Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) for Education

ID Date Version Classification
824808 06/26/2025 1.3.13-3.1 Public
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Failed to Mount NFS

On Auto-Provisioning, if the VM is not launched after 20 minutes of black screen, enter admin mode by pressing $mod+a and press $mod+Enter to launch terminal.

Note:The keyword $mod refers to the configured modifier, the ALT key.

Perform a check using this command:


df -h

This line is expected, regardless of the size:

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If this line does not show up, proceed with the following steps:

  1. Go to IDV Server, edit the /etc/ltsp/ltsp.conf

  2. sudo nano /etc/ltsp/ltsp.conf
  3. Modify the ‘server’ to your IDV Server IP.
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  5. Comment out the ‘IMAGE_​TO_​RAM’ line and save the file.
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  7. Run this command to apply the effect to LTSP.

  8. sudo ltsp initrd
    sudo ltsp nfs
  9. Reboot IDV Host. It might take a while to sync the file from NFS. The VM will be launched once the synchronization is complete.