Phil,
No apology necessary.
This stuff can get down right confusing sometimes.
Thanks for the input on the 'SIS' vs 'sis'. That is
because with XFree86 4.x, you are specifying a module,
rather than an Xserver. All of the X4 modules are named
with lowercase names.
With LTSP 3.0, there are basically 3 types of values
for the XSERVER parameter. They are:
auto This tells the rc.local script to attempt to
automatically determine which Xserver or module
to use. It does this by looking at the entries
in the /proc/bus/pci/devices file, and matching
that against what is in the
/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/vidlist file.
XF86_XXXX If the value starts with 'XF86_', then it is
assumed to be a XFree86 version 3.3.6 Xserver,
so it looks in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/bin
sis Or, any other entry not starting with XF86_.
This is assumed to be a XFree86 4.1 module
name, in which case an Xserver named 'XFree86'
is executed, and a module called 'sis_drv.o'
is loaded. The modules are in
/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers
All of the XFree86 4.1 modules are included in the
ltsp_x_core package. The XFree86 3.3.6 Xservers are
separate packages.
Hope that helps,
Jim McQuillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Philip A. Roa wrote:
> 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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