Re: [K12OSN] k12ltsp 5beta2 details

[Angus Carr <acarr saskforestcentre ca>]

That's the ticket!

I cleared out my various attempts, went back to a raw lts.conf, and then 
put X_VIDEORAM in as a global entry (All my terminals are identical old 
Dell GX150's) and voila! It worked.

Thanks.

Angus Carr.

Eric Harrison wrote:
> On my i810 box, setting the X video ram to 16M does the trick:
>
>     X_VIDEORAM = 16384
>
> -Eric
>
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Angus Carr wrote:
>
> > Tried it today (after doing a yum upgrade on my K12LTSP 5 Beta 
> > machine) and it still reports that it cannot load the agpgart module 
> > (as before).
> >
> > If I do a vga module instead (with colour depth 8), the screen goes 
> > graphical at 800x600. That's not what I want, but it does do it.
> >
> > Angus.
> >
> > Jim McQuillan wrote:
> > > Angus,
> > >
> > > Can you try:    XSERVER = i810
> > >
> > > I just found today, that we are missing some entries in the vidlist 
> > > file for some of the i810 chipsets.
> > >
> > > I'll have an update soon, but you can force it with the line above.
> > >
> > > Jim McQuillan
> > > jam Ltsp org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Angus Carr wrote:
> > > > I just did a yum upgrade, and it's still Broke.
> > > >
> > > > XSERVER=auto  ==> agpgart error, screen flashes, then returns to 
> > > > text mode, reporting X has failed.
> > > > XSERVER=vesa ==> grey garbage screen, although clearly derived from 
> > > > the default background.
> > > >
> > > > Eric Harrison wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Roy,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My understanding of the i810 issue is that it's related to udev 
> > > > > > rules that didn't properly create the device node that the i810 
> > > > > > driver requires.  Scott has fixed the rules, and we've got an 
> > > > > > updated LTSP package for that.  I think this was fixed last 
> > > > > > friday, and I don't know if Eric has updated his copy of the LTSP 
> > > > > > sources, so he may not have that fix yet.
> > > > >
> > > > > I updated my packages this afternoon, but have not had the chance 
> > > > > to test
> > > > > them against my i810-based terminal. The attached udev rules match 
> > > > > the
> > > > > new K12LTSP packages, so hopefully that is the fix.
> > > > >
> > > > > The new packages have been added to the K12LTSP repository.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Eric
> > > > >
> > > > > > I've attached the 2 new udev rules files.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Drop them into /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/udev/rules.d, and try booting 
> > > > > > your client.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Let us know if that takes care of the problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jim McQuillan
> > > > > > jam Ltsp org
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roy wrote:
> > > > > > > I haven't been able to use my i810 since K12-FC5 so I the vesa 
> > > > > > > thing and the
> > > > > > > gui comes up but I have a frequency issue. I'm guessing I will 
> > > > > > > have to set
> > > > > > > that manually too. Do you know what could have happened? My i810 
> > > > > > > always
> > > > > > > worked before.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Roy
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: k12osn-bounces redhat com 
> > > > > > > [mailto:k12osn-bounces redhat com] On Behalf
> > > > > > > Of Eric Harrison
> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:56 PM
> > > > > > > To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] k12ltsp 5beta2 details
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Angus Carr wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi, all, and particularly Eric.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I had a few minor issues setting up 5beta2, and I thought I should
> > > > > > > share...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 1) The default internal LAN address was 192.168.0.254, which 
> > > > > > > > isn't a
> > > > > > > > problem, unless you already sit on such a LAN. Our main LAN is
> > > > > > > > 192.168.0.*, and my LTSP LAN is 192.168.200.*. This really isn't a
> > > > > > > > problem, but not all the files were correctly written. 
> > > > > > > > k12ltsp-DHCP.conf
> > > > > > > > (or whatever it was called) required a search and replace.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks, I have checking that on my todo list (which I'm working 
> > > > > > > on right
> > > > > > > now ;-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 2) The firewall was up by default on the internal address, and 
> > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > didn't allow tftp. I dropped it, but that was slightly wrong. 
> > > > > > > > One day, I
> > > > > > > > might even bring it back up, but this is internal, on a quiet 
> > > > > > > > LAN behind
> > > > > > > > another firewall. I'm not too worried... (for now).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Possible related to #1. I have not seen a problem with the default
> > > > > > > 192.168.0.254.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 3) Other than that, there were no issues. I just feel that a 
> > > > > > > > numbered
> > > > > > > > list should have more than two bullets.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Good to hear.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 4) Oh, right, my i810/agpgart problem. Hmmm.... don't know what 
> > > > > > > > to do
> > > > > > > > about that, but there is usually some response on the list...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I scrounged up a box with an i810, I saw the same problem. 
> > > > > > > Untested, but
> > > > > > > the vesa driver will probably be a quick work-around:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     XSERVER = vesa
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks, again, for the work of putting this together. I 
> > > > > > > > appreciate it as
> > > > > > > > much as anyone else on the list.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Angus Carr.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Eric