<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>Here's my 2 cents.</DIV> <DIV>We have ASUS p4p800-VM machines that use i810 style video card.</DIV> <DIV>We had to modify the BIOS settings for the video ram. Here are the values that are set:</DIV> <DIV>Onboard video memory = Enabled, 8 MB</DIV> <DIV>Graphics Aperture size = 64 MB</DIV> <DIV>Hope this helps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> >>> eharrison@mail.mesd.k12.or.us 2006-04-25 11:10:36 >>> </DIV> <DIV style="COLOR: #000000">Jim McQuillan wrote: > Eric, > > As I understand it, the i810 chipset steals ram from the system. > Setting your X_VIDEORAM to 16384 is going to take 16mb that could have > been used for running programs. > > Have you tried a smaller value, such as 2048, 3072 or 4096 ? I had tested as low as 3072. 4096 & 8192 worked fine as well, of course. I didn't try 2048. -Eric > As I said earlier, my client with an i810 chipset didn't have any > problems, and I didn't specify an X_VIDEORAM setting. It makes me > wonder if there's something broken in Xorg 6.9.0 that wasn't broken back > in Xorg 6.8.2. I'll take a peek at the driver code between the two > versions. > > Thanks, > Jim McQuillan > jam@Ltsp.org > > > > 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 >>>>>>>> [<A href="mailto:k12osn-bounces@redhat.com]">mailto:k12osn-bounces@redhat.com]</A> 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 >> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list K12OSN@redhat.com <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A> For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</A>> </DIV></BODY></HTML>