Graham, First, HP thin clients cover a number of processor architectures and network cards so one has to be quite specific about which model is being discussed.
Centos 6 won't support many older HP clients with Via cpus (e.g your t5700s) because it requires i686 compatible cpus which the Via aren't. It also won't support some newer Atom cpu clients like the t5740 I'm typing from but for an entirely different reason - the Broadcom nic doesn't play well with the Centos kernel and won't initialize properly during the boot process so booting fails. The answer to both issues if you are already running a Centos LTSP server (I'm running both a mongrel Fedora 19 and a EL6 (Scientific) servers with LTSP) is to create a i386 boot image from a distro like Debian. I created a Debian 7 LTSP server VM, created my client files and copied the relevant parts (e.g /opt/ltsp/i386_debian, /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386_debian, etc.) There were a couple more nuances with my particular client I ran into so let us know if you are running an Atom client. Good luck, William > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:41:03 -0000 > From: "Graham Harvey" <gra...@mtick.co.uk> > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Not Having Much Luck with LTSP 5 on Centos 6 > To: <ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <009001cef758$f26ac7b0$d7405710$@co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello, > > > > I have been using LTSP (4.2) for many years and have been more than happy > with it. We are about to launch a product with ltsp at its core, so I > thought I had better update our hardware, operating system and ltsp to the > latest versions. > > > > I have purchased an HP Proliant Microserver (64 bit) and have installed > Centos 6 with LTSP 5. I have installed LTSP using the ltsp repo. After doing > the ltsp-build-client, I have plugged one of our HP T5700 thin clients into > the machine, but it says that the kernel will not run on the thin client, > because the processor in the thin client does not support PAE. This is the > first problem, 50% of our thin clients are this type of unit. So my first > question would be; can I build the client without pae support. I have tried > compiling my own kernel and a new initial ram disk. However, the device > boots but stops after it has detected the mouse and keyboard. > > > > I have another thin client, an HP5720, which does boot, but fails with a > series of 10 segmentation faults when trying to run the X server. If I add > XSERVER= "vesa" to the lts.conf file, then it will boot to the ldm login > screen, however, the hal daemon fails during boot up, so the keyboard is not > detected and I can't type the username, but strangely, the enter key will > crash the screen and display a few random characters at the top of the > screen, then displays the login screen again. > > > > Has anyone successfully got LTSP 5 to work with Centos 6 and HP thin > clients. I have been at this for days now and I'm not seeing a light at the > end of the tunnel. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Graham. > > > > Regards, > > > > Graham Harvey > > I.T. Manager > > Microtech Electronics Ltd > > Main Line: +44(0)1494 464764 > > Direct Line: +44(0)1494 684701 > > Email: <mailto:gra...@mtick.co.uk> gra...@mtick.co.uk > > Web: <http://www.mtick.co.uk/> www.mtick.co.uk > > > > > > > Microtech Electronics Ltd, Lancaster Road, Cressex Business Park, High > Wycombe, Bucks. HP12 3QA Tel:+44(0)1494 464764. 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