Re: [K12OSN] which XSERVER for riva128?

[Eric Harrison <eharrison mail mesd k12 or us>]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Robert Arkiletian wrote:

> On 1/31/06, Petre Scheie <petre maltzen net> wrote:
> > I've got a client workstation that can't seem to start its X server.
> > When X tries to start, it fails but  reports that the machine has a
> > RIVA128 chip but it can't seem to start the X server (I forget the
> > actual error message).  I'm suprised that the XFree 4 drivers won't
> > work.  In any event, I can hardcode the X server for this workstation.
> > Does anyone know which one I should use for the RIVA128?
>
> Yes, all my clients are RIVA128. The driver is "nv" but "auto" works
> just fine so I don't think you need to hardcode the driver. I bet the
> problem you are having is that the RIVA128 does not support 16 bit
> color. Your have to use 24 bit, which looks better anyway.

To set "24 bit color" on a specific workstation, append a section
such as this to your /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf

[00:50:56:59:7F:81]
    X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24

(where "00:50:56:59:7F:81" is the MAC address of the client. Alternatively,
 you can use the IP address or the host name of the client if you have
 either of those hard-coded. Using the MAC address is the most reliable)


If you want all workstations to use 24-bit color (looks better, but uses
more network bandwidth), then add the "X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24" line to the 
"[Default]" section at the top of /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf

-Eric