<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">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? <br><div> </div>Chris Coleman<div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, January 19, 2011 4:35:48 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [ale] [OT] LTSP issue<br></font><br>
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I currently have an LTSP environment on Ubuntu 9.10 setup at my church.<br>
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Old PIIs and PIIIs boot fine off of LTSP on 9.10 server.<br>
However, they ALL fail when booting from LTSP on 10.10.<br>
NEWER Clients - P4 and newer w/onboard NICs boot just fine off of BOTH 9.10 and 10.10.<br>
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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.<br>
Unplugging the cable from the old client nic and plugging into the newer client's nic and... "voilla", LTSP boots perfectly.<br>
<stupid question starts> :-)<br>
Was there any changes with the DHCP/PXE protocols on 10.10 ?<br>
If so, would that prevent old nics from "seeing" the DHCP server on the LTSP box?<br>
<stupid question ends> :-)<br>
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Please note that the LTSP installations are on 02 different test servers:<br>
LTSP 9.10 is on a old IBM eserver 325 (two network cards).<br>
LTSP 10.10 is on a old Compaq Proliant DL380 (two network cards). <br>
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Could it be something linked to the server's network cards (bios related?)?<br>
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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.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Sergio
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