Comment 19 for bug 365380

After mucking around with Jaunty LTSP with Karmic LTSP PPA, initramfs, etc. I decided to jump into Karmic Beta itself. Our LTSP server has two drives, so I can afford to experiment with an alternative setup while keeping the working one (LTSP 8.10) on the other drive.

Karmic LTSP based on the alternate beta release from a few days ago had problems in detecting my network cards. It detected one only (eth0) so I had to had edit eth1 after the install. It also failed to get IP via dhcp, so I had to manually enter IP info for eth0. Even after this install, the thin client would load, but not authenticate (cannot connect to server). Also, udhcpc would cycle five times and fail four times until it got an IP on the fifth try. In none of the cases did I see the new Karmic swooshing KnightRider-like bar. Instead I see all the udhcpc failure messages.

After updating the install today (6pm Pacific) and rebuilding the thin client, it finally worked. It still boot up and shows udhcpc failure for four or five times, until it eventually gets the IP, after which, it loads the thin client pretty fast and shows the default login screen. This works for all 33 machines in our classroom/lab. Lots of LTSP screens tickle your fancy? See http://twitgoo.com/40p4m

I'll test with a full class (33 stations) on Monday and report back if anything breaks. We'll be brave and run the rest of the semester on Karmic!