[K12OSN] sudden appearance of grey X

[Julius Szelagiewicz]

On Sat, 26 May 2007, Jim McQuillan wrote:

> Julius,
>
> How about the 'SERVER' setting in lts.conf, does it match the IP address
> of the server?
>
> Any chance the IP addr of the server has changed?
>
> Jim.
>
>
>
> Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 25 May 2007, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> >
> >> Julius,
> >>
> >> Have you gone through the gray-screen troubleshooting guide on the wiki?
> >>
> >>    http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Troubleshooting-GrayScreen
> >>
> >> There's plenty of things you can do via SSH to troubleshoot this problem.
> >>
> >> Jim McQuillan
> >> jam at Ltsp.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> >>> Dear Folks,
> >>> 	I am stumped. A server that has been happily running K12 V6
> >>> rebelled after reboot. I don't get login screens on teminals nor on VNC
> >>> access. No files appear to be changed. xdm-conf is allowing management,
> >>> hosts file is fine, stopping iptables doesn't help, switching to kdm
> >>> doesn't help. The users are screaming and I am home sick. Ideas, please,
> >>> pretty please.
> >>> julius
> >>>
> >>> p.s. the server is 1600 miles away from me :-)
> >>>
> > Jim, tried it very thoroughly (this is my usual sequence of testing when I
> > get the grey X). This time, no joy - everything seems hunky-dory. Tried
> > with iptables off as well, same.
> > julius
> >
SERVER set ok, interface addresses unchanged. The nice? thing is that it
isn't just terminals - vncviewer localhost also gets grey screen. xdcmp
shows in netstat just as it should
	the phone calls are driving me nuts - 3 deep at the counter
without computers. i shoud fire me.
julius