show stopper for us: dev nbd0 clients locking up losing connection with server

[john]

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>
> OK, first thing I'd do is add in say 256 megs of NBD swap (assuming you've got
> the disk space) with something like:
>
> NBD_SWAP=True


Ok, I assume the proper place for this is /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf

I added the line you indicated. Now that file reads:


LDM_DIRECTX=True
NBD_SWAP=True


>
> and edit /etc/ltsp/nbdswapd.conf
>
> SIZE=256\

Ok, there wasn't already an /etc/ltsp/nbdswapd.conf so I created one
and added the line you mentioned.

my /etc/ltsp directory now has the following files in it.

dhcpd.conf  nbdswapd.conf  syslogd


BTW, Where is the disk space being used? I assume this is on the
server? Could you explain this a little more fully?

>
> Also, within the thin client chroot, when they freeze up, can you ctrl-alt-f1
> and get the login prompt?

The clients are currently completely frozen. I can't get an alternate
tty, however I am game to try this out if I get one that
responds.

  If so, here might be an interesting test:
>
>
> Set a root passwd in the chroot:
>
> chroot /opt/ltsp/i386
> passwd
>
> Rebuild your image, then if you get a latch-up, c-a-f1 to the text login, go in
> as root, and use the free command to see if you've run out of ram, and run
> dmesg to see what the client thinks is going on.
>


Thanks!

John