LTSP thin client failure to boot

Try running: sudo gedit /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default
removing "quiet splash" from there to better see any error messages,
and rebooting the client.
Post as much lines as you can from the client output, starting from the bottom.

E.g. it could be a DHCP problem on your network, or a module problem with your network card. What network card does your client have? Can you try with another client?

My thin client has a network card. is the following:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

I don't have another thin client to use. I will try the commands listed above and report the details.

When I hit alr- cntrl -del a message displays. init disconnect system bus.

How can I get an output from the client that goes to black screen.

I have attached the log files for my system. One is title for 9.10 os which works and the other is for 10.04 alpha 3. The log files are the syslog file.

Log from Server Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 3

For what it's worth, I was seeing the exact same problem you described. I even loaded up two different servers - one from the normal server distro and added this package and the other from the alternate CD and picked the LTSP server mode. Both were failing. By removing "quiet splash" like the one person suggested above, I found that I was getting a crash in init and showing that it was trying to use an IP address as a variable where it shouldn't be. (this came right after udhcp was running) Turned out, that address it was sticking in there was from where I define TWO ntp servers on my dhcp server. By changing the individual entry to just have ONE address after "options ntp-servers", the problem went away and I was able to boot up the terminal.

Dunno if that might be the case for you too or not, but that sure fixed it for me. Not sure which package that problem would be with or I'd file a bug report on it... We shouldn't be limited to one ntp server, I don't think. (unless I missed that in the RFC somewhere...)

-Ken

Can you confirm it also happens to you with the final 10.04 release and more importantly with 11.04?

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