multi-user bug in the latest localdev stuff: You need to edit /usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter and comment out the line: that sets the DISPLAY env var to localhost:10
09:04
<tuff>
thanks for confirming that the line is the problem
09:04
gotta go now
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<daduke>
Gadi: we've been talking about this.. problem is, in my setup removing this line allows mounting per se, but multi-user mounting still doesn't work
09:08
<Gadi>
daduke: do you insert the USB stick *beore* logging in thru ldm?
09:08
when you test?
09:08
because I believe there is another line in: /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/ldm/rc.d/S10-delayed-mounter that needs changing
09:08
(add a "-X" to the ssh line there)
09:09
and, if you are on ubuntu, reroll the image
09:09
(ltsp-update-image)
09:09
<daduke>
Gadi: no, after logging in. I added the -X (it's necessary to correct for an ssh token that's gone). I'm on etch -> direct nfs.
09:11
<Gadi>
daduke: can you switch to a shell on the thin client and list the processes
09:11
see if there is an ssh process hanging after the big one
09:12
<daduke>
Gadi: sure, hold on a sec
09:14
Gadi: with or w/o USB stick plugged in? 'the big one' being what?
09:14
Gadi: w/o stick, there's no ssh process
09:14
<Gadi>
if you do: ps -ef|grep ssh
09:14
there should be 2 normally
09:15
then, when you plug in the USB
09:15
there should be a third for a few secs that goes away
09:15
unless it hangs
09:15
thats the one issuing the ltspfsmounter command
09:16
<daduke>
Gadi: ah wait, I disabled LDM_DIRECTX. I guess that why I don't have one.
09:16
<Gadi>
nah, you should still have
09:16
with or without LDM_DIRECTX
09:17
<daduke>
Gadi: ps -ef|grep ssh just shows me the grep line
09:17
<Gadi>
on the thin client?
09:18
<daduke>
Gadi: yup. I swear ;)
09:18
<Gadi>
do you use ldm?
09:18
<daduke>
Gadi: yup.
09:18
<Gadi>
and are you logged into a session?
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<daduke>
Gadi: got me there. No, I wasn't.
09:22
Gadi: sorry
09:22
<Gadi>
my bad
09:22
:)
09:23
once you login, you should have 2 ssh procs running
09:23
when you insert a USB, you should see a third
09:23
that should go away quickly
09:23
so, if you see only 2 that may be ok
09:23
but, if you see the third and it just sits there, then thats not good
09:24
<daduke>
Gadi: yes, you're right. 2 and ... one with ltspfsmounter
09:24
<Gadi>
does ltspfsmounter go away?
09:26
<daduke>
Gadi: I have to reboot to get things straight...
09:26
<Gadi>
ok
09:26
side question: do you have any problems with not being able to logout fully?
09:26
and needing to reboot the terminal to get back a login screen?
09:27
<daduke>
Gadi: nope, that's fine. Is it related?
09:27* daduke just checks again to make sure...
09:28
<Gadi>
it could be - I have one deployment atm that has that problem, and I have been trying to figure out what's gumming up the works - its quite bizarre - but prolly unrelated to your issue atm
09:29
<daduke>
Gadi: logging out works fine.
09:31
Gadi: ok, no stick -> 2 sshs, but it says 'ltspfsmounter all cleanup' in the second one already.
09:31
<Gadi>
thats for after you logout
09:31
it cleans up ltspfs mounts
09:32
<daduke>
Gadi: with stick -> don't see a third, maybe I'm too slow.. try again..
09:33
Gadi: ah, got it. /usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter. Gone again after 0.5 s
09:33
<Gadi>
ok, thats good
09:34
<daduke>
Gadi: now let me try on a second client...
09:34
<Gadi>
ah, gotta run to a meeting
09:34
brb
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<daniQ>
cliebow - ello
09:52
<cliebow>
daniq:Hi!! how goes ?
09:53
getting bigger>?
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<daduke>
Gadi: I'm on my way home, back in this channel in 30 min. Mounting on a 2nd client/user doesn't work, I don't see the ltspfsmount ssh, but I do see the volume icon of the first user (no access tho).
10:10
<daniQ>
cliebow - much bigger...it's amazing how much weight you can put on in 6 months..but i haven't doubled it size or anything so i think i'm still good. i keep thinking of manatee's .
10:10
<cliebow>
hahahha
10:11
leigh keeps thinking of you..
10:11
<daniQ>
cliebow - i am having some computer issues on the microcr*p side..something about spyware on the registry keys and i have been trying to get rid of it but it keeps poping up. something happened during the last power outage that made that side weird.
10:12
i miss leigh...maybe i'll call her at work and pester her with baby questions....
10:12
<cliebow>
i see..you have adaware and spybotsd there??
10:12
she would love to hear from you
10:12
<daniQ>
yes...we have some sort of spywear program and i use it regularly...
10:13
i hate it when the internet seems scary
10:13
<cliebow>
you might have to start in safe mode with f8 at bootup and run adaware/spybot
10:14
<daniQ>
i didn't know of you could look at it maybe over your x-mas break...i would use the ubuntu side more if the sound would work
10:14
i'd buy you as many coke's as you would want : )
10:15
and trade some gardening next year
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<cliebow>
sure..any time...we should upgrade to gutsy while we are at it...you donr need modem anymore right??
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<daniQ>
no i have DSL...whenever you have time...is gutsy brand new and full of funky quirks or had it been out for a few months
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<cliebow>
out for a couple months..
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<daniQ>
sounds good then....
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<sid>
Gadi: ping
10:35
<Gadi>
sid: pong
10:35
<sid>
Gadi: May I pm you?
10:36
<Gadi>
ok - but I don't put out on the first pm
10:36
<sid>
hehe
10:36
<cliebow>
daniq:still going to P.O.??
10:38
<daniQ>
no...she needed so much time from me and i really didn't want to lift all the heavy packages anymore. i might re-apply in a few years but i'll do it as a clerk not a PMR
10:38
i wish i had worked for leigh
10:38
<cliebow>
so far away..
10:39
<daniQ>
yes but a more understanding boss...not that i was in a bad situation but i felt like my main gardening job wasn't respected as a real thing
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<daduke_>
Gadi: I'm back.
10:40
<daniQ>
i left on good terms so i didn't close the door
10:40
<Gadi>
daduke_: welcome, welcome
10:41
<jcastro>
ogra_: around?
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<rjune>
Gadi !
10:41
<Gadi>
juney!!!
10:41
<rjune>
how goes it?
10:41
<Gadi>
it goes.
10:41
and by you?
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<cliebow>
leigh wasnt too struck on the organizational ability of "Diane"
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<rjune>
not too bad, I'm breathing
10:51
eating
10:51
<ace_suares>
!seen ogra
10:51
<ltspbot>
ace_suares: ogra was last seen in #ltsp 2 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes, and 13 seconds ago: <ogra> enjoy your evening :)
10:51
<rjune>
all that jazz
10:51
<ace_suares>
hi all !
10:51
<rjune>
I made pecan praline yesterday, that was apparently good.
10:51
<Gadi>
yum
10:51
<ace_suares>
rjune: where can I dowload ? :-)
10:52
I got a weird problem
10:52
on the thin client, gnome runs, but the panel bar can not be accessed, the menus won't open etc
10:52
on the server, it works better, but several panel apps crash on startup
10:53
Probably somethign stupid on my side, but has anyone heard about this problem ?
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<daniQ>
Cliebow - that was the most frustrating part...your wife is amazing and when i worked for her (1 time) everything was better and less stressful
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<ogra_>
jcastro:
11:09
jcastro: in seville at the guadalinex dev conference
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<johnny>
ogra_, howdy, i learned how to build deb packages finally, took me a few tries to make it work
11:09
got virtualbox working, and now am able to test stuff
11:09
had to patch the src for host 2.6.24 kernel
11:10
<ogra_>
for virtualbox ?
11:10
<johnny>
yes
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<ogra_>
the patch is in launchpad, i filed a bug with it last week
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<ogra_>
anyway, need to chane rooms here ... not sure i can come back (network wonky and IRC actually blocked)
11:11
see you guys
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<cliebow>
see ya
11:11
<ace_suares>
have fun ogra!
11:15
<jcastro>
ogra_: ok, i'll catch you when you return
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<jcastro>
ogra_: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/klibc/+bug/175324
11:16
someone found a rather nasty bug that breaks ltsp on gutsy with cisco switches with a feature enabled, just wanted to point it out to you
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<ace_suares>
hi
11:19
from the tc i can login but i can not click on any menu .. nothing happens.
11:19
on the server, all works well !
11:19
I expereince this with a normal account as well as an admin account...
11:20
gotta go now see ya later.
11:28
<vagrantc>
jcastro: i wonder if that's related to a problem i've been having ...
11:28
no, no... it happens much ealier
11:31
<Gadi>
vagrantc: hey, you got an ltsp5 setup handy to try something?
11:32
<vagrantc>
Gadi: just virtualbox
11:32
Gadi: what sort of something?
11:32
<Gadi>
ah, well, that might help
11:32
I am still trying to route out a problem at a client's and have been running various tests
11:32
all of which come up fishy
11:33
I have set it up so I can ssh to the thin client
11:33
if I ssh into the thin client, with the user logged in, I am trying to just execute: ssh -X -S <socket> <server> echo hi
11:33
and that keeps hanging on me
11:33
when, of course itshould not
11:34
I am trying to find out what's guming up my ssh socket
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<cyberorg>
Gadi, ssh -vvv -X -S <socket> <server> echo hi
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<Gadi>
cyberorg: yeah, it hangs trying to read from the socket
11:35
root@ltsp:~# ssh -vvv -X -S /var/run/ldm_socket_vt7_192.168.0.253 192.168.0.253 echo hi
11:35
OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5build1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
11:35
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
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debug1: Applying options for *
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debug3: ssh_msg_send: type 1
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debug3: ssh_msg_recv entering
11:36
very frustrating to say the least.
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<Gadi>
I can also ssh from another machine to the server with a control socket and everything is peachy
11:37
ah, wait a minute
11:37
I think I found something!
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<Gadi>
the date on the thin client is ahead of the one on the server
11:37
<cliebow>
hmmm
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<Gadi>
hmm
11:41
maybe thatsnotit
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<Gadi>
OMG!!!!
12:06
I found the problem!
12:06
xterminator....
12:06
*sigh*
12:06* Gadi needs to file a rather large BUG
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<lns>
Gadi, what with xterminator, that you had it installed?
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<Gadi>
lns: indeed - it was killing too much
12:18
now, maybe I had an older version or something
12:18
<lns>
hrm
12:18
<Gadi>
but, when I removed it - all is better
12:18
my users weren't able to logout
12:18
<lns>
veeeery interesting!
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<Gadi>
it would stop at the gnome background wallpaper
12:19
and get stuck
12:19
finally realized it was due to xterminator in the Xsession.d
12:19
moved that out of the way and presto!
12:19
<lns>
maybe xterminator killed a process too soon? I thought it was supposed to wait a specified amount of time before starting to kill stuff
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<Gadi>
took FOREVER to find that one
12:20* Gadi thinks it may have killed the master socket connections
12:20
<Gadi>
er, connection
12:20
<lns>
aahh, for the thin client connection itself?
12:20
<Gadi>
that would explain why I couldn't attach future procs to the master socket
12:20
and why things would hang
12:20
yeah
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<lns>
is the master socket supposed to be owned by a logged in user?
12:21
<Gadi>
I feel like I'm on "House"
12:21
that would explain all the symptoms
12:21
;)
12:21
<lns>
that's really weird to me..although i don't completely understand the scenario
12:22
you would think the ssh socket would be owned by someone other than a user that logs in after ldm is started.. ?
12:22
<Gadi>
well, in ldm Gutsy, we establish a master ssh socket first, before the session one
12:22
scotty calls it a "sentinel"
12:22
I believe
12:22
<lns>
ok
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<Gadi>
that's the one with LTSP_ROCKS in it
12:22
if you've ever seen that
12:22
<lns>
nope =p
12:22
not yet anyway
12:23
<Gadi>
well, at a thin client shell, do: ps -ef|grep ssh
12:23
after you log into ldm
12:23
you'll see it
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<lns>
k
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<Gadi>
anyhow, I think xterminator was killing the socket on the server end
12:24
even tho it was still open on the client end
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<lns>
aahh... therefore borking the session upon logout
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<Gadi>
so, sshd on the server was having trouble closing the socket
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<lns>
at that precise instant during logout and xterminator activates
12:25
<Gadi>
and, my removable media was broken bec udev on the client tried to send signals thru the broken socket
12:25
<lns>
ooo
12:25
<Gadi>
nah - it broke the session on login
12:25
but the second ssh session had already connected
12:25
and I waas using LDM_DIRECTX, so the session was fine
12:25
<lns>
xterminator activates on login too?
12:25
<Gadi>
(didnt rely on the ssh xproxy)
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<Gadi>
xterminator only runs on login
12:26
thru Xsession.d
12:26
<lns>
ooh
12:26
ok..confused with an earlier LP bug workaround
12:26* Gadi slaps head - it all makes so much sense now
12:26
<lns>
haha
12:26
good work!
12:26
<Gadi>
*sigh*
12:26
that one plagues me for weeks now
12:26
er, plagued
12:27
<lns>
wow, you had not-to-be-logged-out-users for weeks?
12:27
<Gadi>
yeah - they got used to cycling the power on the clients in themorning
12:27
er, morning
12:27
<lns>
oh man
12:27
hehe
12:27
<Gadi>
not that they were happy
12:27
:)
12:28
<lns>
iyou on gutsy?
12:28
s/iyou/you
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12:29* lns remembers "...in Gutsy ldm"
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<lns>
i thought i remembered a conversation last week w/moquist and he said xterminator isn't supposed to work on gutsy yet
12:30
maybe cuz of this ;)
12:30
<Gadi>
heh
12:30* Gadi should talk to moquist more often
12:30
<Gadi>
new years resolution
12:30
<lns>
=p~
12:31
<Janet32766>
help!? all my thin clients stopped booting, console login works, any guidelines on how to diagnose?
12:31
<lns>
Janet32766, what did you do?! =p
12:31
<Janet32766>
3 months with no reboot maybe
12:31
<lns>
j/k...but seriously, what happened last that might have caused different behavior?
12:31
so you rebooted and it started doing that
12:32
<vagrantc>
changes in hardware, software ...
12:32
<Janet32766>
no, haven't rebooted in 3 months, but other procs running on there are mission critical, so i can't reboot
12:32
no changes
12:32
<vagrantc>
also useful to know what linux distro and version you're running
12:32
<Gadi>
Janet32766: what distro?
12:32
<Janet32766>
seems like gnome doesn't come up
12:32
7.04 edubuntu server
12:33
<Gadi>
does gnome come up on the server?
12:33
<Janet32766>
i can drive in and reboot tonight, but 50 thin clients are down now at this school and the kids miss their screens
12:33
<Gadi>
log into the server and check your ip addresses - make sure they came up correctly
12:33
<Janet32766>
yes, console is fine
12:34
IP addrs haven't changed in ifconfig
12:34
<Gadi>
ps -ale|grep dhcp
12:34
on the server
12:34
<Janet32766>
dhcp3 is running
12:35
thin clients get IP,and boot login screen
12:35
<Gadi>
ps -ale|grep nfs
12:35
oh ok
12:35
then whats the problem?
12:35
<lns>
Gadi, i think she means it doesn't boot to LDM
12:35
just textmode login
12:35
<Gadi>
oh...
12:36
<lns>
Janet32766, can you verify that?
12:36
<Gadi>
brb
12:37
<Janet32766>
they just get a black screen after login
12:37
<lns>
Janet32766, define "after login"
12:37
is the graphical login coming up or no?
12:37
I.E. ldm
12:37
<Janet32766>
wait
12:38
graphical login workED, until the thin client hardware rebooted, then it stopped also
12:38
but screens came up black upon graphical login, when it did work
12:39
nfsd4 and 8 other nfsd procs are running
12:39
<vagrantc>
so it sounds like gnome isn't working
12:40
<Janet32766>
would that make graphical logins fail after hardware reboot?
12:40* vagrantc watches as apt's default of pulling in recommends downloads everything under the sun into the ltsp chroot
12:40
<lns>
yikes
12:41
<vagrantc>
Janet32766: if the terminals were rebooted without properly logging out, there may be processes running that mess up future logins
12:41
Janet32766: you could test by adding a new user and seeing if they have the problem
12:42* vagrantc nominates "user's not being able to log in with black screen" problem of the month
12:42
<lns>
hahah
12:42
<Janet32766>
there are 200 users, and all of them can no longer log in
12:42* lns votes in secrecy
12:42
<Gadi>
Janet32766: try: sudo ltsp-update-sshkeys
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<vagrantc>
Janet32766: can you create a NEW user, and try to log in with that user. if so, then maybe you have hung processes
12:43
for the OLD users
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<vagrantc>
Gadi's suggestion is also good
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<Q-FUNK>
re
12:46
<Janet32766>
and all seem to get this msg "GConf server is not in use, shutting down."
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<Gadi>
Janet32766: they get that msg where?
12:47
<Janet32766>
in /var/log/messages
12:47
<vagrantc>
on login, or on logout?
12:47
<Janet32766>
login
12:48
<vagrantc>
sounds like something very wrong with gnome
12:48
if you're getting messages like that when they log in ...
12:48
Janet32766: can you see if there are processes running as those users?
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<vagrantc>
and know which are logged in and which aren't?
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<Janet32766>
no user procs are active
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<Janet32766>
it is strange that the console boots fine
12:55
<vagrantc>
what do you mean by "console boots fine" ?
12:55
<Janet32766>
gnome
12:56
<lns>
Janet32766, you mean the server console..?
12:56
<Janet32766>
yes
12:56
<lns>
ok
12:56
have you been doing updates?
12:56* vagrantc is confused
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<Janet32766>
not recently
12:56
<lns>
vagrantc, she means sitting at the server itself gnome works
12:57
<vagrantc>
ah
12:57
<lns>
it sounds like something's borked at the chroot level..?
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<Janet32766>
i've tried to restart gdm, tftpd, nfs.... anything else?
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<vagrantc>
sshd ?
12:58
openssh-server
12:58
<Gadi>
Janet32766: sudo ltsp-update-sshkeys
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<vagrantc>
Gadi: if it's logging those gconf messages after each login, it would seem that ldm is connecting and logging in ...
12:59
so i don't think it's the ssh keys ... though if those messages aren't actually happening at each login, it certainly could be ssh keys.
12:59
<lns>
what about kernel inconsistencies? could you have done an update where you have different kernels running on the chroot as you do on the server?
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<vagrantc>
lns: not relevant
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<lns>
oh
13:00
<Janet32766>
ok, i did restart on ssh , and issued ltsp-update-sshkeys.
13:00
<lns>
ok i'll shuttup =p
13:01
<vagrantc>
Janet32766: just to be clear, you get a graphical login screen, and after attempting to log in, you get a black screen?
13:01
Janet32766: and the gconf messages appear in /var/log/messages ?
13:01
<Janet32766>
yes, but then when i hard booted the devonIT thin clients, i no longer get gui login
13:01
yes /var/log/messages
13:02
Dec 10 13:58:52 tma gconfd (roccod-16615): GConf server is not in use, shutting down.
13:04
i'd reboot, but the school is running asterisk phone system on server, and it is very busy, and sometimes the eth# interfaces swap on reboot and i can't ssh in remotely..
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<scrapbunny>
i am having a problem killing runaway childsplay apps. could anyone tell me what to type in terminal? I have tried sudo killall childsplay and sudo killall python /usr/share/childsplay/childsplay.py and sudo kill with the id number i got from htop
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<cyberorg>
scrapbunny, kill -9 or killall -9
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<Gadi>
scrapbunny: are they zombie?
13:15
cant kill a zombie
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<scrapbunny>
some are zombie so i guess i will do a server restart
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<vagrantc>
Janet32766: when you say "no longer get a gui login" do you mean a login screen, or when users log in, they it doesn't complete?
13:18
<scrapbunny>
thanks all
13:19
<Janet32766>
seems that vmlinuz is hanging while loading
13:19
it doesn't seem to be physical network issue, as *gulp* the microsoft pc's are working
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<vagrantc>
Janet32766: if it's not even booting a kernel, how do you get messages after login?
13:21
Janet32766: please, always start at the beginning ...
13:21
<Janet32766>
i'm off site, so all i can to is look at logs and get user reports on phone, but some of the terminals that haven't been power cycled have GUI logins on them, and get the dconf server is not in use msg on attempt
13:21
<Gadi>
oh....
13:21
lol
13:21* Gadi guesses your eth ports got swapped
13:21
<Janet32766>
gadi: no
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<Gadi>
Janet32766: you can ignore clients that havent rebooted
13:22
they're whole OS is stale
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<Janet32766>
gadi: i wouldn't be able to ssh in, nor would VOIP phones on network work
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<Gadi>
Janet32766: perhaps you can pastebot your dhcpd.conf file and the output of ifconfig
13:23
!pastebot
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<ltspbot>
Gadi: "pastebot" is The LTSP pastebot is at http://pastebot.ltsp.org. Please paste all text longer than a line or two to the pastebot, as it helps to reduce traffic in the channel. A link to the content will be pasted in the channel.
13:25
<ltsppbot>
"Janet32766" pasted "dhcpd.conf" (55 lines) at http://pastebot.ltsp.org/394
13:26
"Janet32766" pasted "ifconfig" (28 lines) at http://pastebot.ltsp.org/395
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<Janet32766>
how often do production LTSP shops recommend reboot? (i guess 90 days has been good for us...)
13:29
<Gadi>
Janet32766: also, in /var/log/syslog, are there messages when thin clients make the DHCPREQUEST?
13:30
<Janet32766>
y, w
13:30* vagrantc has had LTSP servers running for over a year without reboot
13:32
<Gadi>
Janet32766: and add the following line to dhcpd.conf:
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<Gadi>
next-server 192.168.1.1;
13:33
inside your subnet decl
13:33
then restart dhcp
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<Gadi>
also, when you get a chance, whats the output of: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
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<ltsppbot>
"Janet32766" pasted "syslog grep -i dhcp" (6 lines) at http://pastebot.ltsp.org/396
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<Janet32766>
gadi: next-server added and dhcpd3-server restart'ed, tc's still no boot, stuck loading vmlinuz
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<Gadi>
Janet32766: were the ifaces always eth0 and eth2 on the server?
13:45
<Janet32766>
gadi: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward = 1
13:45
yes on eth0/2
13:46
gadi: and both ifaces seem to work, VoIP phones on 192.168.1.1 subnet working fine, as are microsoft clients
13:46
<Gadi>
iptables -t nat -L
13:47
is there a POSTROUTING rule there?
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<ltsppbot>
"Janet32766" pasted "iptables" (23 lines) at http://pastebot.ltsp.org/397
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<Janet32766>
i'll restart firehol
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<Gadi>
well, this would affect the VOIP and MS clients, but you can try taking down the firewall and rebooting the clients
13:51
(at least to test)
13:51
<Janet32766>
does my iptables pastebin look like it has problems?
13:52
<Gadi>
not sure - you have lots of proying going on - maybe for the IP phones?
13:52
the MASQUERADE line is so your MS boxes can get out to the internet
13:53
your server is playing role as router + NAT fw
13:53
<Janet32766>
yes on MASQ. no thin-clients makes the kids mad, no VoIP would make the school admin mad :)
13:53
<Gadi>
right
13:53
can you pastebot: iptables -L
13:53
(those are the regular rules)
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<ltsppbot>
"Janet32766" pasted "iptables -L" (236 lines) at http://pastebot.ltsp.org/398
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<Gadi>
whoa!
13:56
<Janet32766>
thank you firehol :) honest, it's been working for 3 months!
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<Gadi>
are you sure firehol is not blocking tcp traffic from the thin clients?
13:57
or maybe bandwidth shaping for the VOIP phones?
13:57
maybe its slowing down the download of the kernel
13:58
to QoS the VOIP traffic
13:59* Gadi wonders what iptables looked like pre-reboot
13:59
<Janet32766>
only QoS is on separate router, tc's get DHCP, wouldn't that imply that it's TCP is clear?
14:00
uptime: 14:59:36 up 85 days, 7:51, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.06, 0.01
14:00
<Gadi>
DHCP = tcp/67
14:00
TFTP is different
14:00
up 85 days?
14:00
I thought you said you rebooted?
14:01
<Janet32766>
i can reboot tonight, but not now due to VoIP phones
14:01
<Gadi>
right - but you said this all happened after a reboot
14:01
*started happening
14:02
<Janet32766>
if i power cycle *thin-clients*, i no longer get GUI login
14:02
<Gadi>
oh - and when did that start happening?
14:02
<Janet32766>
3 hrs ago
14:02* Gadi picked a hell of a day to stop sniffing glue
14:02
<Janet32766>
for no known reason
14:02
<Gadi>
ok
14:03
<Janet32766>
any way to make sure tftpd is working?
14:03
<Gadi>
and VOIP goes through the same server and the same switches and such
14:03
<Janet32766>
yes
14:03
as do DHCP requests
14:03
for TC's
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<Gadi>
netstat -anp|grep :69
14:04
tftp = udp/69
14:04
you are not blocking udp with your firewall are you?
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<Janet32766>
not that i know of. nothing major has changed in months
14:05
<Gadi>
well, I have never seen some of your dhcpd.conf params
14:05
take out: option boot-server "ftp://192.168.1.1";
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<Janet32766>
that is required for Polycom phones
14:06
<Gadi>
ah, ok
14:06
I figured
14:06
nm then
14:06
<Janet32766>
netstat -anp|grep ":69" = udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:69 0.0.0.0:* 6101/inetd
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<Gadi>
that looks fine
14:07
and you didnt change any firewall settings, huh?
14:08
hmm....
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<Gadi>
and both eth0 and eth2 are static IP?
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<Janet32766>
no, but i did have users getting reporting gnome errs last couple wks, i'd mv their .* settings and it would start working. yes, both static
14:10
<Gadi>
maybe there's just too much traffic being pumped through the switch
14:10
with VOIP+kernel d/l
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<Janet32766>
thanks for your effort, i'll reboot tonight and report
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<Gadi>
Janet32766: sorry couldnt be more help -> you should know that VOIP and X are two very bandwidth hungry folks
14:21
when the pipe gets choked, weird things can happen
14:21
especially since LTSP uses a mounted filesystem on the thin client rather than a ramfs
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<lns>
has anyone had issues using OOo Writer/Presenter and the Picture gallery, locking up LTSP clients? (Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64 w/i386 chroot)
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<lns>
I've had a whole class doing a lesson with OpenOffice Writer, and when each one of the 35 students went to drag/drop pictures from "Tools -> Gallery" into their document, it locks the terminal.
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<jammcq>
helloooooo
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<lns>
jammcq, I am alone in a chan full of slackers ;)
18:07* lns kills troll with sword
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<ari_stress>
morning everyone
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<lns>
'evening ari_stress
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<ari_stress>
:D
18:42
how's life lns?
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<lns>
ya don't hear that much in #ltsp! =p It's going well ari_stress, how bout you?
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<ari_stress>
lns: i'm in pretty much headache setting up printing in ltsp5 feisty
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<ari_stress>
i attach a printer to client1, from client1 i can print to it, but from other clients/server i cannot print. error message: host busy, will retry in 30 secs
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