I will try producing a 2.6.16 kernel package to solve the Rhine problems. The problem is I just moved into a new office, and i'm still sorting out all my networking, and I won't have my development server back online until at least saturday.
Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Greetings everyone, I work for a company that is investigating > deploying LTSP at each of our retail locations with Visara and Neoware > thin-clients. We currently have approximately 1500 locations, with 5 - > 20 clients per location. > > > > I've downloaded and installed LTSP 4.2 update 4 on a Suse Professional > 9.3 box, and when PXE booting a Neoware e90 (with a Via Rhine II nic), > the initial DHCP portion works excellently, and we get connected to > the TFTP server. Following this, it displays the following: > > ================================================ > > Running /linuxrc > > Mounting /proc > > input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0 > > linuxrc: Installing via-rhine driver > > modprobe via-rhine > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.17.8-ltsp-1/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.ko > > via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.2.0-2.6 June-10-2004 Written by Donald Becker > > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 > > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:12.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, > low) -> IRQ 11 > > eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0x1e400, 00:e0:c5:57:71:0b, IRQ 11. > > eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 01e1 Link > 41e1. > > Running dhcpcd on port 67 > > eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 > > input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input1 > > > > > > ERROR! dhcpcd failed! > > > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > At this point it hangs indefinitely, and I can go no further. > > > > I'd like to attempt to use the 2.6.16 kernel packages from LTSP, but I > cannot find anywhere to download them. I've noticed other people > recently asking a similar question regarding problems that were solved > reverting from the 2.6.17 kernel to the 2.6.16. > > > > I've compiled kernels before, but I don't think it would be a wise use > of my time to download the source to 2.6.16 and attempt to re-create > the already created kernel packages and modules provided by LTSP. If > the kernel itself isn't available, I'd be willing to put forth the > effort if a config file was available (The one that selects which > options should be compiled into the kernel, which ones should be > insertable as modules, and which are excluded). > > > > Sorry to be extra wordy, but I just looked at my local package cache, > and if the previous version of these two files could be made > available, I'd be extremely happy. Maybe on a mirror that keeps old > packages? > > ltsp-kernel-2.6.17.8-ltsp-1-0-i386.tgz > > ltsp-modules-2.6.17.8-ltsp-1-0-i386.tgz > > > > Additionally, if anyone has direct experience with this problem, and > can tell me that I'm barking up the wrong tree, then that would be > valuable as well. I'm very excited about being involved in this > project, and with the potential deployment of 10,000 clients, I would > be very interested in convincing my bosses to allow my work to be > contributed back to the community. > > > > > > > > Jeremy Young > Programmer/Analyst > O'Reilly Auto Parts > (417) 862-2674 x1858 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
