Video Problems

[Margaret Doll]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Chris wrote:

> 2009/1/8 Margaret Doll <margaret_doll at brown.edu>:
>> We have a lot of RedHat and Fedora systems.  We have only  had video
>> problems on one of these systems.
>> To use get the graphics correctly running on a  console for a Dell  
>> Precision
>> 530 with a display of P992, one has  to
>> have initial display files  that are specific to the system.  I  
>> cannot
>> create an account on the Dell Precision 530 and have the console  
>> display
>> work unless the login directory is directly on the 530 with the  
>> specific
>> .gconf files for the 530.
>> I usually  create home directories on one system and have the home  
>> directory
>> mounted on a bank of computers so that the user can sit anywhere in  
>> the room
>> and log into the  same directory each time.
>> Say machine A contains our home directories and the 530 is not  
>> machine A.  A
>> user sitting at the console of the 530
>> with his home directory on machine A and logging in,  gets a mostly  
>> black
>> console screen on which no graphics appear.
>> I have only had this happen once, but cannot afford to have it  
>> happen again.
>>  Are there any combination of Dell stations and monitors that I  
>> should
>> avoid.
>
> Can you explain in more detail how you are connecting from from one
> machine to the other? You say "machine A contains our home directories
> and the 530 is not machine A". How do you connect from the "530" to
> "machine A"? Is it an SSH connection or something else?
>
> Please explain how you make the connection, maybe it will help to
> understand the problem.

I am running the computers with a modified NIS setup.   Home  
directories are located on one main server,  say machine A,  but each  
computer has its own password file.  Password files on Machine B show  
the home directory for each user except root to be on a partition on  
machine A which is mounted nfs.   Password file on Machine A show the  
home directory for each user to be on one of its native partitions.

In this way no  matter which system the user sits in front of, he logs  
into the same directory.
>
>
> Thanks, Chris.
>
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