I have a K12LTSP version 4 server and client running except that all the menus and login screens are missing their text labels. It's just icons. Everything seems to function; it's just impossible to navigate.
Please help with any suggestions. Following is a description of the problem: I had a working ltsp verion 3 system and just rebuilt it from scratch with version 4.0.0 CDs. All seemed to be working OK until I used "yum" to update all installed packages to the latest Fedora Core 1 RPMs. Many of these, I now notice, were XFree86 named. So now when starting either gdm, kdm, or xdm the client stations are not displaying fonts, i.e. the letters describing or attached to any and all icons/menus. All is just icons unless I start a terminal session, which looks normal. Details of each display manager: ===== GDM GDM GDM GDM GDM GDM GDM ============ "gdm" Server: Only one login prompt line is presented in the center of a two tone light blue screen with a large yellow flower in the low right hand side of the screen. No fonts are displayed (i.e. there is nothing to read) and no echo occurs at attempted logins. "gdm" Client: presents a one line login screen with a GNOME graphic. No fonts are displayed and no echo of characters occurs during login. One can log in however if one is careful with entering a correct name, carriage return, password, and second carriage return. One is then presented with a normal looking Fedora GUI but with NO FONTS of any kind. ===== KDM KDM KDM KDM KDM KDM KDM ============ "kde" server: gui login screen appears as the 4.0.0 normal "Welcome to Linux at k12ltsp" screen with the redhat circle of kids and Login, Password, Session Type, G, Clear, Menu, and Shutdown all available and displayed clearly. "kde" client: the gray screen with a one central "X" displays for 5 seconds or so then the normal looking "Welcome to Linux at k12ltsp" login screen. Alas, after logging in the GUI has NO FONTS as described above under "gdm" with a terminal window again functioning normally. ======= XDM XDM XDM XDM XDM XDM ========= "xdm" server: a login screen is presented with the message "Welcome to k12ltsp.sbsdk12.org" along with an XFree 86 Logo and a Login and Password prompt. Typing letters are reflected back at login after which a normal KDE desktop is presented with all fonts/letters/descriptions as normal. "xdm: client: the gray screen with a one central "X" displays for about 8 seconds then the same XFree 86 logo as the "xdm" server displays with the typed login reflected to the user. Alas, when the KDE desktop appears there are, again, NO FONTS at all. Thanks in advance for your help! Mark Stucky ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
