Edubuntu LTSP Thin-Clients hang before graphical login

[Kirk Steffensen]

Binary package hint: edubuntu-server

Posting bug after talking to ogra on #edubuntu.

After rebooting a Dapper Edubuntu LTSP diskless thin-client, the client will often hang after loading the kernel before the graphical login loads. The thin client presents its own TTY1 login (which cannot be used, since the thin client only has a locked root account).

This is corrected by pressing alt-f7, which restores the graphical login.

ogra reports that this is corrected in Edgy. It would be great if it could be patched for Dapper LTS. Thanks.

[Kirt Runolfson (kirtr)]

This seems to be a duplicate of Bug #39294 which has had a fix released, pre June 1, that didn't seem to solve the problem.

I feel this would be an important fix to get back into dapper as well since I have seen multiple threads on the internet relating to the same isssue.

More information has been posted against #39294, hopefully we can back that bug out of the "Fix Released" status.

[Kirk Steffensen (kirk-steffensen)]

From <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/39294">Bug #39294</a>

Oliver,

Changing the line that reads
/etc/init.d/usplash stop
to be
/etc/init.d/usplash start
in the /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/init.d/ltsp-client file

did the trick for me, too.

Thanks! We now have a very usable test system. Hope to roll out a full production purchase soon!