Mark, Sounds like the wrong Xserver for that video card. I've seen this happen before.
Any chance you are using an s3 based video card ? If so, try setting XSERVER = XF86_S3 or XSERVER = XF86_S3V and see if that clears it up. If not, let us know. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Mark Stucky wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
