[K12OSN] k12ltsp 5beta2 details

[Eric Harrison]

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 at 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 at 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 at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] 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