Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP GUI GSOC project status and meeting minutes June week 3

On Sunday 29 June 2008 03:00:53 ltsp-developer-request-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uv+2+P5yyue3@public.gmane.orgt 
wrote:
> > My client (a via EPIA) dies [utterly dead] during the initrd
> >    I took the initrd and vmlinuz from a working ubuntu
> >         it works but chokes on the squash image
> >    I took the squash image from my ubuntu and it works
> >
> > I not sure about this: Dies after
> > ...
> > Free unused kernel memory ...
> > Write protect kernel data ...
> > input: PS/2 mouse etc
> > ------------------------------ dead [no key led, no keyboard, no net
> > activity]
>
> Someone has reported this before in a VIA TC, unfortunately none of
> the hardwares we've tested has this problem, so we cannot debug it.
> The TC has to be minimum 128M RAM, ideally 265M, and supported by i586
> kernel.

The TC has 512M. I don't know what level of x86 the VIA cpu is. I CANNOT build 
ubuntu (Fiesty Gutsy or Hardy) on those machines but SuSE10.3 installs fine.

> > I've not downloaded the DVD, but I can't find WHAT kernel or how the
> > initramfs is built on KIWI-anywhere (I've looked at repos and opensuse
> > from the .ymp files)
>
> Run kiwi-ltsp-setup without any arguments, it will list all the
> switches available, there are a couple of switches for building
> initrd. You'd need i586 DVD if you intend to build images.
>
> See /usr/share/kiwi/image/netboot/suse-11.0/config.xml and
> suse-linuxrc there, that description is used for creating the initrd.
>
> > Is there enough info to guide an-old-fart like me through the initramfs
> > build for kiwi-ltsp so I can debug what is wrong?
> >
> > Question <a la Warren <smile>>
> > Why has KIWI made such a mess in /srv/tftboot
> > surely at least a ltsp maybe even ltsp/i386 ?
>
> Check out /usr/share/doc/packages/kiwi/kiwi.pdf for the structure of
> /srv/tftpboot used by KIWI.
>
> KIWI-LTSP is in /srv/kiwi-ltsp and /srv/kiwi-ltsp-nfs, openSUSE puts
> all services together in /srv, easier to find that way, and "more" FHS
> compliant ;)

> > Also that would make the dhcpd.conf filenames the same.
>
> Why would anyone want it another?

I have ubuntu machines [everybody served by my central DHCP server]. Filenames 
are /pxelinux.0 for suse and /ltsp/i386/pxelinux.0 on ubuntu, but I also use 
TC-mythtv http://www.linpvr.org/ so it's nice to keep some order 
in ..tftpboot ie ltsp myth etc.

All very minor, as I contemplate how I might use this

Again many thanks, I'll feedback what I can find re Via
James

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