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


Channel log from 20 September 2013   (all times are UTC)

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<jammcq>
hey all
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<pscheie>
Good morning all
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<jammcq>
hey pscheie
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<pscheie>
hi there jammcq
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I'm psyched about coming out for BTS!
13:40
<jammcq>
cool. looking forward to it
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<pscheie>
I think that rather than you folks in the rental van contorting your schedule to accomodate me, it will be eaiser for me to just fly to BGR.
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And then carpool with anyone else flying in there or renting my own car.
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<jammcq>
that's fine. at this point tho, you'll be the only one
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<pscheie>
That's okay, not a big deal.
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The cost is about the same, and this way I don't have to get up at 3am.
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<pscheie>
What have you heard from stgraber or highvoltage?
13:48
They usually come through BGR so perhaps I can carpool with them. If not, that's okay, too.
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<jammcq>
they are flying to BOS
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I don't know if highvoltage is coming
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highvoltage: ping
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<highvoltage>
japong
14:53
ja<tab>
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pscheie: stgraber is going, I'll have to skip this year
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<stgraber>
pscheie: simpoir and I will be flying to BOS this year but still need to figure out how to get to SW Harbor from there since neither of us have driver's license
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<rbassett>
Hi folks, trying to boot an old VIA system using LTSP
15:07
Encountering the following message just after TFTP stage:
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"This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae cx8 cmov"
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Last time I used LTSP was 4.1, the VIA system booted fine back then
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Are the any repositories of pre built LTSO kernels that I could just download?
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<pscheie>
stgraber, are you going to ride with jammcq in the rental van from BOS?
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<stgraber>
pscheie: probably not, jammcq said it'd already be full at that point, so looking for someone who also gets into BOS and can rent a car/van from there to BTS and back
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<stgraber>
pscheie: oh, actually just got an e-mail from Jim saying he'll rent a 12-passenger van in BOS
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so yeah, Simon and I will be on that one
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<workingcats>
rbassett, you could boot another system with the current kernel, then get the config file from /proc/config.gz, and simply change the processor setting and recompile the kernel
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well, usually the config is in /proc/config.gz. i would assume all "normal distro" kernels do that
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<rbassett>
where is the source of the ltsp kernel stored on the server file system?
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<workingcats>
dont know
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i think the answer is "depends"
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<Hyperbyte>
workingcats, 'change the processor setting'?
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<workingcats>
Hyperbyte, in the kernel
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make menuconfig
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*for
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<Hyperbyte>
Ah
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rbassett, there is no "LTSP kernel"
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LTSP uses regular kernel from the distro it is installed with for the clients.
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That's also why you're not going to find a source for the kernel, it simply uses the binary packages.
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So you can compile your own kernel in the LTSP chroot and copy the binaries to /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/
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Or you can use a distro/version that does not require cmov
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<Hyperbyte>
You could actually use a completely different distro for the client, as long as the LTSP version for client and server match somewhat. ;-)
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<jammcq>
hey friends
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<stgraber>
hey jammcq
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<jammcq>
hey stgraber
15:40
got your email
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<Guest58988>
new to LSTP. got PXE working. However, wondering how to connect via a windows OS workstation. Is it ready out of the box, or do I need to cofigure something?
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I'm thinking PUTTY SSH X session, but I've never done that.
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<Guest58988>
I see some information that i can RDP (With windows Remote Desktop) diretly to my LTSP server. Is that true?
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<vagrantc>
you would need to set up xrdp
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though that's not really speific to LTSP- you could install that on any computer
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Guest58988: you're talking about conecting to your LTSP server from a windows machne?
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LTSP thin clients can also connect to an RDP server, such as windows using xfreerdp or rdesktop
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<pscheie>
vagrantc, are you coming to BTS?
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<Guest58988>
Thanks @vagrantc. In the ubuntu 12.04 standard install of LTSP, i would then need to setup xrdp? I'm talking about connecting from windows to LTSP.
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<Guest58988>
wow. I installed xrdp, and connected, in about 2 minutes. Super easy. Thanks linux developers of the world!!! (specifically LTSP and xrdp!!!!)
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<vagrantc>
glad it worked for you
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<other_ot1er_joe>
Anyone have any experience with NFS tuning specifically in relation to ltsp they wanna lay on me?
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anything contrary to normal ltsp tuning practices perhaps
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<Hyperbyte>
other_ot1er_joe, are you using NFS instead of NBD?
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Or are you just using NFS for the home dirs?
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<other_ot1er_joe>
I'm talking the home directories specifically
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I am using NFS instead of NBD though
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for now
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at least
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It's just easier to fiddle with while it's running. Once I setting on a hard config though I'll probably move to NBD
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settle\
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<other_ot1er_joe>
speaking of NBD, can anyone school me a bit on NBD vs NFS in terms of fault tolerance?
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I'm trying to make things as highly available as possible
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<alkisg>
xnbd supports fault tolerance with multiple servers etc
19:52
But all that doesn't matter since ssh doesn't
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It doesn't matter much if your client stays up after your session dies...
19:56
<other_ot1er_joe>
right
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I was actually wondering about the need for a master socket actually if I'm using fat clients
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<alkisg>
With SSHFS or with NFS?
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<other_ot1er_joe>
nfs
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<alkisg>
With NFS /home (using FSTAB_1 in lts.conf), it's only there for authentication + remote apps
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<other_ot1er_joe>
right
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ldm spawns the sesssion and authenticates
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but then the session remains
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<alkisg>
Right, so if you're not using remote apps, you don't really need the socket
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<other_ot1er_joe>
so could I safely use LVS and drbd or something to keep the NBD connection alive in case of failure?
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<alkisg>
What about /home/username?
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<other_ot1er_joe>
they're on a seperate drbd mirror
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just for them
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homes I mean
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<alkisg>
So you're not using NFS for /home, but DRBD?
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<other_ot1er_joe>
on no, they're still mounted via nfs
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drbd just keep the two boxes mirrored
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keeps\
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I have, at this time, 1 server handling tfp, dhcp, and the ltsp image, and a seperate pair of servers just for /home
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<alkisg>
And NFS works fine with 2 synced servers?
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<other_ot1er_joe>
well, in theory. I've not yet tried to failover
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the threads will probably all hang
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since nbd uses tcp/ip though, I was wondering if I should have the same concern
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the single ltsp server I'd like to ultimately mirror and put behind an LVS gateway
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I think
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<alkisg>
I don't think that NBD supports load balancing/failover, but I think both XNBD and DRBD do
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But if you manage NFS failover, you could just use that for root too..
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<other_ot1er_joe>
True. I was hoping to use NBD eventually because it's faster
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Apparently
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Not at the cost of high availability though I guess
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<alkisg>
NBD is compressed, which makes for 2.5 times the speed,
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(well actually squashfs is,)
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...but you can compress 2 times with btrfs... as long as it's still served compressed over the network...
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...and it has less metadata... so even with the same compression NBD is still faster than NFS, but at least not that much
20:11* alkisg is reading http://www.pnfs.com/
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<other_ot1er_joe>
hmm, that's interesting
20:12
thanks
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<alkisg>
Btw, if your clients have local storage, you can cache the nbd image locally on them
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<other_ot1er_joe>
I was considering that
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to sd flash
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are there any params I can put in the lts.conf to quickly acheive that or do I have to figure my own way?
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<alkisg>
!local-nbd
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<ltsp`>
Error: "local-nbd" is not a valid command.
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<alkisg>
Meh I don't remember how I named that factoid...
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<other_ot1er_joe>
haha
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!
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<alkisg>
The initscripts already support local-mounted NBD image, and then you only need a script for the syncing part
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<other_ot1er_joe>
can I just dump all factoids somehow? I would mind reading them all :)
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<alkisg>
!local-boot
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<ltsp`>
local-boot: If you want LTSP fat clients on a low-speed network, you can put i386.img on e.g. C:\Boot\LTSP\i386.img and use this command line in pxelinux.cfg: APPEND ro initrd=ltsp/i386/initrd.img init=/sbin/init-ltsp root=/dev/sda1 rootflags=ro loop=/Boot/LTSP/i386.img; IPAPPEND 3
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<other_ot1er_joe>
I could just add the sync script to ltsp-init I suppose
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sweet, thx
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<alkisg>
np
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Do share when you do it :)
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<other_ot1er_joe>
haha, will do. Thanks for all the pointers btw. I really appreciate being able to come somewhere and ask for advise
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<Hyperbyte>
!alkisg
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<ltsp`>
alkisg: The LTSP oracle. Our beacon of hope in the world of LTSP. With the guidance of this divine emperor, we shall prevail.
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<other_ot1er_joe>
!local-boot
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<ltsp`>
local-boot: If you want LTSP fat clients on a low-speed network, you can put i386.img on e.g. C:\Boot\LTSP\i386.img and use this command line in pxelinux.cfg: APPEND ro initrd=ltsp/i386/initrd.img init=/sbin/init-ltsp root=/dev/sda1 rootflags=ro loop=/Boot/LTSP/i386.img; IPAPPEND 3
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<matthias_android>
Im running Ubuntu 12.04 fat clients and having the poweroff bug. The computer stops at checking battery state and does not continue powering off
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