[K12OSN] xserver error

[Jim McQuillan]

Norbert,

First off,  'VESA' would be wrong.  You'd need 'vesa'  (LOWERCASE).

If that doesn't work, you could try the older XFree86 3.3.6 drivers.
To do that, you'd preface the name of the driver with 'XF86_'.

Probably a good choice would be:

   XSERVER = "XF86_SVGA"


If you continue getting the 'Parse error', it would be interesting to
see what is at line 60 of the XF86Config.1 file.  To do that,
try setting:

    SCREEN_01 = shell

THen, reboot the terminal.  You should get a bash prompt.  At that
point, type 'startx', and it should attempt to launch the Xserver.
It will likely fail and return you to the shell.

Then, you can go look at the file in /tmp.


Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, norbert wrote:

> dhuckaby at paasda.org wrote:
>
> > AUTO seems to only work on the newer hardware (in my experience)
> > and VESA has worked for EVERYTHING I've tried...a variety of out of the box
> > thin clients and those "junker" donations as well.
> > I always say "try it"...it won't break anything for sure..and if it does...a
> > simple edit and you're back...
> > I'm a copy/paste and comment-out person =)
> > that way you just have to remove one '#' and insert another
> >
> > --Huck
> >
> > norbert wrote:
> >
> > > dhuckaby at paasda.org wrote:
> > >
> > > > try using VESA in your /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf  file for your
> > > >
> > > > XSERVER  = VGA
> > > >
> > > > --Huck
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > bear2bar at netscape.net wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Odd problem when I first launched beta all the stations worked,
> > > > > shortly after some ws were restarted and came up with the following
> > > > > problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Parse error on line 60 of section monitor in file /tmp/XF86Config.1
> > > > > (EE) Problem parsing the config file
> > > > > (EE) Error parsing the config file
> > > > >
> > > > > Fatal server error
> > > > > no screens found
> > > > >
> > > > > and just when I thought it was finally working !!!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > HELP !!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > norbert
> > > > >
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> > > Hi Huck,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the suggestion but I thought that the setting should be left to
> > > "auto" unless you're dealing with very old hardware.... I should change
> > > this to "VESA"  instead ?
> > >
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> Hi Huck,
>
> Tried VESA, VGA, AUTO, HELP & none worked alll come back with the same error
> ....... any other suggestions
>
> thks
> norbert
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