[K12OSN] client booting linux stalls

Johan Vermeulen jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be
Fri Jun 7 09:20:14 UTC 2013


hallo Joshua,

thanks for getting back to me.

* I just ran

#yum clean all && yum update

and that worked;

ltsp-server-5.4.5-21.el6.x86_64
ltspfs-1.1-7.el6.x86_64
ltsp-release-5-9.el6.noarch

* I then did :

#mv /opt/ltsp /opt/ltsp.old

#ltsp-build-client

# ltsp-update-image
Your system seems to be using NFS to serve LTSP chroots.
If you're absolutely certain you want to switch to NBD, run:
     /usr/sbin/ltsp-update-image --config-nbd

# ltsp-update-kernels
Updating /var/lib/tftpboot directories for chroot: i386
Skipping invalid chroot: mock

* I then booted the hp thinclient: same green screen.
I will try to send you a screenshot of that.
I checked the hardware of this hp thinclient:
it has a Via Eden processor 1000Mhz,

Googling the " unsupported processor centaurhauls" message I find this :

/nybody know the reason RedHat decided not to support the
/>>>/  VIA Eden Processor?/

/
If you take a look on google for "CentaurHauls i686" you will see that 
/>/this CPU/chipset SAYS it fully supports i686 but it really does not. 
/>/All of EL6 is i686 and not i586 (which CentaurHauls really fully 
supports)./

So this suggests that Centos has an issue with this thinclient
There's also this site :

https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/388693

that I don't have full access to.

But then I don't understand why so far I had no issues with k12Linux on 
Centos?????

* I then put together a new thinclient, with motherbord Gibabyte 
GA-c847n, intel Celeron processor.

When booting this, i also see some EM, but K12Linux boots fine, and...

There's no green screen. It just works

So this fully suggests that the issue is the HP t545 thinclient.

This is a showstopper for me, because this is our mainline thinclient.

Thanks for any advise on this issue.

Greetings, J.


Op 06-06-13 00:36, Joshua Trimm schreef:
> Johan, Try first cleaning your cache by doing a 'yum clean all' then 
> 'yum update' and let me know if that works for you.
>
> The green glare issue i'm unfamiliar with, could you take a screenshot 
> and post a link to it directly to my email?
> Thanks,
>
> On 6/5/13 2:55 AM, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>> hello Jushua,
>>
>> thanks for letting me know.
>>
>> *the routing problem was solved by editing the iptables manualy.
>>
>> * I did put "em2" in /etc/ltsp/ltsp-server.conf before running the 
>> scripts.
>>
>> * my original install was with epel, yesterday evening I updated with 
>> the other repo:
>>
>> [root at centoshofkwartier ~]# yum repolist
>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>  * base: distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr
>>  * extras: mirror.ovh.net
>>  * ltsp: ltsprepo.s3.amazonaws.com
>>  * updates: distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr
>> repo id                        repo 
>> name                                  status
>> base                           CentOS-6 - 
>> Base                            6381
>> extras                         CentOS-6 - 
>> Extras                            12
>> ltsp                           LTSP - 
>> x86_64                                60
>>
>>
>> but something went wrong with the update,because my version is still:
>>
>> [root at centoshofkwartier ~]# rpm -qa | grep ltsp
>> ltsp-server-5.4.5-20.el6.x86_64
>> ltspfs-1.1-7.el6.x86_64
>> ltsp-release-5-9.el6.noarch
>>
>> * I then rebuilded with ltsp-build-client
>>
>> but the problem with the green glare stays.
>> Everything 's on the screen, but there's this filter over it......
>>
>> Maybe this can be solved by editing lts.conf.....
>>
>> greetings, J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Op 04-06-13 20:46, Joshua Trimm schreef:
>>> Johan, I have 5.4.5-21 being pushed to the repo's today which should 
>>> fix the scripts to accept an interface regardless of its name.
>>>
>>> The reason NFS needs to be started manually is due to the RPM not 
>>> knowing which interface you will be using for the LTSP network. This 
>>> must be defined in /etc/ltsp/ltsp-server.conf before 
>>> ltsp-server-tweaks and ltsp-server-initialize are run.
>>> On 6/4/13 5:23 AM, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> this is my experience with the install :
>>>>
>>>> version is ltsp-server-5.4.5-20.el6.x86_64 on Centos6.4.
>>>> installed with epel-repo.
>>>>
>>>> After starting nfs manualy like Barry and starting tftp manualy, I 
>>>> am able to boot a thinclient.
>>>>
>>>> But I'm facing these problems :
>>>>
>>>> *ltsp-server-tweaks hangs on " about to overwrite your firewall 
>>>> config" either with iptables on or off.
>>>> Probably because of that, laptops and workstations that are on the 
>>>> lan cannot reach the internet. This is my main concern.
>>>> Setting up nat manualy did not help.
>>>>
>>>> this is /etc/sysconfig/iptables :
>>>>
>>>> # Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall
>>>> # Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
>>>> *nat
>>>> :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
>>>> :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
>>>> :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
>>>> -A POSTROUTING -o eth+ -j MASQUERADE
>>>> -A POSTROUTING -o em2 -j MASQUERADE
>>>> COMMIT
>>>> *filter
>>>> :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
>>>> :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
>>>> :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
>>>> -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A INPUT -i eth+ -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A INPUT -i em2 -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -p icmp -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -i lo -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -i eth+ -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -i em2 -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -o eth+ -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A FORWARD -o em2 -j ACCEPT
>>>> -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>>> -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>>> COMMIT
>>>>
>>>> *ltsp-server-initialize gives me a lot of EM. But the thinclient 
>>>> boots, so maybe that's not a problem.
>>>>
>>>> *when booting the thinclient, I get an EM : unsupported device : 
>>>> processor centaurhauls
>>>>   The thinclient is an HP hstnc-004 that I used on 3 different 
>>>> thinclient systems in the past 3 years.
>>>>   It would be a real problem if it doesn't work with this image.
>>>>
>>>> *when booted, I am able to log in, and adapt language and other 
>>>> settings in lts.conf. But I can't get rid of the green glare that 
>>>> is over the
>>>> screen.
>>>> Could be the Acer monitor, but it's fine when attached to other 
>>>> devices.
>>>>
>>>> Any input on these issues would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> greetings, J.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Op 03-06-13 20:20, Barry Cisna schreef:
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Replying to my previous post.
>>>>> For completeness.
>>>>>
>>>>> The fix for the 'stuck' Booting Linux line was I did not have nfs
>>>>> service started at boot on the server and had to manually enter
>>>>> the /opt/ltsp dir in nfs/exports.
>>>>> After this clients will boot fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care,
>>>>> Barry
>>>>>
>>>>>
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