[K12OSN] Re: K12LTSP 5B6-32bit query [Caveat Emptor]

[ahodson at elp.rr.com]

Mine was a fresh install, and in the old install (4.4.1) eth0 was
working fine...
cheers
alan
-=o=-

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us>
Date: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:19 am
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Re: K12LTSP 5B6-32bit query [Caveat Emptor]
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>

> 
> Interesting. I've beat up DHCP on my test installs and have not 
> seen a
> problem.
> 
> What exactly were you trying to change?
> 
> Also, did you guys do fresh installs or upgrades?
> 
> -Eric
> 
> Joe Guenther wrote:
> > I also have had massive difficulties getting the DHCP on the latest
> > 5.0.0 to run stable.  I have tried beta 1, 4 and 5. It seemed as 
> though> (for some unknown reason to me) that if there was one 
> little mistake or
> > glitch in the dhcp.conf ... there was NO way I could get the dhcp 
> to run
> > after that.  A "simple" reinstall fixed that issue for me a 
> couple of
> > times.  I finally have a beta5 setup working  .... now if only it 
> hold> together long enough for me to demo this a major tech get-
> together on
> > May 19th!!!  The dhcp is suspect in my mind in this latest Fedora 
> 5 ...
> > nothing to prove or substantiate it other than hours of kicking 
> at it to
> > get dhcp to work stable and consistently.
> > 
> > Joe Guenther
> > 
> > Alan A Hodson wrote:
> >> If I was paying for this product, the title may be appropriate...
> >>
> >> For the life in me, I cannot get this beta version to properly boot
> >> the thin clients (eth0) - the tail commands hangs, and it 
> appears as
> >> though there is no DHCP signal being generated... Took off ALL
> >> security to no avail... is anybody else having this problem? What
> >> should I be looking for?
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>  > Just installed K12LTSP V5 Beta 6-32 bit (sounds SO 
> impressive) on
> >>> a Dell 4600, and tried searching for the correct way to make 
> ALL my
> >>> clients boot iceWM... I can't say I have a REAL clear picture 
> of how
> >>> to go about it ...
> >>>  > Alan Hodson
> >>>>  El Paso ISD, TX
> >>>>  -=o=-
> >>>
> >>> I think this works...  (untested ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
> >>>
> >>> In the [daemon] section, add this line:
> >>>
> >>>    DefaultSession=icewm.desktop
> >>>
> >>> -Eric
> >>
> >> This part seems OK - now if I could get the clients to boot...
> >> Cheers
> >> Alan Hodson
> >> El Paso ISD, TX
> >> -=o=-
> >>
> 
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