[K12OSN] Acer Travelmate 220 Laptop

[Huck]

you might try setting their display resolution via the lts.conf file as 
well...specifically for each laptop's mac address.

Ronnie Miller wrote:
> I finally got a boot disk to work so that the laptops are hitting the
> server, but they kept erroring out on xserver. I change the lts.conf file
> for the video settings for one specific laptop and set it "vesa" which
> allowed it to boot up and come up to a login screen. The only problem is
> that the screen is off to the right and too big. As best as I can tell, they
> have an Intel 82830M video chip.
>
> Is there a compatible driver or setting that I can use to get these working?
> I've got 20 of them I can use if I can get them working. Thanks for any and
> all help. I'm still a newb, so forgive my ignorance with Linux in general
> and K12LTSP specifically.
>
> Ronnie
>
> Re: [K12OSN] Acer Travelmate 220 Laptop
>
>     * From: Peter Scheie <peter scheie homedns org>
>     * To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn redhat
> com>
>     * Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Acer Travelmate 220 Laptop
>     * Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 20:04:46 -0500
>
> You might try running tcpdump or wireshark on the server and see if the
> clients are even sending any dhcp requests onto the wire.
>
> Petre
>
> Ronnie Miller wrote:
>
>     I've got several of these that I am using in a conventional lab, but
> they
>     are failing as Windows pc's. I'm trying to get them to work as thin
> clients,
>     but for some reason I can't get them to boot using PXE. I've gone
> through
>     all the bios and PXE settings and everything looks fine, but once the
> PXE
>     Version 2.0 message comes up with the option to go into PXE setup, it
> stops
>     immediately after that - no message, nothing.
>
>     I have a couple of Acer 620's that I tried and they work like a champ.
> The
>     220's have Realtek 8139 nic's which, as far as I know, should be PXE
>     compliant.
>
>     If I have to build a boot floppy, I will, but only as a last resort. I
> don't
>     want to get rid of these machines since I think they'd make good clients
>     once I get the boot issue resolved. Has anyone had any experience with
> these
>     laptops?
>
>
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>     Ronnie Miller
>     Technology Specialist
>     Seminole County Schools
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>     Donalsonville, Georgia 39845
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