[K12OSN] Can lts.conf go corrupt?

[Jim McQuillan]

Shane,

Seems like it would help an awful lot, if you'd attach a copy of that
lts.conf file, so we can take a look at it.

Don't forget one of the cardinal rules of open source:

   Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Shane Stafford wrote:

> odd issue
>
> We have a good number of edits for older equipment in our Classroom Server
> lts.conf file.
> We were doing great.  over 150 terminals out there and only 5 giving us
> issues to resolve.
>
> suddenly, one of the servers handling the classroom has a ton of terminals
> back to old xserver and video issues.
> I notice a parse error in line 204.  I look, it seems fine, it is just a
> [macaddress] line.   But, it seems like none of the changes in lts.conf
> are being read after that error line.
>
> So, I cut that line out of the lts.conf and save, it gives me an error in
> line 205, so I # out line 205.
> I # out the entire next terminal record and it puts the error to line 210
> which is the next mac address.
>
> I put my cursor in front of the line 210 and delete as to pop that line up
> and then hit enter again to move it down.
> I take line 211 and hit delete to back it up to end of line 210 and then
> hit enter again to move it down.  Trying to eliminate any spaces, or
> whatever.  Still no lock.
>
> I did a save as and saved the file as ltsnew.conf, then went in and did a
> rename to get this new file to become the new lts.conf.   Yea grasping at
> straws, no luck.
>
> I guess at this point I will create a brand new file lts.conf and begin to
> cut and paste sections of my old lts.conf file into it.
>
> thoughts?  Any significant event lately was a power outage during
> wind/storm earlier in the week.
>
> thanks
> Shane
>
> Shane Stafford, MCSE, MCT
> Director Information Services Glenburn School and Town
> Educational System Integrator/Network Engineer
> S & B Consulting
>
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