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Channel log from 1 December 2010   (all times are UTC)

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<jimjimovich>
anyone know how to disable the system error "beep" on ubuntu ltsp? it's about 100 times louder than any other sound and scares people because it's so loud.
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<muppis>
jimjimovich, do you mean tha one what comes out from pc-speaker, not from soundcard?
00:42
<jimjimovich>
muppis: it comes out of the sound card
00:43
<muppis>
jimjimovich, have look from soundsettings?
00:43
<jimjimovich>
yeah, i have all system sounds turned off
00:46
<muppis>
Using some branded HW, like HP, Dell... ?
00:47
<jimjimovich>
muppis: no, it's on all the terminals, and they're all random generic PC parts
00:47
it makes the error noise, for example, when there is an error in the terminal (like if you're backspacing too far, etc)
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or if you hit "tab" to complete something and there's an error
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<alkisg>
jimjimovich: in gnome-volume-control there's an option to mute alerts
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<BenG>
I got my vserver based install of LTSP-5 almost completely working
00:54
one remaining issue is USB keys
00:54
I've seen there is some trouble with local devices in Squeeze
00:54
did anyone find the problem?
00:55
ltspfsmounter script looks sensible, but haven't a clue if it's working as meant to
00:56
I get a mount remote fs in /tmp/.<user>-ltspfs/usbdisksda1, but nothing in /media/
00:56
also the clean up doesn't work
00:57
<muppis>
BenG, there can be missing something. Take a look Ubuntu's script, as it works.
00:58
<BenG>
Debian packages are based on Ubuntu though
00:58
but yes, a good starting point would be to look at the differences
01:05
<muppis>
jimjimovich, did you get it disabled?
01:07
<jimjimovich>
muppis: got called away to another issue, will try now
01:08
<alkisg>
jimjimovich: there's no need to mute it, you can just lower its volume if you want from the slider there.
01:08
<BenG>
muppis, packages look identical, save for one file, which is purely documentation
01:09
<muppis>
BenG, bummer. Any mark of failing in logs?
01:09
<BenG>
no
01:09
also I don't have the system to hand, so it's very limited what I can now
01:10
I'm researching possibilities
01:10
do people has this working on both maverick and natty?
01:10
perhaps I'm missing a log file
01:11
I have syslog remotely logging on the server from each client, and I've looked at /var/log/ldm.log on the clients
01:11
<muppis>
Got Maverick installed at home, but my thins mb failed so I can't test right now.
01:11
<BenG>
anywhere else I should look?
01:11
<jimjimovich>
alkisg: you talking about the "Alert volume" slider?
01:11
<alkisg>
Yes
01:11
<jimjimovich>
for some reason, I can't even replicate the problem now
01:12
<alkisg>
cat sldkfjlskjd<tab><tab>
01:12
<muppis>
BenG, how about serverside logs?
01:12
<BenG>
what would log ltspfs though?
01:12
I'd love to see a direct output of ltspfsmounter as it ran
01:13
<jimjimovich>
alkisg: yeah, that's what I did before and it would beep, now it doesn't beep for me at all. Thanks for the info though, now I'll know where to start next time it pops up.
01:13
<muppis>
If there permission issue on server, then it logged on server. I think.
01:14
<alkisg>
jimjimovich: there's a mute button there, if you clicked on it then it's completely disabled
01:14
<BenG>
muppis, I have access to the logs from here
01:14
<jimjimovich>
alkisg: yeah, I see that, muted or not, and changing the volume, no beep. it's strange.
01:15
<muppis>
alkisg, do you know the trick for server without soundcard and Gnome?
01:15
<alkisg>
muppis: what trick?
01:16
<muppis>
alkisg, to mute that annoying beep..
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<alkisg>
muppis: it's a user setting, you can do that from any thin client
01:16
If you want to enforce a gconf default for all users, you can use gconftool-2 --direct etc
01:17
<muppis>
alkisg, I meant at console ofregular server, not just ltsp.
01:17
<jimjimovich>
okay, so i went to another terminal, and there, it beeps through the soundcard no matter if it's muted or not (and the volume control has no effect)
01:17
<alkisg>
muppis: you mean the pc speaker beep? That's a different problem...
01:17
muppis: disconnect the speaker? :D
01:18
<jimjimovich>
the problem is that the beep is incredibly loud, much louder than any other sounds on the speakers
01:18
<muppis>
alkisg, well.. HP service wont be happy then..
01:18
<alkisg>
jimjimovich: what about the *global* volume control? Does it lower that beep's volume?
01:18
<jimjimovich>
tried that too, and it doesn't have any effect
01:18
<alkisg>
muppis: no idea, maybe you can blacklist the pc speaker module
01:19
jimjimovich: then it's the internal speaker in your case too
01:19
It's not the soundcard
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<jimjimovich>
it's the speakers connected to the soundcard
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<alkisg>
jimjimovich: it's possible that the pc speaker gets directed through the soundcard
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<jimjimovich>
hmmm
01:19
<alkisg>
If the master volume has no effect in it, then that's what's probably happening
01:19
<muppis>
jimjimovich, onboard soundcard?
01:19
<alkisg>
Try removing the pc speaker module
01:19
<jimjimovich>
yes, onboard
01:20
i wonder if the bios has a way to turn it off. they are intel boards with atom processors
01:20
<muppis>
Propably not.
01:20
<jimjimovich>
how would you remove the pc speaker module?
01:20
<alkisg>
modprobe -r
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(locally on the client, not on the server)
01:21
<jimjimovich>
in the chroot then?
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<alkisg>
(i.e. you'd blacklist it on the chroot if that works)
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!SCREEN_02
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<ltspbot`>
alkisg: "SCREEN_02" :: to get a root shell on an Ubuntu thin client: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ClientTroubleshooting#Using%20a%20shell%20SCREEN
01:21
<jimjimovich>
ah, got ya
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<alkisg>
That's how to test if it works ^^
01:21
Then if you make it work from the command line, you blacklist it in the chroot
01:22
blacklist pcspkr or something like that
01:23
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/module-init-tools/+bug/77010
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<jimjimovich>
alkisg: yeah, it doesn't work to remove that mod. according to the bug you posted, that's what other people experienced too. it only silences the actual internal speaker (of which there is none, in my case)
01:36
<alkisg>
Strange, I'd expect that it doesn't allow port 0x61 output after that
01:37
(that's where the speaker sound is controlled from)
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<jimjimovich>
in the bug, people are saying that the beep still comes through speakers and headphones
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<alkisg>
I see. Then maybe some other module is responsible for that.
01:38
Try asking in #ubuntu
01:44
<jimjimovich>
alkisg: yeah, I'll ask over there. it's kinda crazy. pcspkr is actually disabled by default. also it's interesting that in screen 02, the beep is a different sound than in the normal ltsp environment
01:45
<alkisg>
Hmmm then it probably isn't related to your pc speaker
01:46
The local pc speaker beep is the one from screen_02
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<jimjimovich>
the screen_02 beep also comes through the speakers, but sounds more like a pc beep. the one in the full gnome interface is less annoying sounding but extremely loud
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<gnunux>
hi
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<BenG>
okay, question about usb keys, when the icon pops up on the gnome desktop showing you the key, how does it find it?
03:27
how does gnome know about the key?
03:35
<johnny>
because the client connects to the server and hooks up a directory in /media
03:35
and gnome knows about /media
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<BenG>
johnny, it's the "knows about" bit I want to understand
03:48
also wondering why I don't get proper mounts in /media
03:50
<johnny>
that's a gnome question, you'd have to read more about that
03:50
and also read about ltspfs
03:51
and possibly reading the source
03:53
<BenG>
yep, read the ltspfsmounter script this morning
03:53
looks like it should work :)
03:53
reading on the gnome-volume-manager for clues too, but might have the wrong end of the stick
03:54
or indeed completely the wrong stick
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<jimjimovich>
alkisg and muppis: I found the solution to the beep problem if you need it.
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<alkisg>
jimjimovich: well out of curiosity, sure, say it...
04:46
<jimjimovich>
need to add "set bell-style none" to /etc/inputrc in chroot (I did it on the server too)
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<jimjimovich>
or you can do "set bell-style visible" to get a visible indicator of the error
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<alkisg>
Isn't that for "readline" only? That won't affect GUI apps...
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<jimjimovich>
well, it works
04:48
no more beeps
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<alkisg>
ok, thanks for sharing
05:09
<elias_a>
Hello, folks!
05:11
A friend of mine has problems with HP Compaq D51S as thin clients: the user is spontaneously logged out of the session and returned to login screen. Any similar experiences?
05:14
My friend says that the logout occurs after 1-2 hours of use. All clients of this type behave in the same way. Other TC's work ok.
05:23
<alkisg>
cat ~/.xsession-errors...
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<bengreen_>
no way, there's other bengreen's on here
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<Gremble>
right
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<Gremble>
I was in earlier, running this squeeze install and having problems with ltspfs
07:00
I've now got some output for the errors I get
07:00
usb keys mounting on the desktop is the problem
07:00
they aren't finding their way to /media for a start
07:00
the longest output is about 6 lines
07:01
shall I put is here, or do you want a pastebin drop?
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<Gremble>
http://pastebin.com/pawsvyqx
07:07
well, there's a paste
07:07
so, each phase of ltspfsmounter fails with a different error
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<dgroos>
Hi
07:48
I've got a classroom set of thin clients (old p4's) using localapps for firefox.
07:48
It works great.
07:49
<mgariepy>
morning everyone
07:49
<dgroos>
I have made instructional videos for students to help them learn how to use different tools.
07:49
Howdy mgariepy
07:50
<highvoltage>
morning mgariepy and dgroos
07:51
<dgroos>
Flash and sound work great, the problem is that when a student plugs in a headphone, while sound comes out of the headphone, it *still* comes out of the speaker on the computer! This is distracting!
07:51
Morning highvoltage--kinda early out west there?
07:52
<highvoltage>
dgroos: 8:52
07:52
<mgariepy>
maybe you need to load the soundcard module with some option
07:52
<dgroos>
Hmmm I thought you were in western Canada...
07:52
<highvoltage>
dgroos: nope, east :)
07:53
dgroos: I favourited some instructional videos on youtube just yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/user/edubuntuproject
07:53
they're quite nice, just a pity about the bad sound quality
07:53
<mgariepy>
sometimes the card doesn't detect correctly when the headphone is plugged-in and doesn't mute the other channel.
07:53
<highvoltage>
dgroos: if any of yours are on youtube, let me know and I'll add it too
07:54
<dgroos>
mgariepy--I'll check into sound cards after school, thanks. Interesting that almost all google hits about sound issues seem to be from Hardy or earlier days...
07:55
highvoltage: Unfortunately I can't even check out those videos now as my district blocks youtube :( though can on cell :)
07:56
<highvoltage>
dgroos: heh, ok
07:58
<dgroos>
Here are 3 that I made for today--posted them on a wiki supplied to me by the district... http://wiki.mpls.k12.mn.us/groups/gcos/wiki/42568/FLE4.html They are not exciting but do what I need them to do.
08:01
mgariepy: do you have any favorite pages that explain the process of ltsp-soundcards-localapps-lucid? This one will be helpful, I believe: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man5/lts.conf.5.html
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<dgroos>
I wonder what percentage of school districts in US and other countries block youtube?
08:11
<highvoltage>
I guess quite a lot, considering just the amount of bandwidth it eats
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<mgariepy>
sorry dgroos i don't have documentation on soundcard i just remember we had a few problem back on interpid or something like that
08:13
<dgroos>
hmmm... I know that there are commands to find out one's soundcard and that I can find docs about finding and installing drivers, I'm just wondering how configure. Maybe I'll be back here after school :)
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<Mip5>
G'morning all - LTSP on 10.04, dual xeon 3 GHz, RAID1, 8 gb ram. I lost connection to the server doing a dist-upgrade to get the new kernels. I was able to get back in and ssh, but couldn't reconnect to apt-get session (didn't know how). I restarted, and ran dpkg --configure -a to resume.
09:22
It appeared to work, GRUB ncurses screen came up, I installed it on all 3 disks in the RAID, it appeared to successful. On a reboot, I'm stuck at the initramfs. Any ideas? TIA
09:25
<Gadi>
any errors before the initramfs prompt?
09:26
<Mip5>
Yes - one about udev, I think. Can I scroll back on this console screen, or should I reboot and look again (this happened last night)
09:28
<Gadi>
try shift-pageup to scrool
09:28
*scroll
09:29
<Mip5>
shift page up didn't do it, but I just remembered this: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/3 does not exist. Dropping to a shell.
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<Mip5>
That's a search string I put - uuid was long, and contained my unique blkid
09:30
<Gadi>
ah, seems initramfs is looking for a device that does not exist
09:30
and I doubt your uuid is actually 3
09:30
<Mip5>
yeah, sorry.
09:30
<Gadi>
do: ls /dev/disk/by-uuid
09:31
<Mip5>
No such file or directory found
09:31
I tried searching /dev/ for md* or disk* - no luck
09:32
<Gadi>
software RAID or hardware?
09:32
<Mip5>
Software
09:33
<Gadi>
ah
09:33
hmm...
09:34
have you tried loading an older kernel?
09:34
<Mip5>
no - but I don't even get to a grub menu - so I'm not sure how I'd do that.
09:34
<alkisg>
Press left shift while booting
09:35
<Mip5>
alkisg: I assume I'd hit shift after the scsi stuff?
09:35
<highvoltage>
or just keep it in all the way
09:35
<alkisg>
Mip5: when you see the white BIOS letters, press shift and keep it pressed
09:36
<Mip5>
ok - here goes - it takes a while....
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<Mip5>
It disregarded my pressing of the shift key. Here's the message: udevadm trigger is not permitted while udev is unconfigured
09:39
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: Boot arts (cat /proc/cmdline), check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough)
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<Mip5>
missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev
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<Mip5>
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/b4960a9-d5b5-44cb-b752-36118bd8035 does not exist. Dropping to a shell
09:41
<Gadi>
Mip5: I suggest you boot from a livecd, get the raid array mounted, chroot into it, and do a dist-upgrade
09:42
FYI: "dpkg --configure -a" will fix partially installed packages, but it will not finish a dist-upgrade
09:43
<Mip5>
Rats - I don't have a cd drive on this hardware, and I haven't been able to get it to boot from usb thumb drive. I have access to usb drive though (in another building). Is there no way to chroot into it from here (initramfs)?
09:43
<Gadi>
in the future, run apt-get dist-upgrade again after that
09:43
Mip5: only if you can get the chroot to load the proper drivers and recognize the disk
09:44
but, seeing as that is the problem to begin with....
09:44
:)
09:45
<mgariepy>
Mip5, don't you have an older kernel you can boot on the system ?
09:45
<Mip5>
Ah - okay - thanks. I'll go get the drive, and check in with y'all when I get back. Thanks *so* much for your help.
09:45
mgariepy: I don't know how to get to it. I don't get a grub menu, and holding down shift didn't seem to stall the process - I still got dropped to the initramfs shell (busybox)
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<mgariepy>
ok
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<Mip5>
Back in a bit - thanks again
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<Mip5>
Gadi: I'm back at the office. Which disk should I have with me when I get back to the server? Initially I used an alternate 10.04
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<Gadi>
you can probably use anything. maybe easier for you if it brings up a gnome desktop that automounts the drive
10:05
then, you can just open a terminal window and chroot into it
10:06
<Mip5>
so 10.04 desktop would do the trick
10:06
?
10:06
<Gadi>
I think so - bring both
10:06
:)
10:06
<Mip5>
ok!
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<alkisg>
Mip5: you can also use network booting if cd / usb won't work
10:12
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDNetboot#line-77
10:19
<Kyle__>
alkisg: For the base install? It works, but it is a bit of a pain, and depending on your connection, it can be painfully slow. (I did that before I tried LTSP).
10:20
USB is way way faster
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<alkisg>
Kyle__: no, for booting a live usb served from a different pc on the local network
10:29
E.g. if you want to install ubuntu on 12 netbooks, you can use that
10:30
Much much faster than usb, even for 1 netbook
10:30
It's so handy I've even scripted it into 1 single command ;)
10:31
*above I meant a live CD, not a live usb
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<Kyle__>
alkisg: That sounds like a nice trick. Care to share that script? I'd like to see it.
10:45
<alkisg>
Kyle__: sure, see the wiki link I pasted above
10:45
I put the script there - about 3000 downloads so far! :D
10:45* alkisg didn't expect so much traffic from a wiki page...
10:47
<Pweg>
Genius doesn't always go unnoticed :)
10:49
<alkisg>
:P
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<Mip5_>
Gadi: my machine is booting the desktop install now, I selected "Try" ubuntu, and am awaiting the desktop
11:17
Gadi: /dev/disk/by-id shows the bare drives in my raid array, and also shows the separate partitions. I don't see /dev/md0, which is my root partition. Not sure what to do next, but I'm thinking I'm going to have get mdadm going
11:19
Question for anyone - does an italicized / grayed out username indicate the user is offline?
11:22
<dberkholz>
in most clients that would indicate away
11:22
<Mip5_>
ok - thanks
11:22
<dberkholz>
the user wouldn't show up in the list if offline
11:22
<Mip5_>
Ah - that makes sense
11:22
<dberkholz>
try right-clicking on a user and see if it will show you an away message
11:27
<Mip5_>
Anyone have an idea of how to mount a software raid array from a live cd?
11:39
<Kyle__>
Mip5_: You need to make sure that the kernel has the software-raid drivers.
11:40
Mip5_: Modern kernels autodetect some (most? all?) types of mdadm devices, so if there are no /dev/md devices, you need to modprobe the drivers, or use a different live-cd.
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<Mip5_>
Thanks - what parameters should I use on modprobe?
11:42
<Kyle__>
Mip5_: It's been so long, I can't actually recall. Google for a linux-software-raid howto. Look for the kernel modules.
11:42
<Mip5_>
ok - thanks
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<evil_root>
anyone around here know anything about ltsp-cluster?
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<Mip5_>
Gadi: firefox crashed on my laptop... I've booted to a live cd. I apt-get installed mdadm, but haven't invoked it - how should I go about mounting my raid disks
12:05
someone suggested modprobe to have my server see the disks - not sure which parameters I should use with that... looking into it....
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<dsnetworx>
hi all
12:20
hi allust have some quick questions if any one is about
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<dsnetworx>
:)
12:23
all having lunch then :)
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<Mip5_>
lunch, huh? maybe that's a good idea.... I've been able to chroot into my old root on the raid, but apt-get dist-upgrade found nothing new to update. Since I'm not even seeing grub when I boot, I think the problem is there. Any ideas of what else to try?
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<dsnetworx>
;:P
12:38
sorry miss the first part what problem u seeing
12:43
U having problems getting the thin client to boot?
12:45
<alkisg>
!ask
12:45
<ltspbot`>
alkisg: "ask" :: Don't ask to ask a question, simply ask it, and if someone knows the answer, they'll respond. Please hang around for at least 15 minutes after asking a question, as not everybody constantly monitors the channel.
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<alkisg>
dsnetworx: ^^^
12:45
<dsnetworx>
lokl
12:46
dam cant type tonight
12:47
right my problem is, I have set up Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and running thin client all's working well but i need to setup shared bookmark and a default home page for all LTSP client accounts any ideas?
12:48
thanx Alkisg :)
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<alkisg>
That was answered yesterday here, so if noone wants to answer it again, you can search the logs, see the channel topic
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<dsnetworx>
lookinf over the logs now
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<Mip5_>
I've chrooted into my /dev/md0, my system root. Anyone know how to verify that GRUB is setup correctly?
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One other thing - when I was running 9.04 on this same box, (using old grub), I had a rootdelay=200 entry there so that the system would wait to see the root filesystem. I haven't had to do that since moving to 10.04, but I don't even know *how* to do that in GRUB2. Ideas?
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<cody_>
on a fresh install of 10.10 I get Error: failed to connect to NBD server, even though I can see it is spawning a nbd session on the server
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Any ideas?
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also tried deleting the client and rebuilding
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no one around? just idle? dang..
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<Mip5_>
I was able to add a rootdelay=200 to the line in /etc/default/grub, but when I tried to run update-grub, I get the error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev/ mounted?)
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Do I have to specifically mount /dev in this chrooted environment? I guess I'm confused. I thought I was running from the chroot, in which case, /dev (and the things I see there) are already available to the system. Any ideas?
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Gadi - you there? Any chance we can pick this back up?
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<alkisg>
rootdelay=200? Pause for 3 minutes before mounting the root file system?!
13:42
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#Recover Grub 2 via LiveCD
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<ogra_ac>
ugh
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<alkisg>
See how to mount /dev etc and chroot there
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<ogra_ac>
dont use rootdelay
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way obsolete
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just use rootwait
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<johnny>
ogra, obsolete rootwait and rename it to rootstandstill
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<Mip5_>
Thanks - so I'd swap out rootdelay=200 for rootsandstill (and not provide any other parameter)?
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<alkisg>
Mip5_: johnny was just joking
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The parameter name is rootwait
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<Mip5_>
oh - thanks,...
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<Mip5_>
btw - I want to make sure that my grub menu is showing. Should I comment out the lines that refer to HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0, HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true?
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<alkisg>
Read the wiki page I pasted above, it contains instructions for that
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<Mip5_>
sounds good - thanks
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: I've read the wiki and have been successful up until grub-install - I'm not sure how to specify this with my software raid disks. I tried using grub-install /dev/md0, and got the error (Attemping to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.
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alkisg: followed by embedding is not possible , but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array
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alkisg: I was able to execute update-grub after editing the /etc/default/grub file. Maybe that will do the trick anyway....
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<lauri>
Good evening guys
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<Mip5_>
evening lauri
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<lauri>
Are any of the LDM guys here?
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I am rather confused - who are exactly developing LDM and where is the "official" upstream? :P
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Are they Debian guys, Ubuntu guys or mostly who?
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: if you're still around, I'm still getting dropped to the shell (initramfs), but at least I'm now seeing GRUB. I guess I'll try to boot the previous kernel .... I'm happy to see GRUB, so this feels like some success (btw - same error as before can't find disk by-uuid - is the last error I see before the shell
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<Mip5_>
Booting to the other options doesn't seem to help. Given that it's saying it can't find disk-by-uuid-xxxx, should I try using the /dev/md0 instead?
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<Mip5_>
aslkisg: or anyone... I've got a grub menu, but it can't seem to find my disk for the root filesystem. CLI in GRUB is showing stuff with the same UUID, so it *looks* like GRUB is setup correctly. Any ideas?
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: or anyone, I've got it to boot into an older pae kernel recovery mode. I guess I can try to upgrade again, and hope that this time the kernel updates work. Any other ideas?
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<alkisg>
lauri: the credits are in the source, I believe, lots of guys have contributed to ldm, any specific questions?
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The official upstream is at launchpad
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http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/ldm-trunk/
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: I was able to get into the system using an older kernel, but running updates doesn't show any available. Any ideas on the next steps?
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<alkisg>
Mip5_: I'm not sure what your problem is. Was it the update?
15:45
Maybe asking in #ubuntu would be a better idea, as this isn't LTSP related
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Maybe also posting `sudo blkid` and `cat /etc/fstab` and `cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg` would also help
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<Mip5_>
okay
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pastebot:
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: can you remind me how to paste here?
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<alkisg>
!pastebin
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<ltspbot`>
alkisg: "pastebin" :: the LTSP pastebin is at http://ltsp.pastebin.com. Please paste all text longer than a line or two to the pastebin, as it helps to reduce traffic in the channel. Don't forget to paste the URL of the text here.
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: here's the link http://ltsp.pastebin.com/nmEfrmBZ (all 3 commands are in there)
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<alkisg>
Hmm... if you try /dev/md0, does it work then? But again, I think #ubuntu would be more appropriate for raid/grub problems.
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: do you mean use /dev/md0 in /etc/fstab?
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<alkisg>
No, to press "e" in grub and change the uuid with a device
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In the initramfs prompt, can you see the raid disk?
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<Mip5_>
I can't see /dev/md0, which is the raid disk, from initramfs
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<alkisg>
I've never used a software raid so I can't help you there, but trying to see the disk from the initramfs sounds like the way to go there. Try asking in #ubuntu or in #ubuntu-server.
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<Mip5_>
alkisg: - okay - thanks for your help. I'll try over there.
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<dgroos>
Good Afternoon!
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I'm trying to find the sound card on my thin clients (running local apps) and coming up empty.
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I tried typing in, both in the terminal and the local console: cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
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and either way it says, 'no such file or directory. yea, I'm not mr. CLI pro.
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any help?
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II'm working through the page at help.ubuntu.com/community/HdalntelSoundHowto
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*That page is: http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto
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<Gryphon_>
Hello everyone
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I have problem, I can get shell access but not GUI
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in my client
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I don't get any error message, what should be the problem.... I tried to change the resolution in server, and it is not working still
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70 users and no reply... :(
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<dgroos>
Another day...
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<alkisg>
Gryphon_: shell access where? On a thin client?
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distro/version?
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<Gryphon_>
yeah... I am trying from thin client
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<Gryphon_>
actually, when I change the screen_01 = shell, it works... but when I put startx in place of shell, it gives something, but not clearly in gui
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<alkisg>
What does it give you if you don't put anything in lts.conf?
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(in that case screen=ldm is used)
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And, which distro/version?
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<Gryphon_>
hmm.... I have not used actually...
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screen = ldm is not used, I mean
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<alkisg>
Try without an lts.conf
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And mention your distribution and its version
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<Gryphon_>
ltsp-4.1-0.iso
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this is ltsp version
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and centos server I am using
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<alkisg>
Ah. That's too old, noone uses it anymore
16:56
See the topic, ltsp 5.2 is the current version
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<Gryphon_>
hmm.... how can I update that one
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hmm... when I followed tutorial, it was about ltsp-4.1-0.iso :(
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<alkisg>
Probably that tutorial was from 2002 :D
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Some good documentation for ubuntu is in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP. I've no idea about centos.
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<Gryphon_>
hmm.... 2007 probably.. :D
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but, that download is from sourceforge.net and I guess it was the latest one :P
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<alkisg>
ftp://ftp.ulakbim.gov.tr/ltsp/docs/ltsp-4.1-en.html ==> Copyright © 2004 James A. McQuillan
16:59
In 2007 we already had years using ltsp 5...
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<Gryphon_>
hmmm.... yeah... that one
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actually, even this one seems to be more in detail...
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but, what should be the problem in my case.... I tried to fix it up changing the resolution.....
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<alkisg>
Really, almost noone here knows about 4.1
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It's much different than 5.2
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And the few dinosaurs that know about 4.1 don't participate much anymore...
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<Gryphon_>
alkisg, you are so funny...
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thank you for the document... actually, I have a document even with fewer info..
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and thank you for your help also....., I will be waiting for dinosaurs...
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hehe
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<johnny>
this isn't a typically active time for this channel
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it's usually only active during USA business hors, and you came at the end of that
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even though alkisg is actually greek.. it still works out that way
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err i mean it's activity period still ends at the end of business in the easy coast (EST).. it does start earlier tho..
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east*
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around 4am est..
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<Gryphon__>
I was disconnected while I was testing my server
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thank you alksig
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I am going now
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take care
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bye
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<Mip5_>
Hey Gang - just wanted to report on the issues of intramfs shell. I think the issue was that my new kernel didn't completely install, and the initrd file was corrupted. I was able to boot into an older kernel, and from there, reinstall the lastest kernel. That recreated an initrd file that worked, and I was able to boot to it. Thanks for the help. Peace.
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<korcan>
hello, anyone around?
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<vagrantc>
!question
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<ltspbot`>
vagrantc: "question" :: if you have a question about ltsp, please go ahead and ask it, and people will respond if they can. please also mention the linux distro and release you're using. :)
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<korcan>
I setup ubuntu 10.10 and I am trying to use ldap to auth... I can run getent passwd and the ldap users show up... when I goto login on the thin client it looks like it is working then it disconnects
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goes back to the login screen
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here is what /var/log/auth.log shows:
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Dec 1 18:44:11 ltsp201010 sshd[1619]: Accepted password for testuser from 10.1.1.100 port 44518 ssh2
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Dec 1 18:44:11 ltsp201010 sshd[1619]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user testuser by (uid=0)
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Dec 1 18:44:12 ltsp201010 sshd[1687]: subsystem request for sftp
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Dec 1 18:44:15 ltsp201010 sshd[1687]: Received disconnect from 10.1.1.100: 11: disconnected by user
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Dec 1 18:44:15 ltsp201010 sshd[1619]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user testuser
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any IDEAS?
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<Naruni>
any thoughts as to how well the via m'serv would hold up as a ltsp server? how many clients could a 1.6ghz 64bit cpu serve?
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<johnny>
depends on the clients
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it's really more about ram than anything else
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you want 256 + (192 * clients)
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<johnny>
of coruse.. that also depends on the workload.. that's a minimum there
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<Naruni>
well the thing can support 4gb ram, does a client not use much cpu time?
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i remember reading a page about selecting hardware, but cant find it now
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<johnny>
Naruni, well, it depends on your client hardware
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and which apps you can and will run locally
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Naruni, i use ltsp, but i had a different constraint
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<Naruni>
i might be setting up a server and clients for a car dealership
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<johnny>
the server machine was also the machine that ran the customer user data
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err
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worker user apps
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firefox, our pos app, sometimes openoffce
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<Naruni>
yeah probably the same stuff, only thing they use different is a win32 application that calculates loan payments and junk
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<johnny>
no.. i mean.. i had to run those apps on teh server
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so i do't really know what it actually looks like to run a normal ltsp setup :)
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<Naruni>
ok so if there are 3 clients all running firefox, the server has to be running firefox 3 times?
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<johnny>
with an unladen server.. no personal experience
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<Naruni>
ah i get it now
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<johnny>
in my case. .it would be 4 firefoxes :)
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it was the main computer at a coffeeshop
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and there wasn't much room for other server hardware to go.. just room for the 3 public internet terminals
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originally they were various donated pcs .. i ran through eight of those as more people kept donating
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i even had a gumdrop imac once
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<Naruni>
what were you using as a server?
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<johnny>
2gb ram (it's now 3gb) .. and some sort of dual core athlon
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x2 maybe?
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i don't really remember
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i never really considered the cpu speed to be the blocker (except in the case of flash.. FLASH IS THE WORST)
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so i started by trying to run firefox and flash locally on the client pcs
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<Naruni>
if you dont mind me asking, did you get paid to set this up? and did you have to ever service call
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<johnny>
since the music on the server would get skipped
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if the people on the terminals were watching youtube or whatever
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<Naruni>
yeah flash sucks
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<johnny>
so.. i had say .. 2 p3s witth 512mb ram and a p4 with 128mb ram :)
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err .. sorry .. 256.. not 128..
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i added 128 more..
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but.. it was still too much load on the server.. so with the tech budget i get, i saved up enough and bought 3 new dual core atom boxes (msi wind) and loaded em up with 2gb ram (it was only $15 more than 1gb)
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and now they run the os completely locally
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the server machine os only exists to serve up the images and save the client machine /home directories
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<Naruni>
yeah thats the kinda setup i want
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<johnny>
we call that fat client
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<Naruni>
those dual core atoms are pretty decent, but how are they running flash (youtube and such)
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<johnny>
you'd want 512mb ram on the clients for that
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ah.. just fine i think
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ram is really the problem..
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cpu speed not so much for that.. since everything atom was already 1ghz..
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and it matters more in ltsp when running things locally, as you don't want to use network swap if you don't have to
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in that case.. the server box can be really minimal
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<Naruni>
running the OS on the client... how does that happen?
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<johnny>
oh.. you asked how much i set it up for.. ah.. it's a business i'm coowner of
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<Naruni>
yeah im trying to get into that business 8)
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<johnny>
well in regular ltsp, you do run an os anyways.. just enough of one to be abl to connect to the server
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<Naruni>
oh nevermind not the coffee business
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<johnny>
coffeeshop?
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<Naruni>
stripclub
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j/k
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<johnny>
no.. i mean i coown the coffeeshop, i'm on the tech committee
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there are quite a few other owners
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i rarely ever get support calls
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<Naruni>
so on a client boot, does it call the DHCP server and get a pxe boot command? or does it boot into a OS stored on the client?
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<johnny>
at least once i switched to the new hardware..
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the first
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in both regular ltsp, and this
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this use the same base layer for what regular ltsp uses, it just adds more packages, and tells it to boot the local install
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instead of trying to connect to the remote server
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but it's still retrieved in the same way
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<Naruni>
interesting
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thank, gnight