Jim,
Thanks Jim for your inputs.
>I'm rather puzzled why the SVGA server from the XFree86 site
>works fine with the SIS 6202 chipset, and my Xserver doesn't.
>I grab the sources directly from ftp.xfree86.org, and I applied
>the simple patch for the read-only root fs. Other than that,
>they should be identical.
**** Your right. So sorry there. I made a mistake in reporting using the XF86_SVGA
server.
My SIS6202 card was detected, yes, but the server barked with the following message
(due to a wrong
modeline...my fault)
-------------------- screen ----
using XFree86 SIS driver version 3.0.0
: (snip)
(- -) SVGA: Chipset: sis 86C202
: (snip)
Fatal Error
no valid modes found
-------------------- screen ----
Specifying the right modeline solved the problem.
**** On the other hand, For the newer X Server binary i got the following:
-------------------- screen ----
: (snip)
ERROR: Autoprobe of the video card failed!
you need to specify the proper X Server in the lts.conf
-------------------- screen ----
This time with: XSERVER=sis (in lts.conf) -->{note: all caps SIS, doesn't work here}
i got:
-------------------- screen ----
: (snip)
(I I) SIS: driver for SiS Chipset
SIS5597, SIS5598, SIS530, SIS6326, SIS300, SIS630, SIS540
(EE) no devices detected
Fatal server error
no screens found
-------------------- screen ----
Shows (Uunfortunately) that SIS 6202 is not in the list for version X 4+.
Just to set the record straight. Thanks Jim (and for all the added info) . I guess
setting up these babies
[clients] can get confusing sometimes. My apologies.
Regards,
phil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted last 2/19/02 10:56:38 AM as follows:
>
>Phil,
>
>#1) With older versions of LTSP (2.08 and older), we needed special
> X servers that had a patch applied to allow them to work
> properly in a read-only root filesystem.
>
> Since v2.09, we use devfs for the /dev directory, which
> means that we can use the standard Xservers directly from
> the XFree86 web site.
>
> So yes, it is completely safe to use a non-ltsp Xserver.
>
>#2) The proper way, I suppose, is to just grab an Xserver
> from another site or distro and drop it into the
> /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/bin directory. That is, for
> version 3.3.6 of XFree86. For newer versions, based
> on X4.0, you need to place the modules in the correct
> place. I'm not sure what would happen if you used
> a module from, say X4.2.0 with the XFree86 binary
> from X4.1.0. You'd have to try it.
>
>#3) The Xservers that are packaged for use with
> LTSP are likely smaller, because I ran the 'strip'
> program on them, to strip out the symbol table.
> The symbol table is only used for debugging, and
> we don't do much of that with X.
>
>I'm rather puzzled why the SVGA server from the XFree86 site
>works fine with the SIS 6202 chipset, and my Xserver doesn't.
>I grab the sources directly from ftp.xfree86.org, and I applied
>the simple patch for the read-only root fs. Other than that,
>they should be identical.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Jim McQuillan
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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