[K12OSN] hotplug issue

[norbert]

jam at mcquil.com wrote:

>Norbert,
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>There's a simple fix for the XKB problem in Gnome.
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>Dag Sverre Seljebotn provided the following solution on the ltsp-discuss
>mailing list:
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>>>Try this on the server:
>>>ln -s xorg.lst /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst
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>>Thanks. The following solved the problem:
>>cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules (which is /etc/X11/xkb/rules on
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>Debian)
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>>ln -s xfree86.lst xorg.lst
>>ln -s xfree86 xorg
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>>// Dag Sverre
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>Jim McQuillan
>jam at ltsp.org
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>On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, norbert wrote:
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>>eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us wrote:
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>>>On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, norbert wrote:
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>>>>>>>Are you referring to this?
>>>>>>>http://pxes.sourceforge.net
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>>>>>>Yes that's the CD I'm using however I'm using K12ltsp on the server..
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>>>>>If you are using pxes, client-side problems probably need to be
>>>>>reported to the pxes folks.
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>>>>>PXES *replaces* the K12LTSP client boot process, having K12LTSP on
>>>>>the server doesn't really matter in this case.
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>>>>>Hopefully that makes sense ;-)
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>>>>The problem is specific ot 4.2 since the CD work fine with both 4.0.1 &
>>>>4.1.1 therefore I must conclude that something has changed on the server
>>>>side ???? But as I mentionned in my last email I'm getting the same
>>>>problem with a boot floppy also.....
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>>>>.....and that doesn't make sense :-D
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>>>In LTSP/K12LSTP, the client uses BOOTP/PXE to download a kernel and
>>>an initial ram disk. The initial ram disk contains software to NFS
>>>mount the server and to execute the LTSP software via NFS. The X
>>>server the client runs, for example, is located on the NFS share.
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>>>PXES is self-contained, the boot image contains all of the software
>>>needed, including the X server. NFS is not used at all (and since
>>>the LTSP software is *only* on NFS, PXES never uses the LTSP software).
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>>>When you boot via floppy, are you using a LTSP or a PXES image?
>>>If you are getting hotplug errors, it must be PXES since LTSP does
>>>not include hotplug...
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>>>Could you post your /etc/dhcpd.conf? That'll help us figure out exactly
>>>what software is running.
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>>>-Eric
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>>Hi Eric,
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>>I rebuilt the system and found two problems, bad cat5 cable & flawed floppy
>>hence the other issues. So now it starts but when the WS logs in I get what
>>started the whole issue of testing "upgrading" the system. These where errors
>>I had with 4.1.1 and I had installed XFree 4.4 but Jim said that LTSP uses
>>xorg & not XFree86............................
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>>"Error activating XKB configuration.
>>Probably internal X server problem.
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>>X server version data:
>>The XFree86 Project, Inc
>>40300000
>>You are using XFree 4.3.0.
>>There are known problems with complex XKB configurations.
>>Try using simpler configuration or taking more fresh version of XFree
>>software.
>>If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
>>-The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
>>-The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb"
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>>so ....
>>xprop -root | grep XKB
>>_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
>>_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
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>>and
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>>gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb"
>>layout = [us]
>>model = pc105
>>overrideSettings = false
>>options = []
>>update_handlers = []
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>>Ideas or suggestions ....
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>>thks again
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>>norbert
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Hi Jim,

Those links already exist and still the XKB error persists......

thks
norbert
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