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[robfantini <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Hello
 Here is the issue,  a workaround was given on https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss  . I copied that to the end of this report:
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Problem:
 We've installed Ubuntu 12.04 ltsp server and it is working great for
gui desktops.

 However we would also need to serve shell only to some clients . [ That
is for stations needing just command line].

 I do have this working in a KVM.   This does what we want:
[DA:72:E8:40:24:D0]
# kvm 101  on  home4
 SCREEN_02=shell
 SCREEN_03=shell
 #SCREEN_07=ldm
 SCREEN_07=shell


However for real hardware it has not worked for us.

On real hardware [ 3 different systems ] we can use ldm,  But when we
set this: SCREEN_07=shell  , the screen hangs forever at the
screen that shows  " Ubuntu ...."


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Workaround: 
In /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/init/ltsp-client-core.conf there's a line that reads:
/bin/plymouth quit --retain-splash || true

I'm guessing that this is supposed to stop plymouth but retain the image 
on screen, so that there's a smooth transition to X.
And since you're not using X, there's no code to clear the retained 
plymouth image.

I'd suggest for you to file a bug in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ltsp
in order for some developer to see/fix that part of the code,
and in the meantime to remove "quiet splash plymouth:force-splash 
vt.handoff=7"
from /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default


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 remove "quiet splash plymouth:force-splash vt.handoff=7"   fixed the
issue here.

** Affects: ltsp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  issue with SCREEN_07=shell

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