[K12OSN] First test build of 4.2.1, with PPC terminal support

[Jim Kronebusch]

> I have uploaded a first test build of K12LTSP 4.2.1. In 
> addition to all of the official Fedora updates, this build 
> includes support for PPC terminals.
> 
> An out-of-the-box install will boot my PowerBook G4. I have 
> not tried any other PPC terminals, nor have I verfied that 
> upgrades work as expected.

Thanks a lot for this work Eric.  Very cool to have built in.

I have booted the following from this setup.

iMac Bondi Blue
iMac Indigo (with my custom XF86 file)
iMac 15" flat screen (desklamp style)
iBook Tangerine
iBook Blueberry
iBook Snow White (boots with screen resolutions off, need to change to
800x600, could probably fix with custom lts.conf setting)

I'll attach the XF86Config-4.indigo file with this email for you to
include in /opt/ltsp/ppc/etc/XF86Config-4.indigo so it is there by
default.  My thought was since apple hardware is fairly static any ppc
machines needing a custom XF86 file could just be included by default
and be ready to choose in lts.conf.  That should eliminate a lot of
extra work for users.  If anyone else comes up with custom configs say
for a Apple mini or whatever it could be included as
/opt/ltsp/ppc/etc/XF86Config-4.mini and so on.  Then maybe include a
commented section in /opt/ltsp/ppc/etc/lts.conf showing how to point to
the custom files.  Example:

# [00:03:93:70:D8:A2]
# 	XSERVER		   = ati
#	XF86CONFIG_FILE	   = XF86Config-4.indigo

>From what Jim M explained to me even though you have a XSERVER
configured in XF86Config you need to call out an arbitrary one in
lts.conf in order to get things going.

Thanks again for your work.

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