Re: [Ltsp-discuss] X problems using - Shuttle FV24 / s3

[Brandon P. <br...@we...>]

Thanks for the help!

I did try with X3.3.6 but for whatever reason the rc.setupx3 script
didn't seem to be getting generating a usable Xconfig file.

I ended up just using X4.2.  Actually it was not hard.  I just copied
the main lib directory along with the X binary into the appropriate
directories and tweaked the config file I had used when I setit
standalone.

-Brandon

  
On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 03:02, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 06:59:37PM -0400, Brandon Phillips wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am having a strange problem with my LTSP install.  I am putting
> > together a setup for a client, it consists of 6 sv24 diskless PCs and a
> > dual athlon based server system.
> > 
> > Here is where I am at:
> > I am using the latest core,kernel,x,and x fonts packages from the ltsp
> > site.
> > 
> > I can boot a diskless workstaion when set at runlevel 3
> > When the diskless station goes into X it completely hangs - black
> > screen, no error messages, no grey screen with cursor, nothing.  
> > 
> > I determined that it is a hang by the fact that I can ping the machine
> > and get a response up until the Xserver starts to take over.
> > 
> > The hardware I am using is the shuttle sv24 mini-PC system (uses fv24
> > MB) the integrated video is an s3 chip.  I know there are some problems
> > with XF86 4 and the s3 chips; however I confirmed that the machine could
> > in fact run X by installing a temporary hard drive, and loading RH 7.3.
> > RH installed fine and booted into X just fine.
> 
> RH 7.3 uses X 4.2 which has some support for S3.
> 
> LTSP uses X 4.1 which has no support for S3 chips.
> 
> I see two options:
> 
> A. use X 3.3.6 with S3 support (easy)
> B. install X 4.2 (a bit more complicated)
> 
> For A. in the section for this workstation use:
> 
>   XSERVER = XF86_S3
> 
> And there must be a binary named XF86_S3 in
> /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/bin/
> 
> That binary can be downloaded from
> 
> ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.6/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/Servers/XS3.tgz
> 
> or by installing the ltsp package x336_s3 from
> 
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ltsp/ltsp_x336_s3-3.0.0-0.i386.rpm?download
> 
> 
> For B. see http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=628790&forum_id=2544
> 
> -- 
> 
> Hans Ekbrand