On 08/22/2012 06:42 PM, John Hupp wrote: > I got no output from that command string, and I found that on this > system /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid does not exist - that is an empty folder.
Ah, right, try: (still on one line) sudo /usr/sbin/dhcpd -f -4 -pf /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid -cf /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf My guess is that the -q was making any error/informational message go away. > On 8/22/2012 4:57 PM, Stéphane Graber wrote: >> On 08/22/2012 04:38 PM, John Hupp wrote: >>> Thanks. >>> >>> /var/log/upstart/isc-dhcp-server.log does not exist, but >>> isc-dhcp-server6.log does (perhaps related to the fact that this is an >>> LTSP DHCP server and not a regular DHCP server?). >>> >>> Its contents: >>> >>> /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf does not exist! - Aborting... >>> Please create and configure /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf to fix the problem. >>> isc-dhcp-server6 stop/pre-start, process 1094 >>> >>> But very interestingly, on another server for which the LTSP clients >>> boot reliably, isc-dhcp-server6.log has the same contents! >> That's the expected content for isc-dhcp-server6.log for a network >> without IPv6. >> >> Try running (one line): >> sudo /usr/sbin/dhcpd -f -q -4 -pf /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid -cf >> /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf >> >> From a shell, that should tell you what's failing. >> >>> On 8/22/2012 3:21 PM, Stéphane Graber wrote: >>>> On 08/22/2012 03:02 PM, John Hupp wrote: >>>>> I have a couple small LTSP networks set up for testing. On the network >>>>> with Edubuntu 12.04, the LTSP client boot regularly fails at step one of >>>>> the PXE boot with the message: "DHCP ..... No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers >>>>> were received." >>>>> >>>>> Restarting the isc-dhcp-server service always works, but something about >>>>> the boot process regularly causes it to fail to start. The restart >>>>> command output: >>>>> stop: Unknown instance: >>>>> isc-dhcp-server start/running, process (pid goes here) >>>>> >>>>> Dmesg includes these lines: >>>>> init: isc-dhcp-server main process ended, respawning >>>>> init: isc-dhcp-server main process (pid goes here) terminated >>>>> init: isc-dhcp-server respawning too fast, stopped >>>>> >>>>> Is anyone familiar with this problem? >>>> Look in /var/log/upstart/isc-dhcp-server.log for details. >>>> >>>> >> > -- Stéphane Graber Ubuntu developer http://www.ubuntu.com
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