[K12OSN] K12LTSP Hangs when Loading the Kernel

Edwardson Pedragosa postmaster at aimschool.ac.th
Tue Jun 29 06:03:52 UTC 2004 

I was trying to solve a problem about a client which hangs when loading
the kernel. The computer is an Acer PowerSV model with 2.4Ghz RAM,
intel845 chipset, 256 RAM, on-board LAN/SOUND.

I was able to solve the problem and I want to share it in case somebody
encounters this problem too.

The problem is with one of the BIOS settings in the Board. You choose
the "Advance BIOD Features" and in there, there's a "Gate A20 Option"
which has two choices 1. Fast and 2. Normal. The default value is Fast
which will coz the computer to hang. So I changed the value to normal
which made my computer work.

I don't know a specific explanation why it hangs when using the Fast
mode. If anybody out there knows the reason. Please tell me.

Thanks

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Today's Topics:

   1. XDM too many retransmissions (Dennis Daniels)
   2. Re: K12LTSP vs. Skolelinux (David Trask)
   3. Re: Logging onto the server from a windows machine
      (Dennis Daniels)
   4. Windows Terminal Services (Shawn Powers)
   5. Re: Logging onto the server from a windows machine
      (John P. Conlon)
   6. Re: Too upgrade to Fedora Core 2 thats question (John Baillie)
   7. Re: Logging onto the server from a windows machine (Bert Rolston)
   8. Re: Logging onto the server from a windows machine (Bert Rolston)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:48:23 -0700
From: Dennis Daniels <ddaniels at magic.fr>
Subject: [K12OSN] XDM too many retransmissions
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
	<k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <40D8C547.8020004 at magic.fr>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed

Hello,
I just tried loading FC1 on my network and got XDM too many 
retransmission errors on my cilents.

  I found this link:
http://204.182.52.180/fom-serve/cache/46.html
on the fix... and this one here:
http://204.182.52.180/fom-serve/cache/3.html

I was just wondering if anyone had encountered same XDM errors with 
K12LTSP 4 and if yes, what did you do to fix it?  I've got a grab bag of

monitors and hardware. I backed out to RH9 and manually loaded LTSP and 
most of my monitors are back but I'm getting other errors which

many thanks
Dennis




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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:35:16 -0400
From: "David Trask" <dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] K12LTSP vs. Skolelinux
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
	<k12osn at redhat.com>
Cc: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
	<k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID:
	<fc.004c57de00135b873b9aca001cf95c95.135b88 at vcs.u52.k12.me.us>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>If I can take the best work
>in K12LTSP and Skolelinux and easily add it into Xandros, I could, in
>theory, have something useful in a very short order.

You will of course share this right?

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
(207)923-3100




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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:39:10 -0700
From: Dennis Daniels <ddaniels at magic.fr>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
	<k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <40D8DF3E.3030203 at magic.fr>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed

This litte tidbit has been wikified:
http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/Technical%3AAccess%3ANonLTSPCli
ents

dgd

Joe Guenther wrote:
> You can run the VNC viewer from a diskette (288kb in size) or a
network
> drive or a USBdrive .... it does not need an installation on the
windows
> machine - just on the LTSP side the VNC server has to be installed and
> started.
> 
> greetings
> joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of John P. Conlon
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:29 PM
> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
> 
> 
> I don't have the VNC option available in the Windows machines because
> they are admin computers and have 90 thousand layers of security that
> not even the administrator can access some of.
> 
> Joe Guenther wrote:
> 
> 
>>You could also VNC into the server.  I have the VNC server installed
and
>>running.  When I VNC into it, I get the same graphical login as a
terminal.
>>
>>Login as root ... away you go ...
>>
>>Joe Guenther
>>= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>>LANtech - Didsbury
>>Chinook's Edge School Div.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
>>Behalf Of jconlon1
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:38 AM
>>To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>Subject: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
>>
>>
>>Yesterday I had a problem.  I was in a meeting in a different part of
my
>>school.  A problem occurred that if I could have loged in from the
nearest
>>computer I could have fixed in about 2 minutes.  All I had was a
Windows
>>machine available.  How can I log in as root using a windows machine
on an
>>internal network in other words the ip address is xx.xx.x.xx
>>Thanks
>>Pat
>>
>>
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:50:34 -0400
From: Shawn Powers <spowers at inlandlakes.org>
Subject: [K12OSN] Windows Terminal Services
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
	<k12osn at redhat.com>,	pnelson at riverdale.k12.or.us
Message-ID: <40D8E1EA.3030300 at inlandlakes.org>
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Paul, et all:

I grow increasingly worried as my servers are traveling to my 
district...  No one (including Microsoft) seems to be able to give me an

accurate picture of performance with many folks connected to a Microsoft

terminal services machine.

Paul's setup at Riverdale has 100 computers all able to access the 
server -- but I doubt all 100 are usually connected.  I'll mainly have 
folks using Microsoft Office (grumble grumble) and our proprietary 
student management system, which isn't really that big.

Does ANYONE have any idea how many concurrent connections a big server 
can handle?  I just found out today (again, showing my lack of Microsoft

experience) that there is no version of windows that can even try to 
access more than 4GB of RAM in a server.  That worries me.

I have 1 Server, with dual 3.2Ghz/2MB Cache Xeons, and 6GB (only 4 
usable now...) of RAM, all running on a RAID 5 ULTRA320 array, and dual 
Gig ethernet.  I just couldn't think of anything more to throw at it for

performance!

Any advice or experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Shawn


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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:04:42 -0700
From: "John P. Conlon" <jconlon1 at elp.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
To: ddaniels at magic.fr,	"Support list for opensource software in
	schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <40D8F34A.3010009 at elp.rr.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

VNC is nice unless the security program on the Windows machine will not 
allow you to access anything except certain given file types and those 
needed for VNC are not among them.  If I could do it with a browser I 
could probably make that work.  If I knew how.
Thanks
Pat

Dennis Daniels wrote:

> This litte tidbit has been wikified:
>
http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/Technical%3AAccess%3ANonLTSPCli
ents 
>
>
> dgd
>
> Joe Guenther wrote:
>
>> You can run the VNC viewer from a diskette (288kb in size) or a
network
>> drive or a USBdrive .... it does not need an installation on the
windows
>> machine - just on the LTSP side the VNC server has to be installed
and
>> started.
>>
>> greetings
>> joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
>> Behalf Of John P. Conlon
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:29 PM
>> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
>>
>>
>> I don't have the VNC option available in the Windows machines because
>> they are admin computers and have 90 thousand layers of security that
>> not even the administrator can access some of.
>>
>> Joe Guenther wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You could also VNC into the server.  I have the VNC server installed

>>> and
>>> running.  When I VNC into it, I get the same graphical login as a 
>>> terminal.
>>>
>>> Login as root ... away you go ...
>>>
>>> Joe Guenther
>>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>>> LANtech - Didsbury
>>> Chinook's Edge School Div.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
>>> Behalf Of jconlon1
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:38 AM
>>> To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>> Subject: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
>>>
>>>
>>> Yesterday I had a problem.  I was in a meeting in a different part 
>>> of my
>>> school.  A problem occurred that if I could have loged in from the 
>>> nearest
>>> computer I could have fixed in about 2 minutes.  All I had was a 
>>> Windows
>>> machine available.  How can I log in as root using a windows machine

>>> on an
>>> internal network in other words the ip address is xx.xx.x.xx
>>> Thanks
>>> Pat
>>>
>>>
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:11:56 -0400
From: John Baillie <jbaillie at stmarys-school.org>
Subject: [K12OSN] Re: Too upgrade to Fedora Core 2 thats question
To: k12osn at redhat.com
Message-ID: <1087960316.18814.52.camel at fedora2.thebaillies.net>
Content-Type: text/plain

Glen,

I used the samba and ldap that came with WBEL Respin 1

[root at littlewhite root]# rpm -qa | grep ldap
nss_ldap-207-10
openldap-servers-2.0.27-11
openldap-devel-2.0.27-11
openldap-clients-2.0.27-11
openldap-2.0.27-11
smbldap-tools-0.8.5-1
[root at littlewhite root]# rpm -qa | grep samba
samba-client-3.0.2-6.3E
samba-3.0.2-6.3E
redhat-config-samba-1.0.16-1

I installed:
perl-Convert-ASN1-0.18-0.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm
perl-Crypt-SmbHash-0.02-2.noarch.rpm
perl-Net-LDAP-0.2701-1.dag.rhel3.noarch.rpm

I installed directory_administrator-1.5.1-1.i386.rpm after building from
the source rpm.

For the most part I followed David's instructions. If you use ver 0.8.5
of the smbldap-tools read the change log. 

I downloaded the documentation at Idealx on smbldap-tools and 
smbldap-how-to. very useful.

I used their perl script /user/share/doc/smbldap-tools/configure.pl It
configured most of the smbldap.conf based on my already working smb.conf
but I still needed to tweak it. 


I also installed perl modules via CPAN as per David's How-to and
installed the gnome-devel packages to satisfy the dependencies when
installing directory_administrator. Verdict still out on this tool. 

John


---------------------------------------------------------------


John,  just bought a copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to evaluate for
$50.00 the price is hard to beat.  I am installing it now.  Did you
build your own samba installation or do you use a rpm install with wbel?
Because, I am currently using a RPM from the Samba site version 3.04 for
Red Hat 9.  I will see if Redhat update updates there Samba to that
version.

Thanks
-Glenn




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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:34:51 +1200
From: Bert Rolston <bert.rolston at clear.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
To: jconlon1 at elp.rr.com, "Support list for opensource software in
	schools."	<k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1087965290.1260.9.camel at rolston.localdomain>
Content-Type: text/plain

VNC works well.

I used it to remotely control / setup WIN boxes AND connect to my LTSP
server anywher on campus.

I suggest using one of the secure VNC versions like TightVNC.

Check out some of the registry hacks available for VNC on the ORL
website.

Cheers,
Bert

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 04:38, jconlon1 wrote:
> Yesterday I had a problem.  I was in a meeting in a different part of
my
> school.  A problem occurred that if I could have loged in from the
nearest
> computer I could have fixed in about 2 minutes.  All I had was a
Windows
> machine available.  How can I log in as root using a windows machine
on an
> internal network in other words the ip address is xx.xx.x.xx
> Thanks
> Pat
> 
> 
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:36:30 +1200
From: Bert Rolston <bert.rolston at clear.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
	<k12osn at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1087965389.1260.11.camel at rolston.localdomain>
Content-Type: text/plain

I take it you can't run it from a floppy / USB pen drive?

VNC fits on a 720k floppy.

Cheers,
Bert

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 07:29, John P. Conlon wrote:
> I don't have the VNC option available in the Windows machines because 
> they are admin computers and have 90 thousand layers of security that 
> not even the administrator can access some of.
> 
> Joe Guenther wrote:
> 
> >You could also VNC into the server.  I have the VNC server installed
and
> >running.  When I VNC into it, I get the same graphical login as a
terminal.
> >
> >Login as root ... away you go ...
> >
> >Joe Guenther
> >= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> >LANtech - Didsbury
> >Chinook's Edge School Div.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> >Behalf Of jconlon1
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:38 AM
> >To: k12osn at redhat.com
> >Subject: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
> >
> >
> >Yesterday I had a problem.  I was in a meeting in a different part of
my
> >school.  A problem occurred that if I could have loged in from the
nearest
> >computer I could have fixed in about 2 minutes.  All I had was a
Windows
> >machine available.  How can I log in as root using a windows machine
on an
> >internal network in other words the ip address is xx.xx.x.xx
> >Thanks
> >Pat
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >K12OSN mailing list
> >K12OSN at redhat.com
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