On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > How many thin clients is this a problem on? All of them? When you say the > GUI doesn't work, what do you actually see? Is it a plain text login > prompt or something else? For the 8.04, all thin clients. the initramfs screen is shown on the clients but the edubuntu desktop is shown on the server. > > > > Can you send us a copy of the file: > > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf > > so we can see what your LTSP settings are. > > Something you could try would be a rebuild of the LTSP image: > > sudo ltsp-build-client > I will try doing this during the weekend. I reinstalled the 7.04 and did not have any problems with 28 thin clients. The clients boot in just a few seconds, very very fast. Will try with 34 day after next. > > > You need to install the -server kernel to get > 4GB RAM on a 32-bit system. > The 64-bit kernels would all support this, but there are other difficulties > with the 64-bit (eg flash will be a problem). > > sudo apt-get install linux-image-server > > Can you not just reboot and choose the generic kernel rather than > reinstalling when this happens? What errors do you get when the freeze > happens? If you could try rebooting, we can debug a little: > > 1. After the BIOS you should get a short GRUB countdown. You can press > escape at this point to get into grub (this will also allow you to > choose the -generic kernel). > 2. In the menu, select the -server kernel and press 'e' > 3. You will see four options for this kernel. Move down to the "kernel" > line and press 'e'. > 4. You will be able to edit these kernel options now. Remove "quiet" and > "splash". Press return. > 5. Press 'b' > > This will boot the server kernel with full debug output. If you can watch > it and then tell us what errors you get around the crash time, we may be > able to work out your problem. > On the 8.04 that was what I did during the weekend (a few hours before a super storm decided to change its path and crossed near our area). The generic boots OK if that was selected as the boot. But I have reinstalled the 7.04 so that the students will able to use the computers. Of course I know the 8.04 is better. > > > tried waiting for more than three hours and server was still booting-up. > > By the way, the server kernel I used is the one found in the server cd of > > 8.04, because I could not locate the server flavor neither in the > > alternate installation cd nor in the add-on cd. Should I use this, or > > should I use another kernel - direct from the internet? > > I would suggest you get the machine online with the working kernel and > update the available packages. There have been a number of fixes to the > kernel since hardy was released. You should use the latest (which won't be > on the CD). > Okay, I guess I could do this over the weekend when the computer laboratory is all quiet. I am sorry I won't able to send the debug output as I have done a re-installation of 7.04. I will try a redo this weekend. Thanks for the help. > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >
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