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From: Ray Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2007 3:09:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Need help setting up ltsp server
On Friday 08 June 2007 12:34:14 pm eklektik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to this list and am trying to setup an ltsp server on ubutnu
> feisty with one client and I am having problems. First of all, I have no
> experience with setting up servers, I am just a regular linux user; but I
> read through all the available ubuntu and edubuntu documentation regarding
> this subject. I already posted help messages on the various forums and
> lists but found no help so far. I hope some experienced user can help me
> out on this list. This is what I have done so far following the
> instructions on the ubuntu setup page. I installed the following software:
>
> sudo apt-get install ltsp-server-standalone openssh-server
>
> then built the client
>
> sudo ltsp-build-client
>
> Evrything went without a glitch.
>
> After I replaced the Ip addresses in the dhcpd.conf file to match with the
> eth0 card Ip address.
>
> This is the ip address:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ifconfig
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:09:FA:61:0F
>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>
> RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
> TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>
> RX bytes:11210 (10.9 KiB) TX bytes:10558 (10.3 KiB)
>
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd400
>
>
> eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:09:FA:61:0F
>
> inet addr:169.254.5.160 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd400
>
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
>
> RX packets:146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
> TX packets:146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> RX bytes:10948 (10.6 KiB) TX bytes:10948 (10.6 KiB)
>
>
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>
> inet addr:66.201.246.116 P-t-P:10.1.1.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
>
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:576 Metric:1
>
> RX packets:20709 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
> TX packets:18992 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
>
> RX bytes:8568884 (8.1 MiB) TX bytes:2336095 (2.2 MiB)
>
>
> and this is the modified dhcpd.conf file:
>
> authoritative;
>
> subnet 169.254.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 169.254.5.20 169.254.5.250;
> option domain-name "example.com";
> option domain-name-servers 169.254.5.1;
> option broadcast-address 169.254.5.255;
> option routers 169.254.5.1;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> if substring( option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9 ) = "PXEClient" {
> filename "/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.0";
> }
> else{
> filename "/ltsp/i386/nbi.img";
> }
> option root-path "/opt/ltsp/i386";
> }
>
> Next, I downloaded the boot image iso for cd.
>
> Now, when I try to boot the thin client I get a message: “Searching for
> server (DHCP), No IP address.
>
> Any idea what should I do now?
>
> Thanks a lot.
> jmak
>
How is the client PC hooked up? Through a switch or directly to the server? If
directly to the server are you using a crossover cable?
Ray
I have a crossover cable connection. When I turn on the computer the network
connection icon tells me that I am connected to the network, so I guess the
connection is ok.
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