[09:25] <generalsnus> using edubuntu 8.10 ltsp server, when thin clients boots, they halt at this message: ltsp disconnecting: que, disconnect, sock, done
[09:40] <generalsnus> using edubuntu 8.10 ltsp server, when thin clients boots, the booting stops at this message: "ltsp disconnecting: que, disconnect, sock, done"  whats wrong?
[10:14] <kwak_> anyone awake. i need to reinstall my server after failed attempts with xubuntu. which one should i get ubuntu-server or desktop. before i used alternate. does it matter?
[10:52] <Nubae> use alternate
[10:52] <Nubae> then hit F4 on start
[12:17] <PerSeL> hello I'm new to ubuntu and need some help if possible
[12:20] <mib_v9xpgh54> anybody here
[12:21] <PerSeL> i'm here
[14:35] <sbalneav> Morning all
[21:29] <Mip5> hi - running edubuntu 8.04.1 and having my client hang on boot up
[21:30] <sbalneav> Where's it hanging?
[21:30] <Mip5> Before the login screen
[21:31] <Mip5> I see an item in my syslog about tftp client not accepting options
[21:31] <sbalneav> So, does the graphical kernel boot screen come up?  It's just when it switches to the login screen it juet goes black?
[21:32] <Mip5> I have changed the pxe default so that it's not quiet, and nosplash
[21:33] <sbalneav> So, does the kernel actually load and boot?
[21:34] <Mip5> I don't think so - it just hangs, and when I try to ctrl-alt F2, etc I just get a blinking cursor in teh upper left hand - no login prompt
[21:36] <Mip5> If you can tell me how to get to the logs of the my client, I can post them
[21:36] <Mip5> Would they be available in the chrooted environment?
[21:37] <Mip5> As you can tell - I'm pretty new to ltsp stuff - though I've been using linux for a few years
[21:39] <sbalneav> When you turn on the terminal, does the kernel come down, and do you see the kernel messages?
[21:39] <sbalneav> I'm still not clear on this point.
[21:40] <Mip5> Sorry - yes, I believe that the kernel begins to come down.
[21:40] <Mip5> I get an address, it then runs through the pxe configs, and begins to load, and then it hangs
[21:41] <Mip5> There are numbers on the left of the screen as it scrolls, and it gets to about 18.xxx and hangs
[21:41] <sbalneav> What's the last thing it prints out?
[21:41] <Mip5> It's across the hall - I'll go and write it down (unless there's another way for me to get it - )
[21:42] <sbalneav> If the kernel's not booting, then no, there's no other way to get it.
[21:45] <Mip5> okay thanks - Here's what I see
[21:49] <Mip5_> Here's what I see as the client boots:  [ 18.649040] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[21:49] <sbalneav> that's where it hangs?
[21:49] <sbalneav> Then the kernel doesn't like something with your usb port
[21:49] <sbalneav> You using any USB devices?
[21:50] <Mip5_> okay - but it also hangs (sooner) when the usb mouse is not connected
[21:50] <Mip5_> USB mouse is the only usb device
[21:50] <Mip5_> shere
[21:50] <Mip5_> here's what I get when the usb mouse is not connected:
[21:50] <sbalneav> Disconnet the usb mouse, and disable the usb port in bios.
[21:50] <Mip5_>  [  18.120205] eth0: link down
[21:52] <Mip5_> This error seems strange to since the link us up and working fine during the preceding part of the boot process
[21:53] <sbalneav> Try disabling the usb port: it and the ethernet device might be on the same interrupt
[21:54] <sbalneav> Could be an ACPI issuce.  Might need something like acpi=force or noacpi on the pxe command line.
[21:55] <Mip5_> okay - I'l try that. FWIW, disabling USB didn't have any effect on the eth0 link down issue
[21:56] <sbalneav> Did you disable it in the bios before, or just umplug the mouse?
[21:57] <Mip5> I disabled it in the BIOS (I had previously unplugged the mouse)
[21:58] <Mip5> Anyway - the idea of acpi=force did the trick
[21:58] <Mip5> It booted all the way, got the login prompt and was able to login.
[21:58] <Mip5> I'd like to try it with the usb mouse
[21:59] <Mip5> thanks for your help - this is great!
[21:59] <sbalneav> Betcha it works.  Lots of times ACPI issues cause problems.
[21:59] <sbalneav> What kind of mobo's are in the thin clients.  They're not Via EPIA 1ghz's are they?
[21:59] <sbalneav> EPIA-LN
[22:06] <Mip5_> It's an nvidia m2npv-vm
[22:07] <sbalneav> Not familiar with that.  Anyway, nice to know it's working now.
[22:07] <Mip5_> and I think the chipset is 6150
[22:07] <Mip5_> Yeah - it's great.
[22:08] <sbalneav> Okiedoke, I'm heading home in a few minutes, be on again thisevening.
[22:08] <sbalneav> good luck
[22:08] <Mip5_> Do you think I have to take extra steps to get nvidia drivers installed? Are these restricted?
[22:08] <Mip5_> Cool - thanks again for your help
[22:08] <sbalneav> Dunno, I've never used the nVidia drives.
[22:08] <sbalneav> Another place to check would be #ltsp
[22:09] <sbalneav> the LTSP developers hang out in there (I'm one), you may find more people who may help.
[22:09] <Mip5_> okay - thanks
[22:09] <sbalneav> #ltsp and #edubuntu have a lot of the same people in them, but #ltsp's usually more actively watched :)
[22:10] <Mip5_> You know, I wonderd about that. I'll tune in there.
[22:10] <Mip5_> Thanks again!
[22:52] <thismamacooks200> I'm trying to transfer my home directoy to an external (windows) drive so I can install linux on my a bigger internal hard drive