Peter,
You might try using the older XFree86 3.3.6 S3V Xserver.
You would need the ltsp_x336_s3v package, and set
XSERVER = XF86_S3V
in the lts.conf file.
My hunch is there are still bugs in the 4.x version of the s3 virge
driver.
Jim McQuillan
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Peter Resciniti wrote:
> I have set up an old machine of mine (a P133 with 64MEG of RAM) to be an
> LTSP workstation. I have decided to run icewm on the workstation because it
> seems to run lean on my machine. However, I would like the capability to
> have icons on my desktop. Hence my hunt for a linux file manager.
>
> I have tired Rox, DFM, KFM and Nautilus on my machine.
>
> My original problem was that when I ran the file manager (I would start it
> up from my .xession file - for example one line in the file would by
> /usr/local/bin/dfm &) was that when I opened up a window on the desktop I
> would get pixel corruption in the form on part of the window remaining
> visible on the desktop even though I already closed the window.
>
> After much trial and error I determined that there was a problem with the
> hardware acceleration on my video card (it is an S3 Virge DX video card).
> Thus I set up my lts.conf file so that Hardware Acceleration would be shut
> off, Shadow FB would be turned on and several other acceleration related
> features would be shut off. My
> lts.conf file looks like this:
>
> [Default]
>
> SERVER = 192.33.61.1
> XSERVER = auto
> X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL = "PS/2"
> X_MOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/psaux"
> X_MOUSE_RESOLUTION = 400
> X_MOUSE_BUTTONS = 3
> USE_XFS = N
> LOCAL_APPS = N
> RUNLEVEL = 5
> NIS_DOMAIN = res.nis
> NIS_SERVER = 192.33.61.1
>
> [prlinux]
> XSERVER = "s3virge"
> X_DEVICE_OPTION_01 = "ShadowFB" "on"
> X_DEVICE_OPTION_02 = "XaaNoSolidBresenhamLine"
> X_DEVICE_OPTION_03 = "XaaNoSolidFillRect"
> X_DEVICE_OPTION_04 = "XaaNoSolidFillTrap"
> X_DEVICE_OPTION_05 = "XaaNoSolidHorVertLine"
> X_DEVICE_OPTION_06 = "XaaNoSolidTwoPointLine"
> X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL = "Microsoft"
> X_MOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/ttyS0"
> X_MOUSE_BUTTONS = 2
> LOCAL_APPS = N
> USE_NFS_SWAP = Y
> SWAPFILE_SIZE = 64m
>
> With this set up I was able to get rid of the pixel corruption. However,
> now, with any file manager I use,
> when I write click in the file manager and try to
> change the icon for desktop program or whenever I move
> a scroll bar in the window opened by the right mouse
> click, my screen goes blank (either all white or all one color like blue)
> and the only thing I can do is to reboot the system.
>
> I thought that my settings in the LTS.CONF file where screwing things up. So
> I started turned off all the device option setting above and tried running
> the file manager. When I did this the pixel corruption reappeared when I
> opened a window and tried to move the window around the desktop and the
> screen blowing up and going blank after right clicking also still occurred.
>
> Thus, at this point I am at wits end. I am hoping someone can help. Frankly,
> it should not be this hard to set up an LTSP workstation and get something
> as basic as icons on the desktop working properly.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Peter Resciniti
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