[ale] [OT] LTSP issue

[Jim Kinney]

What was the solution?
On Jan 19, 2011 9:01 PM, "Sergio Chaves" <sergio.chaves at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speed=10/100
> Connection=Direct on server
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Sergio
>
> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 05:38:40 pm cdcoleman wrote:
>> The "green" light is the link indicator and/or speed indicator. When the
>> light is off, no physical layer connection detected or it could mean a
>> problem with auto-negotiating the link speed. What speed NICs are in the
>> servers? Are the clients connected to a hub or switch or directly
>> connected to the server?
>>
>>
>> Chris Coleman
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com>
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 4:35:48 PM
>> Subject: [ale] [OT] LTSP issue
>>
>> Ok, this is a challenge I need help with.
>>
>> I currently have an LTSP environment on Ubuntu 9.10 setup at my church.
>>
>> Old PIIs and PIIIs boot fine off of LTSP on 9.10 server.
>> However, they ALL fail when booting from LTSP on 10.10.
>> NEWER Clients - P4 and newer w/onboard NICs boot just fine off of BOTH
9.10
>> and 10.10.
>>
>> I have noticed that the old clients DO NOT even "see" the dhcp server (do
>> not become active with a green light) from the 10.10.
>> Unplugging the cable from the old client nic and plugging into the newer
>> client's nic and... "voilla", LTSP boots perfectly.
>> <stupid question starts> :-)
>> Was there any changes with the DHCP/PXE protocols on 10.10 ?
>> If so, would that prevent old nics from "seeing" the DHCP server on the
>> LTSP box?
>> <stupid question ends> :-)
>>
>> Please note that the LTSP installations are on 02 different test servers:
>> LTSP 9.10 is on a old IBM eserver 325 (two network cards).
>> LTSP 10.10 is on a old Compaq Proliant DL380 (two network cards).
>>
>> Could it be something linked to the server's network cards (bios
related?)?
>>
>> The church officials will not allow me to officially deploy it until I
have
>> this issue figured out; budget is tight and, for now, upgrade to real
thin
>> clients and/or newer PCs is not an option.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sergio
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