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


Channel log from 30 May 2019   (all times are UTC)

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18:17
<alkisg>
Heh, I installed debian in a laptop, went to a trip, whoops, firmware missing for the wifi card. Meh, thankfully I also had windows to download the .deb :D
18:17
<mwalters>
ops
18:20
<alkisg>
Which of those sound better? ltsp-kernel, ltsp-image, ltsp-initrd, ltsp-config... or ltsp kernel, ltsp image, ltsp initrd, ltsp config?
18:21
And, /etc/ltsp/client.conf (previously lts.conf) or /etc/ltsp/ltsp-client.conf? I can't say I like that extra ltsp- there, even though the man page should be man 5 ltsp-client, I guess...
18:21
*man 5 ltsp-client.conf
18:21
<mwalters>
so there'd be an 'ltsp' executable that you pass commands to?
18:22
<alkisg>
Yup
18:22
I already support both of those methods; it's just a question for packaging at this point, what users would prefer
18:22
<mwalters>
not sure I care from an end user standpoint for the first part... for the second one, the extra ltsp- seems pointless
18:22
(for the conf)
18:22
/etc/ltsp/client.conf seems fine
18:22
<alkisg>
Great, i like that answer, ty :)
18:23
<mwalters>
:)
18:26
<vagrantc>
alkisg: if we manage to ship commandline completions that handle the subcommands, then "ltsp" seems better.
18:26
and even without, then it can be on a TODO list to ship the commandline completions ...
18:27
<alkisg>
vagrantc: would the users know to `man ltsp-kernel` for ltsp kernel?
18:28
<vagrantc>
alkisg: git manages to make "man git commit" work as expected
18:28
commandline completions again
18:28
or rather, not as expected, but as useful :)
18:28* vagrantc was quite surprised
18:29
<alkisg>
Great then, less packaging work, we won't have to ship the /usr/sbin/ltsp-kernel => /usr/share/ltsp/ltsp.sh symlinks :)
18:29
I even made ltsp-initrd-bottom work that way, as an "ltsp applet"...
18:30
ltsp.sh sources all generic functions, then the applet, along with vendor/user overrides etc, so the final applet code is minimal
18:31
E.g. this is ltsp-initrd, which creates ltsp.img: https://github.com/eellak/gsoc2019-ltsp/blob/master/ltsp/applets/initrd/55-initrd.sh
18:32
Btw, ltsp config dnsmasq --options will need 3 words, but I guess that's ok too
18:33
<vagrantc>
alkisg: this is just creating the stuff appended to the initrd, not the whole initrd?
18:33
<alkisg>
Right, we don't touch the original initrd
18:33
<vagrantc>
so it's really not creating an initrd... not a big deal, but a bit of a mental disconnect for me
18:35
<alkisg>
vagrantc: ehm, how so? It's a .cpio.gz file, an additional initrd, that is added to the file system that the client sees
18:35
<vagrantc>
alkisg: in my mind, an initrd is a complete initrd ... this is more of an initrd add-on.
18:35
alkisg: like i said, not a big deal
18:36
but someone might get the idea they only have to pass that part of the initrd or something...
18:36
<alkisg>
The client init ram disk is comprised from 2 cpios; one the stock one, one the ltsp and the user code
18:36
<vagrantc>
right, i get that
18:36
<alkisg>
Oh, he'd have to run ltsp config ipxe or something, it wouldn't be adviceable to try a simple pxelinux etc
18:37
<vagrantc>
it's not a technical disconnect, it's more of a mental image about what "ltsp initrd" generates.
18:37
<alkisg>
So as to make it work with uefi and all
18:37
Any better name for it? ltsp client?
18:37
<vagrantc>
not really, hence not a big deal and documentation can solve it
18:37
<alkisg>
As it zips the client code into that additional initrd?
18:38
Btw, ltsp-update-kernels (and update-kernels) created pxelinux and all,
18:39
now we need ipxe.efi, ipxe.lkrn, boot.ipxe, grub.efi etc, things that usually are created once, then the user may manually edit boot.ipxe,
18:39
...does that sound like an "ltsp config ipxe" command, or a separate "ltsp ipxe" or "ltsp tftp --ipxe" command?
18:40
It might be possible to use just syslinux or just grub in the future, but the initial version will use ipxe (+grub only for booting 32bit clients under uefi)
18:42
<vagrantc>
from what you mentioned, grub.efi is the only thing that makes "ltsp config ipxe" not quite make sense
18:43
<alkisg>
and memtest, and whatever else we might want to put there as the default;
18:43
while the user then can manually add entries for netbooting cds or whatever, by reading the wiki
18:43
that grub is just a helper for ipxe, it doesn't get a real menu
18:49
<vagrantc>
alkisg: i'm leaning towards "ltsp config ipxe" given that it's primarily setting up ipxe related files
18:50
<alkisg>
Thanks; I was thinking that all the other ltsp-config commands create configuration files for the server, while this messes with TFTP, like ltsp-initrd, ltsp-kernel etc, so ltsp tftp or something sounded a bit better to me... but just a bit
18:51
<vagrantc>
it's kind of a coin toss, really
18:52
except when you start thinking about https boot
18:52
then ltsp tftp ... well ... :)
18:52
<alkisg>
Well, ipxe will always be downloaded via tftp
18:53
The kernel/initrd is another thing
18:53
<vagrantc>
yeah, those are all the things that spring to mind on the matter :)
18:53
<alkisg>
man ltsp kernel ==> works, yey
18:53
<vagrantc>
nice to get it "right" on the first go, but also sometimes just have to pick something and run with it :)
18:54
<alkisg>
I think I switched from 'ltsp kernel' to 'ltsp-kernel' to sourcing, to executing... about 6 times so far :D
18:54
I think I got the best version now; I'm _almost_ sure :P
18:54
<vagrantc>
heh
18:56
<alkisg>
vagrantc: ubuntu lts releases sync from testing, afaik; IF ltsp19 is ready, when can it be uploaded to testing, wrt buster release schedule etc?
18:58
btw, another idea would be to drop `ltsp config service`, in favor of ltsp service... ltsp dnsmasq, ltsp isc-dhcp-server, ltsp nfs-server...
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18:58
<alkisg>
Then it's surely ltsp ipxe :D
19:00
And I think to simplify things, an `ltsp pnp` command may help, that autodetects what's missing and gets everything ready
19:07
Ah and we'll need an ltsp migrate command too, to help in cleaning up configuration files etc
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19:27
<vagrantc>
alkisg: it depends on how long we want to keep ltsp5 around - do we want co-installable packages in the archive, etc.
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