On 20 Jan at 1:14 jam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 12:06 -0800, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Now I'm confused: The debian distro doesn't include even a > > skeleton > > > > lts.conf, which I used in 4.2; so I created one, but it doesn't > > have any > > > > effect. Is this no longer how workstationas are configured? >> >> > > > > How, in particular, can I set screen resolution and keyboard > > layout? >> > > > > lts.conf is located in /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386 >> > > > > I did this, because I needed the reference > > > http://tigger.ws/wiki/index.php/LTSP5 > > [snip] >> > > Thanks, James, and Asmo also. >> > > Well, I set up a small lts.conf in /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386, but > > disappointingly, is appeears to get ignored. >> > > My specific problems are that its defaulting to a "US" keyboard, whereas > > I need "GB". Also it refuses to set the monitor resolution to anything > > other than 1024x768, whereas I really need 1600x1200. >> > > Looking at the Xorg.log in the workstation certainly suggests it hasn't > > seen the config. >> > > I tried hacking the Xorg.conf file for the workstations, but that had no > > effect, presumablt because the whole thing needs squashing into an > > initrd. ltsp-update-image doesn't appear to be available in this distro > > :( >> > > This is the lts.conf I'm using: [Default] >> SERVER = 192.168.10.7 >> X_MOUSE_DEVICE = /dev/psaux >> X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL= Auto >> SEARCH_DOMAIN = magpieway.net >> > > [00:50:04:17:f0:10] >> X_COLOR_DEPTH = 15 >> X_HORIZSYNC = 28-92 >> X_VERTREFRESH = 48-85 >> X_KBLAYOUT = gb >> X_MODE_0 = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 > > 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync > > Tony I've not played with the debian version, you say it's the same, but > there is a worry: Title Debian Etch: failed NFS mount but you are talking > about ltsp-update-image > OK, the thread has drifted from the subject heading; my apologies. I've upfated the subject. > update-image is for the nbd mount of a squash file system NFS mounts the > whole /opt/ltsp/i386 > ltsp-update-image is probably a red herring; I only tried it because one of th e wikis mentioned it. I don't think it is required in this case. > Use wireshark to watch for lts.conf being sought/loaded. > OK, that reveals some clues: -- It appears to be looking for lts.conf in /etc, so I moved it back there. -- It finds lts.conf, and then loads (and presumably executes) a file called getltscfg. Not sure what happens after that. > It's more tricky: If your video-card does not support 1600x1200 then you > can specify it, but it wont be used! I use nvidia only, I hear intel and > ati have good offerings, after that you are alone (trying to work out if > it works). > Well, I'm trying to get back to the position I was in when using LTSP 4.2, which did allow me to specify a higher resolution, so I suspect there's something different about the xorg.conf in 5.0. It's an ati xpert board, which is specced at 1600x1200x16bpp. Of course, that's just this one workstation; once I get that sorted, I have to move on to the others, which have similar problems, and they all have misconfigured keyboards :( But never mind the screen resolution; being unable to set the gb keyboard layout is a bit of a killer :( > IMHO you are biting off too big a chunk, trying to do too much > out-of-the-norm stuff all at one. Start slowly, get it working then add > the frills like WideScreen Yeah, well, I thought that's what I was doing. I've got it basically working at 1024x768; and if I remember to hit the right keys it's almost usable. All I now want is the keyboard to work sensibly, and 1600x1200 resolution, (not widescreen) like I had before, hardly adding frills :) Once I get there, I can start adding sound, local USB, and local apps, which is why I went for the upgrade. > Me? I'd use ubuntu cause I know it's easy and > know how it works :-) (Heck I use the ubuntu squash image on CentOS a) it > works b) easy to update and change c) lots of help when problems arise) > James > So, are you saying you can add the ubuntu image to any old linux distro, and make it work? I'd never heard of that before! Thanks for your suggestions; I guess I'm slowly making progress. Cheers, Tony -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
