Hi James On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 01:16, James <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 28 October 2010 00:31:24 ltsp-discuss- > [email protected] wrote: >> >> My thin client boots without any problems, except that the screen that >> >> is presented is only 800x600 and does not allow any other resolution >> >> over it. >> >> note, since the thin client is virtual, my problem may not have a >> >> proper solution... >> > >> > A quick solution is to put the following in lts.conf: >> > ? ? ? ?XRANDR_MODE_0=1024x768 >> > ? ? ? ?X_HORZSYNC=30-88 >> > ? ? ? ?X_VERTREFRESH=30-88 >> >> Already tried it, doesn't work :( >> >> It makes no difference whatsoever. >> >> how can one know if LTS.CONF file is being processed by the client? > > The answer you got is only 1/2 correct. > > If the monitor is asked for its specs (EDID) it will overrule anything you > specify unless you put a 'Don't ask for EDID' in your xorg file. > > Since you are using a virtual machine the graphics card is probably 'unknown' > or vesa. In both cases you cannot do better than 800x600. > > I'm sure you *can* run guest additions on a VM under virtual box, but I've not > found out how, and my VM clients are test-proof-of-concept so I've other > things to worry about than the dreaded 800x600 > > James
As I already wrote, the lts.conf file was being edited in the wrong location. I can now use whatever resolution I want. but yes, the guest additions cannot be installed since the vboxvideo driver cannot find its pci graphics card. and for now, my problem is solved. and thanks! Luis Correia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
