Thanks for the info! But my problem is mostly that X fails to load on some machines. Isn't it possible (and the only way) to define unique X settings via lts.conf? Where can I a listing of all the parameters the LTSP-4's lts.conf accepts? Can't find anything in ltsp.org, maillists or google.
Viestiss� Perjantai 28. Toukokuuta 2004 17:59, Ken Cobler kirjoitti: > Otto Kek�l�inen wrote: > >Hello! > > > >Most of my enviroments machines run LTSP 4 nicely, but a few machines has > >hardware which does not get autodetected. The hardware does work on linux, > >since these machines run mepis/knoppix well. > > > >How should I debug a situation where the X or the kernel is unable to > > detect some hardware? What logs contain the essential info? Where is ltsp > > version 4's lts.conf well documented? I guess the hardware issues could > > be resolved by putting special parameters in lts.conf for the non-working > > machines, right? > > I had a similar situation where hardware worked with Linux, but the > auto-configuring of LTSP did not work. > > I had to add some lines of code to the DHCP server config file > (dhcpd.conf) for the specific workstation host that did not > auto-configure well. > > Example of lines to add to DHCP are: > > At the top of the DHCP file: > > option option-128 code 128 = string; > option option-129 code 129 = text; > > Inside the specific workstation host: > > option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00; #This is NOT a MAC > address > option option-129 "NIC=pcnet32"; > > The option-128 string above must be copied exactly as is. It tells > etherboot that the following line is a kernel command line parameter to > be passed. The option-129 is the configurable string. > > In my case, the workstation would DHCP and load the kernel, but the > auto-configuring of the network driver was guessing the wrong driver. > By forcing the correct network driver (see above), the remainder of the > LTSP boot process worked. > > lts.conf is mainly used to configure LTSP client software, not hardware > drivers. > > Ken Cobler -- Otto Kek�l�inen / Sange.fi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id�66&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
