Dirk,
Ok, if it goes black, then chances are that your monitor
can't handle the frequency that the video card is sending
out.
Take a look at the following document, contributed by
Scott Balneaves. It should help you get things going:
http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/modelines.html
Hope that helps,
Jim McQuillan
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Dirk Schouten wrote:
> Hi Jim and all,
> I did as you said: installed the ltsp_x336_s3 package and adapted the
> lts.conf file. Result: The screen does not flash anymore but stays black.
> Running /tmp/start_ws gives a black screen.
> As I said, it''s a DELL computer with a video card on the mobo:
> S3 Trio64V2/DX/GX
> on screen it also says: S3 86C775/86C785
>
> What am I missing?
> Thanks for any help, tip, advice.
> Kind regards,
> Dirk
>
>
>
> At 10:55 14-10-02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Dirk,
> >
> >You need to set XSERVER = XF86_S3
> >and, you need to install the ltsp_x336_s3 package.
> >
> >Jim McQuillan
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Dirk Schouten wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Group,
> >> I have LTSP on RH7.3.
> >> LTSP seems to be running ok in runlevel 3 (when specified in lts.conf).
> >>
> >> However, when trying runlevel 5, all I get is a screen that periodically
> >> flashes (you see the screen filled with commands etc, then it turns black
> >> for 5 seconds, then you see the commands screen, then it turns black, etc,)
> >> I tried 'everything' -1 (the right solution).
> >>
> >> 1. My videocard is not automatically detected when I set XSERVER = auto.
> >> 2. When I try to manually ad the card (finding it on the vidlist), gives
> >> the same flashing screen.
> >> 3. when running start_ws I get:
> >> fatal server error
> >> no screen found
> >>
> >> The workstation is a DELL with an integrated S3 Trio 64V2 /DX/GX
> >>
> >> What am I overlooking? Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Dirk
> >>
> >>
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