[K12OSN] PXE boot stopped working after upgrade to 5.0, now new problem

Julius Szelagiewicz julius at turtle.com
Tue Aug 8 05:14:25 UTC 2006



On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Jim McQuillan wrote:

> Julius,
>
> which kernel are you using on the client, and do you have the matching
> modules in /opt/ltsp/i386/lib/modules ?
>
> Did you install this as an upgrade?  or a complete re-load?
>
> Try setting 'SCREEN_01 = shell' in lts.conf, and see if you
> have any kernel modules loaded, by running 'lsmod'
>
>
> Jim McQuillan
> jam at Ltsp.org
>
>
>
> Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Julius,
> >>
> >> Can you check iptables?
> >>
> >> Also, do you have a 'next-server' directive in your dhcpd.conf file?
> >>
> >> If you can get on the #ltsp irc channel on irc.freenode.net, I can give
> >> you interactive help, and get you back on your feet again
> >>
> >> Jim McQuillan
> >> jam at Ltsp.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear Folks,
> >>>  I've upgraded an important production server in a very remote location to
> >>> v. 5.0. Everything seems fine, other than the fact that terminals no
> >>> longer perform PXE boot.
> >>>  What happens is that the dhcpd issues an address and points to a valid
> >>> boot file. Terminal than attemps to find this boot file in the
> >>> aproppriate directory. The search sequence that normally flashes too
> >>> quickly to read takes now over 15 minutes, ending with "Trying to load:
> >>> pxelinux.cfg/default", "Could not find kernel image: linux", "boot:"
> >>>
> >>> I have copied over the /tftpboot/lts directory from a "known good" server,
> >>> already updated. No joy.
> >>> Please help - this is a production server, it is getting late ...
> >>> Thanks, julius
> >>>
> >>>
> > Jim, now that magical addition of next-server in dhcpd.conf file makes
> > them boot fast and removal of module_0 = printer from lts.conf makes them
> > boot correctly, i have a new problem: the print queeues are not
> > accessible. this is the typical entry in /var/log/messages:
> > Aug  7 22:37:55 ws044 lp_server: Started with: -n 9100 -w -d /dev/lp0
> > Aug  7 22:37:56 ws044 last message repeated 4 times
> > Aug  7 22:37:56 ws044 init: Id "p0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
> > minutes
> >
> > telnet ws044 9100 fails. many printers. what to do?
> > julius

Jim, installed as an upgrade. good probability of missing modules - usb
printer definitions don't create accessible queues either.
kernel version: vmlinuz-2.6.16-2.k12ltsp.5.0.0

the only module shown by lsmod is "via_rhine"

julius




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