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

[Moon]

The primary thin client (which is the only PC platform the school has -
72 total for staff and students) is a Compaq D51 tower 2.2G P4 CPU with
512MB RAM Floppy CD/DVD Player (integrated video chipset).

You're right in that it may be an X.org bug. I'm just not 100% sure it
is only an X.org problem. Looking at the Fedora version of the driver,
which by the way is named *i810* whereas the one on the X.org website is
named *intel*, makes me wonder if this might be a Fedora tweaked
replacement.

I just finished setting up another server based on the K12Linux F10 i386
Stable 2 and found that the problem is the same. It is definitely
looking like the intel driver is not properly identifying the chipset
video.

I do have a geode based thin client that seems to work fine on both
servers, i386 and x86_64. 

I will check the lspci tomorrow and get you feedback on that.
 
I don't follow you on this comment as I was not able to find a xorg.conf
anywhere on the server, including the chroot (/opt/ltsp/i386).

lts.conf:

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


Thanks for the reply and tips...

Charlie



  
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 02:33 -0500, Warren Togami wrote:

> 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
> 
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