[Ltsp-discuss] syslog and sound issues using debian etch

[Jaysen O'D. <jo...@ey...>]

A long post. Sorry. Type A ?problem solvers read the background section and 
last 4 paragraphs. ltsp developers read the last paragraph first then start 
back at the top. The middle sections documents some issues I had and 
resolved. Hopefully someone else will save some time when Google indexes the 
list. 

A little background 
* server and client use debian etch (needed the newer kernel but wanted a 
"stock install")
* installed ltsp via deb packages (ubuntu sourced I believe)
* clients are simply loading root and automounting /home. All services are 
local.

Running into a few small issues. The ones I have fixed:
* Had to empty /etc/hostname to get the client to use DHCP supplied hostname
* Had to edit <chroot>/etc/initramfs/modules to get the sis190 module in thh 
init image. 
* The PXE --> linux kernel DHCP config required some funky dhcpd.conf settings 
as I don't really want to list mac addresses in dhcpd.conf. Basically had to 
"double class" using matches to make certain that the ltsp clients stay in a 
specific subnet. 
	class "kidcompinit" {
		match if ... = "PXEClient";
????????}
????????class "kidcomprunt" {
????????????????match if ... = "Linux ipc";
????????}
????????subnet 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 {
????????????????option ....
????????????????.....
????????????????pool {
????????????????????????allow "kidcompinit";
????????????????????????allow "kidcomprunt";
????????????????????????range ....
????????????????????????....
????????????????}
????????????????pool {
????????????????????????deny "kidcompinit";
????????????????????????deny "kidcomprunt"
????????????????????????range ....
????????????????????????......
????????????????}
If anyone sees a better way to do this let me know. I tried matching the first 
four bytes of the MAC but that just didn't work (all terms are using same 
nic).
</fixed>

So what I can't seem to really fix is 

*remote syslog. ?If I edit <chroot>/etc/init.d/ltsp-client-setup and restart 
sysklogd as the last line of the start case everything works. Anything else 
fails. I have examined syslog.conf on the terminal post boot and the entries 
are correct. Just nothing logs. A manual restart of sysklogd and everything 
is fine. I would like to not use customized ltsp-client-setup and that is 
just "a bad idea" 

* sound. Using 2.6.18 and udev I get no /dev/dsp and I can't seem to get KDE 
to use the /dev/snd devices. Remember that the xserver and desktop are local 
so there should be no need for network sound. I use KDE on my sun 
microsystems and other Intel/AMD workstations with no problem so I am pretty 
sure I am setting up the desk top correctly. Sound is recognized as a SIS 
AC97 and loads the i810 module stack. 

If the ltps dev team is reading this I would like to thank you for this 
excellent package. I have previously use diskless and lessdisks with success 
(I believe these efforts are all together in ltsp as I recognize some names). 
ltsp is giving me the ability to stop recommending Sun Ray. Thank you. Thank 
you. Thank you.

jodell