[22:17] <johnkershaw> hi - I'm very new :/  anyone able to help me with my first LTSP install? my clients won't boot :/
[22:17] <johnkershaw> I get this far:
[22:17] <johnkershaw> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1875978/Edubuntu_NetBoot_640.jpg
[22:17] <johnkershaw> (if I'm in the wrong place to ask, please redirect me :)
[22:23] <johnkershaw> hello?
[22:24] <johnkershaw> :)
[22:33] <johnkershaw> hi
[22:39] <highvoltage> hi johnkershaw
[22:40] <highvoltage> johnkershaw: which version of Edubuntu is taht?
[22:59] <johnkershaw> hi
[22:59] <johnkershaw> 11.04
[22:59] <johnkershaw> fresh and shiny
[23:00] <johnkershaw> all my clients are getting an IP address from the box, so the connectivity is okay
[23:00] <johnkershaw> but then:
[23:00] <johnkershaw> Error: failed to connect to NBD server 192.168.0.254:2000
[23:01] <highvoltage> I can't remember if it's in /etc/inetd.conf or /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
[23:02] <highvoltage> oh probably inetd.conf, but I've come across it making it port 2001 the default port to listen on
[23:02] <johnkershaw> if it helps, I'm not getting any internet connectivity either
[23:03] <johnkershaw> the network is fine (I'M on it now!)
[23:03] <johnkershaw> and the machine could definitely see the internet when it was installing 11.04, cos it was doing updates and stuff
[23:03] <johnkershaw> but now that it's finished installing, it's gone all sulky and won't connect
[23:03] <johnkershaw> related?
[23:04] <highvoltage> I think when you installed ltsp from edubuntu you probably chose the ethernet port that you're currently using for the rest of the network
[23:05] <highvoltage> the edubuntu installer assumed you're using two network cards, one for ltsp and one for getting internet and access to the rest of your network
[23:05] <johnkershaw> can I undo that? there are two ethernet ports on the back of the machine, but the built-in one was taped over, so I'm guessing I should ignore it
[23:06] <highvoltage> I can't say why it was taped over :)
[23:06] <highvoltage> you can edit the /etc/network/interfaces file
[23:06] <johnkershaw> my prior/existing setup is a mac os 10.4 server which has happily run our 17 macbooks and various staff laptops for 3 years
[23:07] <johnkershaw> it's dhcp server was clashing with the one on ltsp, so I've turned off the mac's service
[23:07] <highvoltage> ah
[23:07] <johnkershaw> my macbookpro has picked up an ip from the ltsp, so that side of things is working
[23:08] <highvoltage> ok, so in that interfaces file you'll have something like "auto eth0, iface eth0 inet static, address 192.168.0.254...", you probably want to change that to "autho eth0, iface eth0 inet dhcp" and remove the address and netmask lines directly below it
[23:09] <johnkershaw> 2 secs - I'll relocate this machine so I can see the ltsp's screen
[23:10] <highvoltage> then you could also add another section so that ltsp works on the same card, I've pasted an example on http://paste.ubuntu.com/658293/
[23:11] <highvoltage> (that's assuming that network card is on eth0, you can type 'ifconfig' to check current settings)
[23:12] <johnkershaw_> back
[23:13] <johnkershaw_> right - pico /etc/network/interfaces (there's no gui for this, right?)
[23:13] <highvoltage> from the gui you could press alt+f2, it will give you a run dialog. then you can type "gedit /etc/network/interfaces" to do it in a gui text editor
[23:14] <johnkershaw_> right - I have the file open
[23:14] <johnkershaw_> got auto eth0
[23:15] <johnkershaw_> so I change 'static' to 'dhcp', after 'inet' - yes?
[23:15] <highvoltage> yes
[23:15] <highvoltage> that will fix your internet connection on that machine after you reboot
[23:15] <highvoltage> (see the example I pasted too)
[23:15] <johnkershaw_> permission denied :(
[23:16] <highvoltage> whoops, I left something out in the run command
[23:17] <highvoltage> when you run it from the run dialog you have to type "gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces"
[23:17] <highvoltage> not 100% sure if it's gksudo or gksu in 11.04 but if you get the text editor then it worked :)
[23:18] <johnkershaw_> changed, saved
[23:18] <johnkershaw_> do I need to force a refresh somehow?
[23:18] <johnkershaw_> or just reboot?
[23:19] <highvoltage> did you remove the address and netmask lines below it too? or did you add the auto eth0:1 part so long?
[23:19] <highvoltage> for the changes to apply, you can type the following in a terminal:
[23:19] <johnkershaw_> it now reads:
[23:19] <johnkershaw_> auto lo
[23:19] <highvoltage> sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[23:19] <johnkershaw_> iface lo inet loopback
[23:19] <highvoltage> (or you can reboot)
[23:19] <johnkershaw_> auto eth0
[23:19] <johnkershaw_> iface eth0 inet dhcp
[23:20] <johnkershaw_>   address 192.168.0.254
[23:20] <johnkershaw_>   netmask 255.255.255.0
[23:20] <johnkershaw_> [[END]]
[23:20] <highvoltage> you have to remove the lines that say "address" and "netmask" below the one that has dhcp in it
[23:20] <johnkershaw_> kk
[23:20] <johnkershaw_> done
[23:20] <highvoltage> ok, no you can do:
[23:21] <highvoltage> sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[23:21] <highvoltage> and you should have internet
[23:21] <johnkershaw_> deprecated, but okay :)
[23:21] <highvoltage> yeah you can ignore that :)
[23:22] <johnkershaw_> yay!
[23:22] <johnkershaw_> you beauty!
[23:22] <johnkershaw_> will that have fixed the client issue?
[23:22] <highvoltage> now, if you look at that example I pasted, it shows the other lines that you need to get LTSP back
[23:23] <highvoltage> after you've added that, I guess the easiest thing to do is to reboot the machine
[23:23] <johnkershaw_> I never got the example - must've been when I was moving between ethernet ports
[23:23] <highvoltage> (I'm leaving the office and going home now so I'll be back a little later)
[23:23] <johnkershaw_> could you repaste the example please?
[23:23] <highvoltage> http://paste.ubuntu.com/658293/
[23:24] <johnkershaw_> (it's half-midnight here!)
[23:24] <johnkershaw_> right, I'll put that in too
[23:24] <highvoltage> ouch :)
[23:24] <johnkershaw_> yeah - been here since 7pm
[23:25] <johnkershaw_> right, typed, will reboot
[23:25] <johnkershaw_> thanks :)
[23:35] <johnkershaw_> anyone else out there?
[23:40] <johnkershaw_> hi
[23:47] <highvoltage> johnkershaw_: just ask
[23:47] <highvoltage> (I'm back btw)
[23:49] <johnkershaw> anyone help with a freshly installed 11.04 ltsp that won't netboot clients?
[23:52] <johnkershaw> hi
[23:52] <johnkershaw> edubuntu help?