LTSP testing: ltsp-build-client seems to have aborted during install

[Dale Gallagher]

I've a log of the process, find it here:

http://www.zootzone.com/dev/debug/log/ltsp-build-client.log

(I changed the mirror to Ireland in the script)

Dale Gallagher wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm new to serious Debian sysadmin (maintain a few desktops and used to 
> maintain one server remotely) _and_ a complete LTSP newbie - just so you 
> know where I stand. However, I have extensive Linux experience 
> (Slackware) so answers can be technical, might just be slower on the 
> Debian stuff.
> 
> Info:
> 
> Running an up-to-date breezy install.
> Followed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinClientHowto
> (installed dhcpd.conf separately, with ltsp-server pkg)
> 
> When running ltsp-build-client it aborted after downloading packages and 
> killed X - seems to be improperly installed. I did this twice to be 
> certain.
> 
> Thin client (HPt5525) booted via PXE until:
> 
> aborted at the TFTP section so I did the following:
> 
> cp -p /usr/lib/syslinux/* /var/lib/tftpboot
> 
> Then rebooted the thin client which progressed to:
> 
> TFTP prefix: /ltsp/
> Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-14-38-bb-d8-12
> ...
> Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default
> Could not find kernel image: linux
> boot:
> 
> I then discovered that there was no LTSP kernel anywhere.. hence the 
> realisation that the ltsp-build-client script shouldn't have killed X 
> and that something was amiss.
> 
> Does the install script leave a log somewhere (will start looking).
> 
> How can I help debug this, as I'd prefer not to install LTSP from 
> scratch, if at all possible, though I'm time contrained and might have 
> to... Hoping for some assistance, thanks!
> 
> cheers
> Dale
> 
>