[K12OSN] Sleep Problem

[Jay Pfaffman]

I had a similar problem once (but with only one machine) that I
attributed to a bad Ethernet cable.


On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:41:26 -0700, Robert Arkiletian <robark at telus.net> wrote:
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> Jeremy Lampe wrote:
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> > I am having a problem with my clients starting to boot and then going
> > to a sleep error. It is not on every client and it is not constantly
> > happening. About once a day I will get a message from a teacher saying
> > her machines are sleeping. At first I thought she was talking about
> > Screensaver/PowerSaver stuff. I went over and she told me that it was
> > happening as it booted and showed me where it was happening (wasn't
> > doing it while I was there). So, does anyone have any tips or ideas on
> > why I am having this unconsistent intermittent sleep problem? I
> > haven't personally seen it happen so I don't know if it is happening
> > looking for the DHCP server or loading the kernel. I do know that she
> > has 2 clients and it only happens on one at a time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
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> I had a similar problem at one point. It was caused by the schools dhcp
> server giving an ip to the client before my k12ltsp server could give it
> an ip. Basically, you should make sure you don't have 2 dhcp servers on
> the same network. If you can't avoid that then do a search of March or
> April of this year to find a solution how to have them co-exist. Search
> for "2 dhcp servers" in the archives.
> 
> Robert A
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