On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 21:22, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Rick Romero wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > > I did an FTP install of cooker (yeah I know, but it's working ;) on > > Friday - Everything is up and running smoothly. > > > > Now I'm trying out the Draktermserv stuff, and I'm having a client > > problem. > > > > I can boot the (fat) client off my Cooker box, but X doesn't come up > > right- the screen is scrambled as if the frequency is wrong. > > I granted the client 'root' privs, and I ran XFdrake, but it doesn't > > seem to create/change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > > > I also get "INIT: Id 'x' is respawning too fast disabled for 5 mins" > > messages. > > > > Now I do have a /etc/X11/XF86Config-4$$CLIENT$$ on the main box -where > > CLIENT is NOT replaced with an ip address. > > > > I tried manually modifying XF86Config-4 on the client machine, but I > > can't save it. Turns out anything I try to write to /etc/X11 I get a > > 'read only filesystem' error. I am root on the client, and the rootfs > > is mounted to / [rw]. > > > > Help! So close! :) > > > > If you enabled local config, strategic mount points for the configuration > files should have been added to /etc/exports to allow the client to edit > the necessary files. Can you check this file to see if there are rw > mount points for the config files? The rest of / should still be ro. > > $$CLIENT$$ files are generic to all clients. Specific client files will > have the client IP.
DAMNIT! Yep, that's it. Editing within the drakTermServ doesn't work (I expected the data to move back into the 'input area'), and I couldn't save the client with the new 'local config', so I edited the dhcpd.conf manually :( Hmmm I was going to suggest maybe just yanking the 'Edit' option, but it's working now. Now I can't make it NOT work. That's good I guess. A little perspective here about UI, it took me a while to figure out XFdrake's 'DO' thing. I was hitting enter on each item expecting a menu, and I though 'DO' was supposed to be 'GO' (as in 'GO and Save', while Quit was just exit). Anyways, so I can now write to the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file - sometimes ;) I successfully changed to VGA -640x480, and all is well. Now, I'm having issues with the I810 chipset. I have to manually insmod agpgart to get the i810 video to work. Doing that, I can go into XFdrake and test successfully. It looks like choosing 'test' prevents XFdrake from asking if you want to save. From this point on, I can't seem to overwrite my VGA /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. I manually copied XF86Config.test to XF86Config-4, and X starts up with the i810 driver. So my last issues are: XFdrake doesn't always save the config - most often when a valid test file exists(?) :( agpgart.o isn't built into the kernel, and doesn't load as a module automatically. Hey how about OpenMosix ;) Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
