Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Menu Text

[jam@McQuil.Com]

Mark,

Sounds like the wrong Xserver for that video card.  I've seen this 
happen before.

Any chance you are using an s3 based video card ?

If so, try setting XSERVER = XF86_S3
or XSERVER = XF86_S3V
and see if that clears it up.

If not, let us know.

Jim McQuillan
jam@Ltsp.org



On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Mark Stucky wrote:

> I have a K12LTSP version 4 server and client running except that all the
> menus and login screens are missing their text labels. It's just icons.
> Everything seems to function; it's just impossible to navigate.
> 
> Please help with any suggestions. Following is a description of the problem:
> 
> I had a working ltsp verion 3 system and just rebuilt it from scratch with
> version 4.0.0 CDs. All seemed to be working OK until I used "yum" to update
> all
> installed packages to the latest Fedora Core 1 RPMs. Many of these, I now
> notice, were XFree86 named.
> 
> So now when starting either gdm, kdm, or xdm the client stations are not
> displaying fonts, i.e. the letters describing or attached to any and all
> icons/menus. All is just icons unless I start a terminal session, which
> looks
> normal.
> 
> Details of each display manager:
> 
> ===== GDM GDM GDM GDM GDM GDM GDM ============
> "gdm" Server: Only one login prompt line is presented in the center of a two
> tone light blue screen with a large yellow flower in the low right hand side
> of
> the screen. No fonts are displayed (i.e. there is nothing to read) and no
> echo
> occurs at attempted logins. "gdm" Client: presents a one line login screen
> with
> a GNOME graphic. No fonts are displayed and no echo of characters occurs
> during
> login. One can log in however if one is careful with entering a correct
> name,
> carriage return, password, and second carriage return. One is then presented
> with a normal looking Fedora GUI but with NO FONTS of any kind.
> 
> ===== KDM KDM KDM KDM KDM KDM KDM ============
> "kde" server: gui login screen appears as the 4.0.0 normal "Welcome to Linux
> at
> k12ltsp" screen with the redhat circle of kids and Login, Password, Session
> Type, G, Clear, Menu, and Shutdown all available and displayed clearly.
> "kde"
> client: the gray screen with a one central "X" displays for 5 seconds or so
> then
> the normal looking "Welcome to Linux at k12ltsp" login screen. Alas, after
> logging in the GUI has NO FONTS as described above under "gdm" with a
> terminal
> window again functioning normally.
> 
> ======= XDM XDM XDM XDM XDM XDM =========
> "xdm" server: a login screen is presented with the message "Welcome to
> k12ltsp.sbsdk12.org"  along with an XFree 86 Logo and a Login and Password
> prompt. Typing letters are reflected back at login after which a normal KDE
> desktop is presented with all fonts/letters/descriptions as normal. "xdm:
> client: the gray screen with a one central "X" displays for about 8 seconds
> then
> the same XFree 86 logo as the "xdm" server displays with the typed login
> reflected to the user. Alas, when the KDE desktop appears there are, again,
> NO
> FONTS at all.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Mark Stucky
> 
> 
> 
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