Hi, I've got ltsp 5.2.4-2 setup on debian-6, with 2 workstations. I can boot one workstation but not the other. The problem seems to involve the nonfree firmware packages in debian required for the NIC on the workstation. As shown below, I've installed these packages, but the firmwares is still not loaded when required. I need some advise about what I can do next. Thanks.
Note: I confirmed the NIC is working but booting into windows 2000 on the workstation, and connecting to the internet. When I try to boot the workstation into ltsp, the process stops with the message; SIOCSIFFLAGS no such file or directory, IP-config: eth0 hardware address 00:03:47:16:ee:3f mtu DHCP [12.938791] e100:eth0: e100_request_firmware: Failed to load firmware “e100/d101m_ucode.bin” -2 The workstation is an Compaq iPAQ Desktop Personal Computer with a PIII with Intel Corp 82557 /8/9/0/1 ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08). The problem appears related to non-free firmware in Debian6 (http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/03/14/missing-firmware-in-debian-learn-how-to-deal-with-the-problem/) However. once I add these firmware packages the problem is still there. I add three packages to my ltsp installation, by chrooting to /opt/ltsp/i386, and running apt-get. firmware-linux firmware-linux-free firmware-linux-nonfree The following confirmed the the firmware is indeed installed on both the server and withing the ltsp installation. bob@d:/lib$ find -name "*d101*" ./firmware/e100/d101m_ucode.bin ./firmware/e100/d101s_ucode.bin bob@d:/opt/ltsp/i386/lib$ find -name "*d101*" ./firmware/e100/d101m_ucode.bin ./firmware/e100/d101s_ucode.bin The following further confirms that the firmware is installed. bob@d:/opt/ltsp/i386/lib$ sudo modinfo -F firmware /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko [sudo] password for bob: e100/d102e_ucode.bin e100/d101s_ucode.bin e100/d101m_ucode.bin Same for the ltsp installation root@d:/lib/modules# modinfo -F firmware /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko e100/d102e_ucode.bin e100/d101s_ucode.bin e100/d101m_ucode.bin These is what gets logged in syslog when I try to boot the workstation; Sep 23 08:47:59 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:47:59 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.1 to 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:00 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:00 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.1 to 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:02 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:02 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.1 to 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:06 terac2d dhcpd: Dynamic and static leases present for 192.168.1.1. Sep 23 08:48:06 terac2d dhcpd: Remove host declaration ws001 or remove 192.168.1.1 Sep 23 08:48:06 terac2d dhcpd: from the dynamic address pool for 192.168.1.0/24 Sep 23 08:48:06 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.253) from 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:06 terac2d dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.1 to 00:03:47:16:ee:3f via eth1 Sep 23 08:48:06 terac2d in.tftpd[4053]: tftp: client does not accept options ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
