Hello François, Thank you for your considered information.
I had moved to 6.10 in an effort to get this working. I was able to boot a different thin client with a boot rom PXE with success. However, I continued to have difficulty with the original client (Gateway G6 -350: Pentium II - 350MHz). I was using a floppy-disk boot rom image on this client originally. I managed to get an Intel PXE boot rom Lan card and still this client still would not finish booting. I could see with alt-F1 (tty1) that the OS was not finishing. I decided to go back and try the 6.06 version again and then the client booted correctly. I am now using two clients and they are both booting correctly with version 6.06. Since this is the LTS version I think I will stay with 6.06. I am expecting to receive a few more client computers in the coming days to expand the network. I have only one small issue now. The gateway client will not shut off power when I shut down. I have tried many Bios option for Power Management and have not been able to fix this but I am not concerned at this time. bonjour Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "François BARILLON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:32 PM Subject: Re: thin client assistance please > Hello Jim, > > Peharps your problem isn't solved yet. > >> I am a newbee trying to build a EdUbuntu (6.06.1) thin client network for >> a local school. > The 6.10 version has got some enhancements, but 6.06 is working. > >> I am using a PIII 500MHz w/ 256MB ram as a server and a PII 350MHz w/ >> 64MB ram as the 1st client. > 256 Mb is a bit short (should be 512 plus 50 per client), but I ran > test-server with even less. >> >> I have installed EdUbuntu on the, to be, server with 2 nics. One nic >> connected through a router to the internet and the second connected to a >> switch. I have connected the client to the switch and am using a floppy >> rom boot image to boot the client. >> >> When I boot the client it seems to be happy, loads all the pxe cfgs, >> seems to boot the linux kernel, and then I see the Ubuntu screen. It >> seems successful "loading essential drivers... OK". Next is "Mounting >> root file system... OK". >> >> However after this I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I can >> type in this screen but do not know if this is correct or what to do >> next. I am trying to get to the same familiar environment as I have on >> the server so the students will be able to use the thin clients in class. > > The normal login screen is graphical (ldm) but sometimes it fail to > switch into graphical mode. > > If this is the problem, you can test typing alt-F7 to force graphical > mode. > > If it doesn't work, you can try building again the lstp environnement > with : > sudo ltsp-build-client > > Bon courage, > > François > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
