Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-23 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 06 May 2006 20:26, John Blinka wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: Right. Somewhat besides your question: Are you really using hubs? I also seem to remember from your original post that the terminals are connected by 10Mb/s which makes sense if you are using hubs. From my experience with server /

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes - problem solved

2006-05-09 Thread John Blinka
The /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file needed another line: next-server ip-address-of-server; with the upgrade to dhcp-3.0.3 (and maybe a version or two earlier). With that addition, all is now well. John Blinka -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes - problem solved

2006-05-09 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 09 May 2006 19:15, John Blinka wrote: The /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file needed another line: next-server ip-address-of-server; with the upgrade to dhcp-3.0.3 (and maybe a version or two earlier). With that addition, all is now well. Thanks for hitting this before me! ;-) Uwe -- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-08 Thread John Blinka
Uwe Thiem wrote: Try to correct the broadcast above. Maybe that will solve the problem already, although it's hard to understand how you fat clients can work with it. I corrected the broadcast address, but it didn't help. If the broadcast doesn't solve it, please post your

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-08 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 08 May 2006 19:12, John Blinka wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: Try to correct the broadcast above. Maybe that will solve the problem already, although it's hard to understand how you fat clients can work with it. I corrected the broadcast address, but it didn't help. If the broadcast doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-06 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 05 May 2006 19:57, John Blinka wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: How are the boxes connected to the network? A hub? A switch? Router maybe? Try using the network spot (where one of the failing boxes is connected) with a notebook or another machine that you know has no problems. Also check

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-06 Thread John Blinka
Uwe Thiem wrote: Right. Somewhat besides your question: Are you really using hubs? I also seem to remember from your original post that the terminals are connected by 10Mb/s which makes sense if you are using hubs. From my experience with server / thin client configurations, I would suggest

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-06 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 06 May 2006 20:26, John Blinka wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: We originally used hubs and later moved to switches - my mistake. But it hasn't made much difference in performance. Our performance bottleneck is elsewhere. But that's another discussion. Alright, but I would really like to

[gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-05 Thread John Blinka
Hi, I help out with a local school using an ltsp server to run 50-60 ancient pentium boxes as terminals. I've run gentoo and ltsp on this server for almost a year without problems. However, a few weeks ago there had been a sudden power outage (and no ups) which took the server and terminals

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-05 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 5/5/06, John Blinka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I help out with a local school using an ltsp server to run 50-60 ancient pentium boxes as terminals. I've run gentoo and ltsp on this server for almost a year without problems. However, a few weeks ago there had been a sudden power outage

Re: [gentoo-user] ltsp woes

2006-05-05 Thread John Blinka
Daniel da Veiga wrote: How are the boxes connected to the network? A hub? A switch? Router maybe? Try using the network spot (where one of the failing boxes is connected) with a notebook or another machine that you know has no problems. Also check the cables and other network devices between