Re: [K12OSN] Id "x" respawning too fast

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 On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Dennis Daniels wrote:

> re: Old monitors
> I'm quickly acquiring old PI and PIIs and my students are now in charge 
> of getting them on the network :) however, newer monitors are harder to 
> come by... does anyone know if the new Xfree86 (sp?) will have better 
> support for older monitors in general? I've literally a dozen monitors 
> that poop out when trying to load the X server on k12ltsp 3.1.1

have you tried loading them at very low resolution and scan rates???

Bob

> thanks!
> Denny
> 
> Jim Hays wrote:
> > I agree with Steve.  I had that same issue a few weeks back.  
> > 
> > Add these lines to the [default] section of the lts.conf file.
> > 
> > X_MODE_0 = 640x480  31.5 640  664  704  832  480 489 492 520 +hsync +vsync
> > X_MODE_1 = 800x600  40   800  840  968  1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
> > X_MODE_2 = 1024x768 44.9 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 interlace
> > 
> > You may want to change the order.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: k12osn-admin redhat com [mailto:k12osn-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of
> > Steve Wright
> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:40 AM
> > To: k12osn redhat com
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Id "x" respawning too fast
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 21:26, Shawn Henderson wrote:
> > 
> >>I just recently set up a new server for a local church. I did the
> >>install at my house. When I brought the box to the church I continue
> >>to see this error when booting and in the logs.
> >> "server1 init: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes"
> >>"server1 init: cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"
> >> 
> >>It hangs until I hit enter then allows me to log on in run level 3. I
> >>have to manually start X  . I checked the /etc/inittab and it is set
> >>for run level 5. I cant understand by changing location that the x
> >>server would be affected. 
> >>Any Ideas on how to fix this.???
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Perhaps you are using a monitor of lesser capabilities, compared to the
> > monitor at install time.
> > 
> > The second monitor will be detected at boot time, and if there is not an
> > acceptable entry in the X config files for it, then X will fail.
> > 
> > 
> > /steve
> > 
> > 
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