[Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#659396: ltsp-server: ltsp client fails to boot with --kiosk option

[Laurent Grawet]

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