[K12OSN] i810 Graphics support seems to not work on K12Linux

[Warren Togami]

Moon wrote:
> Hello, here another K12Linux F10 x86_64 problem, that I had working in 
> K12LTSP on same thin client and same server, just the LTSP version has 
> changed.

This is not a K12Linux problem.  You are describing X.org upstream bugs. 
  The K12LTSP version of X is like ~5 years old at this point.

> 
> I am having trouble with getting a K12Linux i810 based thin client working.
> 
> It seems that the Xserver does not automatically identify the system as 
> being i810 in default mode, nor does it accept i810 (XSERVER=i810) 
> parameter, only vesa, and that only works limited.
> 
> If I don't edit the lts.conf file, it boots up into a blue screen with 
> an input box, no text or images displayed. I then enter the username and 
> password to login, which doesn't show either, it tries to boot into X 
> but hangs once the desktop starts to display. It loads the desktop icons 
> and then freezes before loading the top/bottom panels.
> 
> If I edit the lts.conf and enter XSERVER=i810 parameter, the thin client 
> locks up just as it gets ready to load X.

What specific hardware is this?  Can you edit lts.conf, disable ldm and 
enable shells, then copy lspci?

> 
> If I edit the lts.conf and enter XSERVER=vesa parameter, it boots up 
> fine and seems to work OK. However, when I log out it just goes to a 
> blank screen, no login prompt.
> 
> Another gotcha is there is no xorg.conf file anymore, so I'm clueless as 
> to where I could possibly try to tune the video...

lts.conf:
X_CONF=/path/to/xorg.conf (path within your chroot)

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com