[K12OSN] Another small K12LTSP 4.1.0 beta bug

[jam at mcquil.com]

Jack,

I've had a couple of reports of this problem, but i've not yet been able 
to reproduce it myself.

It is correct that there is a 2nd dhcp request.  that is because the 
bootrom doesn't pass the information to the kernel, so once the Linux 
kernel is running, the workstation needs to make a dhcp request of its 
own.

Are you booting with PXE or Etherboot ?

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Jack wrote:

> Just installed LTSP 410 and I keep running into a problem with all 3 of
> my terminals not booting.  They boot about halfway then fail.
> 
> All my terminals are getting kernel panics.  All 3 fail with identical
> errors, like so:
> --------------------------------
> Running /linuxrc
> Mounting /proc
> linuxrc: Installing e100 driver
> modprobe e100
> Running dhcpcd on port 67
> 
> **** /bin/dhcpdcd: already running
> **** /bin/dhcpcd: if not then delete /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.pid file
> 
> ERROR! dhcpcd failed!
> 
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> <3>e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
> --------------------------------
> 
> On the server side I get this in the messages log:
> 
> --------------------------------
> Jul 18 03:13:30 tserver dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via
> eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:31 tserver dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.251 to
> 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:31 tserver dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.251
> (192.168.0.254) from 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:31 tserver dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.251 to
> 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:58 tserver dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via
> eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:59 tserver dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.252 to
> 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:59 tserver dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.252
> (192.168.0.254) from 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:59 tserver dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.252 to
> 00:a0:c9:75:ca:27 via eth0
> Jul 18 03:13:59 tserver rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from
> ws252.ltsp:657 for /opt/ltsp/i386 (/opt/ltsp/i386)
> --------------------------------
> 
> It looks to me like the client(terminal) is trying to get another IP for
> some reason.  All terminals are using e100 NICs (Intel e100).  I suspect
> this may be a problem with the Intel driver.  I'll have to try another
> NIC but right now all three of my terminals are using Intel 100's and I
> don't feel like ripping them apart at this moment.  Otherwise the server
> is looks and runs great.  Thanks again guys for the great work.
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 02:00, jam at mcquil.com wrote:
> > Eric,
> > 
> > Ok, I can take a hint :)
> > 
> > I've incorporated the updated build_x4_cfg script.
> > 
> > But, isn't there supposed to be a script that loads the usb modules too?
> > 
> > Jim.
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Eric Harrison wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > After more pounding on the K12LTSP 4.1.0 beta 1, I found another
> > > small bug: USB mice do not automagically work like they did in
> > > K12LTSP 4.0.0.
> > > 
> > > I missed one of the patches I apply (and keep sending to Jim ;-)
> > > that configure X to support both PS/2 & USB mice from the same
> > > config.
> > > 
> > > If you have K12LTSP 4.1.0 beta 1 installed & are using USB mice,
> > > the corrected file is attached. Save this as:
> > > 
> > > 	/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/build_x4_cfg
> > > 
> > > then make it executable:
> > > 
> > > 	chmod a+x /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/build_x4_cfg
> > > 
> > > and then all will be well.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'll build new LTSP packages & resend the patch off to Jim...
> > > 
> > > -Eric
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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