Bingo. No name resolution from the shell. I used an IP address for the RDP target and I'm in business.
Not that I need name resolution, since I can do static IPs for my terminal servers, but why would the tc not get DNS info? My dhcp server is Win Server 2008 and DNS server are set in option 6. Thanks for your help in getting this working. db On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Gideon Romm<[email protected]> wrote: > Check the networking in the VM. > > For example, change to: SCREEN_07=shell > and make sure that the client can ping the hostname you are trying. If > not, check pinging the IP. A network issue would explain both the > failed login and the rdesktop screen failing to appear. > > -Gadi > > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 15:47 -0600, David Burgess wrote: >> Experts, >> >> I am testing ltsp's RDP capabilities with hopes to substitute PXE >> booting on HP thin clients that currently boot from slow local flash. >> I have done standard ltsp deployments in the past that just worked >> without too much fuss, so I'm at something of a loss that things >> aren't working out this time around. I would appreciate some hints. >> >> Fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 from alternate CD onto ESXi server. >> did: apt-get dist-upgrade >> did: ltsp-build-image --arch=i386 >> did: apt-get install open-vm-toolkit (supposed to install open-source >> vmware-tools with GUI, but haven't seen the utility yet) >> >> Without creating /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf a client is able >> to pxeboot to ldm login screen, however when I attempt to log in with >> a valid account, the prompt says "verifying user name and password" >> for 20 seconds or so and then the ldm screen reloads. Not good, but >> then I'm not planning to use a linux login on this system anyway. >> >> So I create lts.conf thus: >> [default] >> SCREEN_07=rdesktop >> RDP_SERVER=fvtc001 >> >> and reboot the tc. The Ubuntu splash screen comes up and the progress >> bar completes. the screen flashes to black, and when the login screen >> should appear I see nothing but shades of black, as if the screen is >> changing modes. After 30 minutes or so the screen is still black but >> has not gone into power-saver mode. >> >> I added the following line into lts.conf, which is copied directly >> from a flash-booted thin client that is connected: >> RDP_OPTIONS="-dGPRC -f -a24 -rsound:local -ken-us -z -rdisk:usbdev >> /media/usb0 fvtc001" >> >> but no difference. >> >> I logged into the server console and used alt-F2 to run "rdesktop >> fvtc001" and I get my Vista login screen, so it appears the network is >> in order and the rdesktop package is compatible. >> >> I enabled remote syslogging on the server, but I don't see anything >> looking like an error coming from the tc. Oddly though, messages that >> appear to be boot messages continue to enter into the syslog for >> several minutes after the black screen appears. >> >> I enable ssh in the image and rebooted. Here is the output of netstat -natp: >> # netstat -natp >> Active Internet connections (servers and established) >> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address >> State PID/Program name >> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:16001 0.0.0.0:* >> LISTEN 3141/pulseaudio >> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:4713 0.0.0.0:* >> LISTEN 3141/pulseaudio >> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* >> LISTEN 2941/sshd >> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6007 0.0.0.0:* >> LISTEN 9976/X >> tcp 0 0 172.21.33.115:35707 172.21.33.100:2001 >> ESTABLISHED 2694/nbd-client >> tcp 0 0 172.21.33.115:22 172.21.33.101:1410 >> ESTABLISHED 6742/0 >> tcp6 0 0 :::16001 :::* >> LISTEN 3141/pulseaudio >> tcp6 0 0 :::4713 :::* >> LISTEN 3141/pulseaudio >> tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* >> LISTEN 2941/sshd >> tcp6 0 0 :::6007 :::* >> LISTEN 9976/X >> # >> >> and >> # dmesg | tail >> [ 19.205206] nbd0: NBD_DISCONNECT >> [ 19.207579] nbd0: Receive control failed (result -32) >> [ 19.207752] nbd0: queue cleared >> [ 19.234800] nbd0: Attempted send on closed socket >> [ 19.234835] end_request: I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 370372 >> [ 19.234903] SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block 0x2d362 >> [ 19.234922] SQUASHFS error: Unable to read cache block [b4d896e:152e] >> [ 19.234954] SQUASHFS error: Unable to read inode [b4d896e:152e] >> [ 30.514845] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNK3] -> GSI 3 >> (level, low) -> IRQ 3 >> [ 30.616337] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 >> [ 30.692796] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 on minor 0 >> [ 36.043224] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 40.514294] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 44.824680] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 49.086365] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 53.327864] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 57.551481] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 61.747132] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 65.938570] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 70.123066] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 74.300712] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 78.476490] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 82.646046] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 86.824187] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 90.997380] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 95.173634] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 99.370490] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 103.670626] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> [ 107.870529] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found >> >> >> Any ideas? >> >> db >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day >> trial. 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