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Channel log from 29 July 2015   (all times are UTC)

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14:12
<brianr_>
Good Morning All!
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<brianr_>
I just set up a new LTS instance on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, it works very nicely for our purposes. However I have one issue right now, and that is that the thin client's hostname is being generated randomly and not using DNS
14:13
i have googled ... but cannot quite find a way to force it to lookup the address
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<brianr_>
anyone?
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<Faith>
brianr_, what order is on the chroot client /etc/host.conf ?
15:32
brianr_, verify if it is: order bind,hosts
15:33
<brianr_>
ah it is hosts, bind
15:35
<Faith>
try to change to bind,host
15:35
bind,hosts *
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15:38
<alkisg>
brianr_: are you using ipappend 3?
15:38
<brianr_>
yes
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<alkisg>
Then the client is not making a dhcp request
15:38
So it's not receiving its DNS
15:39
Why are you using ipappend 3, do you have a router as the dhcp server?
15:40
<brianr_>
i am using an external DHCP server
15:40
it is not the LTS box
15:40
<alkisg>
Can you modify it to include bootname etc?
15:41
<brianr_>
you mean, assign the hostname via the DHCP config?
15:42
<alkisg>
For dhcp, you can either modify your existing dhcp server or use proxydhcp + ipappend 3 in the ltsp server
15:42
You're doing the second option, and that prevents the client from getting a dns name etc
15:43
You can assign the hostname in the dhcp config too, yes
15:43
But only if you stop using proxydhcp
15:43
And of course you can also set HOSTNAME=xxx in lts.conf
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<brianr_>
this is our second lts box, the other one is ubuntu 13.10 and it uses the same dhcp server, but is pulling the correct hostname
15:52
it isnt using ipappend
15:53
<alkisg>
LTS = Long Term Support, LTSP = Linux Terminal Server Project
15:53
<brianr_>
i just removed ipappend from the new box and re-ordered the host.conf and it is still assigning a random hostname
15:53
<alkisg>
So one is using ipappend 3 and the other doesn't?
15:53
What are the contents of host.conf?
15:53
I.e. how are you setting the hostname?
15:54
<brianr_>
i am expecting the hostname to be set via DNS
15:54
order bind,hosts
15:54
multi on
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<brianr_>
gonna try changing the DHCP server config
15:57
<alkisg>
I don't understand how DNS will set the hostname without DHCP
15:58
If you're not using IPAPPEND 3, then the udhcpc client at initramfs does a DHCP request
15:58
In the reply, there's a DNS name, that the client writes to /etc/hostname
15:58
No reverse DNS lookups anywhere...
15:59
I don't see how your 13.10 LTSP box would work without DHCP hostnames either
16:01
<brianr_>
so, the clients hit a DHCP server, but DHCP is all reservations. Each thin client has a hostname in DNS and is given the cooresponding IP based upon their mac address
16:07
hmm adding the option host-name didnt help
16:07
to the DHCP config
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<alkisg>
Do you mean that you have configured the DHCP server to do DNS lookups?
16:08
Then ok, that can work. What are the contents of this file on the client?
16:08
/var/cache/ltsp/net-eth0.conf
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This is the file that contains the DHCP data
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(including the hostname)
16:13
<brianr_>
only the apv4 address, netmask, gateway, rootserver, and rootpath are populated
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<brianr_>
that is with ipappend not set
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<alkisg>
What's the output of `cat /proc/cmdline`? Does it have an ip=xxx stanza?
16:15
<brianr_>
yep
16:16
has the ip, gateway, mask, boot server
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not seeing the DNS servers ...
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<alkisg>
Then ipappend 3 is in effect
16:17
You didn't manage to remove it from the correct pxelinux.cfg/default, probably...
16:17
Without ipappend 3, you shouldn't be getting an ip= stanza
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<brianr_>
here is a typical stanza for my DHCP server for the thin clients
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host tc01 {
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hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00;
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fixed-address 192.168.1.1;
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next-server 192.168.2.1;
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option root-path "/opt/ltsp/i386";
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filename "/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.0";
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}
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on our DNS server there is an entry for tc01
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matching the fixed address here ..
16:21
when clients boot to existing 13.10 box, they get the real hostname on the login page, not the random ltspxxxx that clients get when they hit the new box
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<alkisg>
Is the 13.10 box an ltsp client?
16:22
Also, note that you're still using ipappend 3, which is surely an issue
16:22
Solve that certain problem first, then check if other problems still exist or not
16:23
<brianr_>
ok, so i should remove ipappend 3
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<alkisg>
Yes
16:25
<brianr_>
when i set that i put it in /etc/ltsp/update-kernels.conf and then ran update-kernels, so by removing it i am commenting it out and runnning update-kernels again ...
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<alkisg>
Directly edit /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default
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Once you get it working, then try it with update-kernels.conf
16:26
Because it's a bit tricky...
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<brianr_>
i see there they are all set to ipappend 2
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<alkisg>
(07:16:13 μμ) brianr_: has the ip, gateway, mask, boot server
16:28
==> that's ipappend 3, not 2
16:28
ipappend 2 is BOOTIF=xxx
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The end result is that when you boot the client, you won't see an ip=xxx entry in the /proc/cmdline
16:29
About your DHCP+DNS configuration, I think you're using "get-lease-hostnames true;", which should work fine without ipappend 3.
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<brianr_>
use-host-decl-names is on yes
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<alkisg>
...I'm writing one thing and you're reading another :)
16:39
<brianr_>
if in the pxelinux.cfg/default if ipappend is set to 2 , where is it pulling 3 from?
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<alkisg>
If you're sure you've set it to 2, then maybe it's getting it from another path, e.g. /srv/tftp instead of /var/lib/tftp
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Try adding a fake parameter, e.g. foo=bar, in pxelinux.cfg/default, to verify that you're editing the correct file
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<brianr_>
well, i commented out ipappend and the thin client wouldnt boot
16:41
<alkisg>
And with ipappend 2 it booted?
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<brianr_>
nope , now nothing is booting
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<alkisg>
It is not booting at all, or are you getting and initramfs shell?
16:43
*an
16:43
<brianr_>
shell
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<alkisg>
Then you have 2 dhcp servers
16:44
cat /tmp/net-eth0.conf will tell you the ip of your rogue dhcp server
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or, ipconfig -n eth0
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(in initramfs)
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<brianr_>
nah it pulled from the right dhcp server
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<brianr_>
nbd-server : requested export not found ..
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<alkisg>
brianr_: did you actually see the contents of /tmp/net-eth0.conf in the initramfs?
17:08
ROOTSERVER there was correct?
17:09
What are the contents of /proc/cmdline now? Maybe you edited something wrong, e.g. root=/dev/nbd instead of root=/dev/nbd0?
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<brianr_>
nbd server is sort of flaky ...
17:29
we are back where we started from
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<alkisg>
Nah, I think we just have communication issues :)
17:32
As long as you have ip=xx in your kernel command line, you didn't manage to remove ipappend 3.
17:32
And ipappend 3 isn't required for booting when you have one dhcp server
17:33
That's your issue, try to solve it
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<brianr_>
ahh so ... when ndb-server crapped out i rebooted
17:35
well first i ran /usr/share/ltsp/update-kernels and lts-update-image,
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then rebooted ...
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now pxelinux.cfg/default shows ipappend=3
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<alkisg>
Again, edit it manually first
17:37
I don't know how to continue if you're not reading what I'm suggesting...
17:37
I think I'd better pause until you manage to figure out how to manually remove ipappend 3, without running ltsp-update-kernels etc.
17:37
<brianr_>
just comment out ipappend=3 in pxelinux.cfg/default ?
17:37
<alkisg>
Yes (for the 4th time... :-/)
17:38
<brianr_>
update kernels?
17:39
<alkisg>
No
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<brianr_>
drops to initramfs
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<alkisg>
Change ipappend 3 to ipappend 2 and reboot the client
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Uncomment it
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<brianr_>
still dropping to initramfs
17:56
default ltsp-NBD
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ontimeout ltsp-NBD
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# This file is regenerated when update-kernels runs.
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# Do not edit, see /etc/ltsp/update-kernels.conf instead.
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label ltsp-NBD
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menu label LTSP, using NBD
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kernel vmlinuz-3.16.0-45-generic
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append ro initrd=initrd.img-3.16.0-45-generic init=/sbin/init-ltsp quiet splash root=/dev/nbd0
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ipappend 2
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<alkisg>
It's a dhcp issue
17:57
On the client, check /tmp/net-eth0.conf
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And run `ipconfig -n eth0`
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And before those, just `ip a`
17:58
You either have wrong dhcp server configuration, that doesn't reply properly when the client identifier is udhcpc, or you have another rogue dhcp server
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<brianr_>
there is no net-eth0.conf ... its a symlin to /run and it isnt there
18:00
but there is a dhcp-info.conf and all the info in there looks good, cept there isnt any referenceing the boot server
18:01
well, there is siaddr which is the LTSP box
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and /proc/cmdline has no ip=, just a bootif
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<alkisg>
What does `ipconfig -n eth0` tell you?
18:03
Does it return rootserver=the ltsp server?
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<brianr_>
yup
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<alkisg>
The udhcpc script generates dhcp-info.conf
18:05
Then it translates it to net-eth0.conf
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So if net-eth0.conf isn't there, it can't boot
18:06
Try to remove quit-splash. What is the last error message that you see?
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!quiet-splash
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<ltsp>
quiet-splash: to disable the splash screen in Ubuntu, in order to see any boot error messages, run sudo gedit /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default and remove quiet splash plymouth:force-splash vt.handoff=7
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<alkisg>
You can also try to manually run /scripts/init-premount/udhcpc in the initramfs, and then check for net-eth0.conf again
18:08
In the end, /run/net-eth0.conf should have the correct ROOTSERVER for nbd-server to pick it up
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I.e. the ltsp server's IP
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<brianr_>
running udhcpc yields RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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<alkisg>
That's just a warning, ignore it
18:10
Check the files
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<brianr_>
net-eth0.conf is now populated and everything looks good
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<alkisg>
Try removing quiet-splash and watching for the last error message
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<brianr_>
setting up nbd-client .... negotiation: .. Error: server closed connection
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then it runs /scripts/local-premount which of course has some i/o errors
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because nbd0 isnt there
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<alkisg>
In the place where quiet-splash was, put nbdroot=1.2.3.4
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replace with your ltsp server's ip
18:20
Aaaah another possible issue
18:20
What's the value for ROOTPATH?
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And, what are the contents of /etc/nbd-server/conf.d ?
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<brianr_>
putting nbdroot= didnt work, but it gives a different error
18:21
insufficient information to se up nbd
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*set
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<alkisg>
Do answer the previous 2 questions, I think those are the issue...
18:23
And, which ubuntu version is this one?
18:23
14.04?
18:23
<brianr_>
14.04 yep
18:24
root path on dhcp server is /opt/ltsp/i386
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<alkisg>
head -n 1 /etc/nbd-server/conf.d/*
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<brianr_>
rootpath in dhcp-info.conf is full path to /opt/ltsp/images/i386.img
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<alkisg>
That's the issue
18:26
It needs to be the same as the header in nbd-server/conf.d/ltsp_i386.conf, e.g. [/opt/ltsp/i386]
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Otherwise it can't locate the correct export
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<brianr_>
==> /etc/nbd-server/conf.d/ltsp_i386.conf <==
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[/opt/ltsp/i386]
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==> /etc/nbd-server/conf.d/swap.conf <==
18:27
[swap]
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<alkisg>
So, dhcp issue, fix the rootpath in your dhcp server
18:27
Set it to /opt/ltsp/images
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<brianr_>
so, would ipappend hide the fact that the dhcp and nbd paths were not the same?
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<alkisg>
Yes, it makes it default to /opt/ltsp/i386
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Since it doesn't get it from dhcp then
18:43* alkisg waves
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<brianr_>
damnit , nbd-client netgotiation error server closed connection
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derp
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<STV>
anyone can help me on installing and configuring LTSP on Ubuntu 15.04 , i cannot find any guide in the internet
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