On Tuesday 03 February 2009 04:09:08 ltsp-discuss- [email protected] wrote: > In the Gutsy or so days I took the whole chroot for ltsp, wrapped it with > the tools in a rpm and have been using it ever since on CentOS for > customers and SuSE for me. > > It has a single irritating 'feature' logout with autologin set is immediate > relogin. > > Curiosity, features and fixes led me to experiment: I installed intrepid, > then the ltsp stuff as per the wiki. > > For the first time ever, my clients do not start X. All is normal until ldm > then this is logged continuously: > > Feb 1 11:54:40 neptune ldminfod[6176]: connect from 192.168.5.121 > (192.168.5.121) > Feb 1 11:54:41 neptune ldminfod[6179]: connect from 192.168.5.121 > (192.168.5.121) > Feb 1 11:54:41 neptune ldminfod[6182]: connect from 192.168.5.121 > (192.168.5.121) > > I modified ldm to log to syslog back when. I used that version of ldm here > and got: > > Feb 1 11:36:17 ws121.home ldm: [xauth_command] cmdline:/usr/bin/xauth -i > -n - f /root/.Xauthority generate :7 > Feb 1 11:36:18 ws121.home ldm: [ldm_spawn] cmdline:/usr/bin/xauth -i -n -f > /root/.Xauthority generate :7 > Feb 1 11:36:18 ws121.home ldm: [xauth_command] cmdline:/usr/bin/xauth -i > -n - f /root/.Xauthority generate :7 > Feb 1 11:36:19 ws121.home ldm: [ldm_spawn] cmdline:/usr/bin/xauth -i -n -f > /root/.Xauthority generate :7 > > In neither case was X spawned. > > The only funny I'm doing is ONE not TWO ethernet interfaces. > Before I jump in trying to find what is wrong, can anybody say "Oh yeah > that is because ... " > Of course the usual suspects are done: ltsp-sshkeys, ltsp-image
The issue is the latest LTSP not recognising the VIA graphics and not running an X server even when VIA is specified in ldm.conf. These are VIA EPIA thin clients. My Nvidia clients boot and run perfectly. (On my gutsy chroot, the graphics is detected as, and runs as VIA. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _____________________________________________________________________ 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
