Debian Bug report logs - #659396
ltsp-server: ltsp client fails to boot with --kiosk option

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Laurent Grawet <debian-bugs@grawet.be>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: ltsp-server: ltsp client fails to boot with --kiosk option

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:42:47 +0100

Package: ltsp-server
Version: 5.2.4-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch


Hi,

"ltsp-build-client --kiosk" prevents ltsp client from booting. This is simply
because busybox is needed inside initrd. The problem is busybox package is
recommended by initramfs-tools but 
    /usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Debian/035-kiosk
disable recommends with the line:
    APT_GET_OPTS="$APT_GET_OPTS -o APT::Install-Recommends=false"

So busybox is not installed, initrd ends up with sh (= dash) instead of
busybox and boot hangs. (take a look at /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/busybox)

The bug can be fixed by forcing the installation of busybox inside 
020-kernel-selection for example. "busybox" can be appended to this line: 
   test -n "$KERNEL_PACKAGES" && LATE_PACKAGES="$LATE_PACKAGES $KERNEL_PACKAGES busybox"

But I'm wondering whether busybox shouldn't be a dependance of initramfs-tools.
There are some complex scripts running at early boot and I don't think even a
"stantdard" system is able to boot with dash instead of busybox.

Regards,

Laurent

-- Package-specific info:
chroot information: /opt/ltsp/i386
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze)
Release:	6.0.4
Codename:	squeeze

packages in chroot: /opt/ltsp/i386
ii ldm 2:2.1.2-2
ii ltsp-client 5.2.4-2
ii ltsp-client-core 5.2.4-2
ii ltspfsd 0.7-2
ii ltspfsd-core 0.7-2

found: /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf
# This is the default lts.conf file for ltsp 5.  For more information about
# valid options please see lts.conf(5) man page, available in the ltsp-docs
# package.
#
# Note that things like sound and local device support are auto-enabled if the
# corresponding packages are installed, there is no need to manually set these
# options anymore.

[default] 
    LTSP_CONFIG=True
    #SOUND=False
    #LOCALDEV=False
    SOUND=True
    LOCALDEV=True
    LOCAL_APPS=True
    NDB_SWAP=True
    X_NUMLOCK=True
    #CONFIGURE_X=False

chroot information: /opt/ltsp/i386k
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze)
Release:	6.0.4
Codename:	squeeze

packages in chroot: /opt/ltsp/i386k
ii ldm 2:2.1.2-2
ii ltsp-client 5.2.4-2
ii ltsp-client-core 5.2.4-2
ii ltspfsd 0.7-2
ii ltspfsd-core 0.7-2

found: /opt/ltsp/i386k/etc/lts.conf
# This is the default lts.conf file for ltsp 5.  For more information about
# valid options please see lts.conf(5) man page, available in the ltsp-docs
# package.
#
# Note that things like sound and local device support are auto-enabled if the
# corresponding packages are installed, there is no need to manually set these
# options anymore.

[default] 
    LTSP_CONFIG=True
    #SOUND=False
    #LOCALDEV=False
    #CONFIGURE_X=False

found image: /opt/ltsp/images/i386k.img
/opt/ltsp/images/i386k.img: Squashfs filesystem, little endian, version 4.0, 108311707647 bytes, 30892 inodes, blocksize: 25 bytes, created: Mon Aug 29 21:37:36 2005


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ltsp-server depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1           Debian configuration management sy
ii  debconf-utils         1.5.36.1           debconf utilities
ii  debootstrap           1.0.26+squeeze1    Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  gettext-base          0.18.1.1-3         GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  iproute               20100519-3         networking and traffic control too
ii  lsb-release           3.2-23.2squeeze1   Linux Standard Base version report
ii  openssh-client        1:5.5p1-6+squeeze1 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii  python                2.6.6-3+squeeze6   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  tcpd                  7.6.q-19           Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilit
ii  update-inetd          4.38+nmu1+squeeze1 inetd configuration file updater

Versions of packages ltsp-server recommends:
ii  nbd-server            1:2.9.16-8         Network Block Device protocol - se
ii  nfs-kernel-server     1:1.2.2-4squeeze2  support for NFS kernel server
ii  openbsd-inetd [inet-s 0.20080125-6       The OpenBSD Internet Superserver
ii  openssh-server        1:5.5p1-6+squeeze1 secure shell (SSH) server, for sec
ii  squashfs-tools        1:4.0-8            Tool to create and append to squas
ii  tftpd-hpa             5.0-18             HPA's tftp server

Versions of packages ltsp-server suggests:
pn  audiooss                   <none>        (no description available)
pn  dhcp3-server | dnsmasq     <none>        (no description available)
ii  gnome-session [x-session-m 2.30.2-3      The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  ldm-server                 2:2.1.2-2     server components for LTSP display
ii  libasound2-plugins         1.0.23-1+b1   ALSA library additional plugins
ii  ltsp-docs                  0.99+bzr115-1 LTSP Documentation
ii  ltspfs                     0.7-2         Fuse based remote filesystem for L
ii  metacity [x-window-manager 1:2.30.1-3    lightweight GTK+ window manager
pn  pulseaudio-esound-compat | <none>        (no description available)
pn  qemu-user-static           <none>        (no description available)
pn  sdm                        <none>        (no description available)
ii  x11-utils                  7.5+4         X11 utilities
ii  xauth                      1:1.0.4-1     X authentication utility

-- debconf information:
  ltsp-server/build_client: false

Message #10 received at 659396@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@freegeek.org>

To: Laurent Grawet <debian-bugs@grawet.be>, 659396@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#659396: ltsp-server: ltsp client fails to boot with --kiosk option

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:38:12 -0800

tags 659396 confirmed
thanks

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 08:42:47PM +0100, Laurent Grawet wrote:
> "ltsp-build-client --kiosk" prevents ltsp client from booting. This is simply
> because busybox is needed inside initrd. The problem is busybox package is
> recommended by initramfs-tools but 
>     /usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Debian/035-kiosk
> disable recommends with the line:
>     APT_GET_OPTS="$APT_GET_OPTS -o APT::Install-Recommends=false"

thanks for the bug report!

yes, the kiosk plugin needs a good deal of work...

i'd like to switch it to use nodm and maybe something that configures the 
chroot at boot time rather than statically at build time... i'll put some work 
on it in the next few days, while i'm working on the next upload.


> So busybox is not installed, initrd ends up with sh (= dash) instead of
> busybox and boot hangs. (take a look at /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/busybox)
> 
> The bug can be fixed by forcing the installation of busybox inside 
> 020-kernel-selection for example. "busybox" can be appended to this line: 
>    test -n "$KERNEL_PACKAGES" && LATE_PACKAGES="$LATE_PACKAGES $KERNEL_PACKAGES busybox"
 
> But I'm wondering whether busybox shouldn't be a dependance of initramfs-tools.
> There are some complex scripts running at early boot and I don't think even a
> "stantdard" system is able to boot with dash instead of busybox.

i'd say that's really more of a problem with initramfs-tools, if it's not 
representing it's dependencies and it really can't work without busybox.


live well,
  vagrant

Message #17 received at 659396-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>

To: 659396-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#659396: fixed in ltsp 5.3.1-1

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:02:15 +0000

Source: ltsp
Source-Version: 5.3.1-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ltsp, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

ltsp-client-builder_5.3.1-1_all.udeb
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp-client-builder_5.3.1-1_all.udeb
ltsp-client-core_5.3.1-1_i386.deb
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp-client-core_5.3.1-1_i386.deb
ltsp-client_5.3.1-1_i386.deb
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp-client_5.3.1-1_i386.deb
ltsp-server-standalone_5.3.1-1_all.deb
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp-server-standalone_5.3.1-1_all.deb
ltsp-server_5.3.1-1_all.deb
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp-server_5.3.1-1_all.deb
ltsp_5.3.1-1.debian.tar.gz
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp_5.3.1-1.debian.tar.gz
ltsp_5.3.1-1.dsc
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp_5.3.1-1.dsc
ltsp_5.3.1.orig.tar.gz
  to main/l/ltsp/ltsp_5.3.1.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 659396@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> (supplier of updated ltsp package)

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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:15:41 -0800
Source: ltsp
Binary: ltsp-server ltsp-server-standalone ltsp-client-core ltsp-client ltsp-client-builder
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 5.3.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: LTSP Debian/Ubuntu Maintainers <pkg-ltsp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
Description: 
 ltsp-client - complete LTSP client environment
 ltsp-client-builder - build an LTSP environment in the installer target (udeb)
 ltsp-client-core - basic LTSP client environment
 ltsp-server - basic LTSP server environment
 ltsp-server-standalone - complete LTSP server environment
Closes: 651727 659396
Changes: 
 ltsp (5.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release:
     - Most ltsp-build-client plugins have now been moved to ltsp-init.d
       scripts, applying at boot time instead of build time.
     - Massive rework of all our init scripts, including deprecation of
       ltsp-client-setup.
     - Better NBD handling, using the upstream NBD scripts. LTSP is now
       using named NBD mount for both root and swap.
     - Moved from a whitelist of boot services to a blacklist, please get
       in touch with upstream if you noticed something that needs
       blacklisting.
     - New improved nbd-proxy with support for named NBD mounts
       (nbd-proxy is turned off by default)
     - Improvements to ltsp-update-image including use of ionice by default.
     - Lots of fat clients improvement.
     - Proper handling of resolvconf
     - LTSP now ships /sbin/init-ltsp that's used to configure the thin
       client at boot time.
     - Improve ltsp-chroot command (it even has a manpage now).
     - Better handling of mixed NFS and NBD environment.
     - More consistent use of ltsp_config and ltsp-*-functions giving us
       a consistent environment and avoiding some delays.
     - Improved sound volume handling using udev rule instead of the old
       script.
     - Default to use NFS with a writeable aufs overlay for the entire root
       filesytem.
     - ltsp-build-client: Configure ltsp-update-image depending on type of
       installed environment to ensure running ltsp-update-image doesn't
       automatically convert from one type of network boot to another.
     - Add fat-client ltsp-build-client plugin.
     - Fix ltsp-build-client kiosk plugin to use kiosk screen
       session (Closes: #659396).
     - ltsp-build-client locales plugin: Copy /etc/default/keyboard if present.
     - Start ltsp-client-core only when an LTSP boot was requested.
     - Plenty of other fixes, thanks to everyone involved with this release!
 .
   * debian/control:
     - ltsp-client: Add dependency on rsyslog or system-log-daemon.
     - ltsp-client: Prefer freerdp-x11 over rdesktop.
     - ltsp-client-core: Add dependency on iproute, used to detect the client
       mac address.
     - ltsp-client-core: Recommend procps, used in much of the LTSP codebase.
 .
   * debian/rules:
     - Use override_dh_install for nbd-proxy and po-file installation.
     - Install nbd-client-proxy.
     - Use dh_autoreconf to call autogen.sh.
 .
    * Slovak (sk) translation of debconf messages by Slavko (Closes: #651727).
 .
    * debian/patches: Remove check-exports-d, applied upstream.
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