I suppose you could also configure framebuffer support as a module and load it at runtime using the MODULE_XX directives in lts.conf.
Jason A. Pattie wrote: > For the XF86_FBDev driver to work, the kernel has to have support for > the framebuffer device compiled in. This depends on which version of > LTSP you are running, or whether you have compiled and tagged your own > kernel or not. LTSP 2.09pre (latest) should have framebuffer support. > You will need to do a search for MediaGX modeline on, say, Google, to > find the correct modeline settings for 800x600 and others. Otherwise, > the mediaGX doesn't work very well, or at all. > > Lung Chun Liu wrote: > >>> I've played with them a bit. Xfree 3.3.6 seems to be okay >>> with them, >>> but I belive all of 3.3.3* were broken on them. The easiest way to get >>> video on them is to use fbcon and XF86_FBDev. They dont have the >>> fastest >>> video around to beging with, so you dont loose that much. >>> Also, on some of the older Xservers, there was a trick where you >>> would set the virtual display resolution to 1 pixel wider and taller >>> than >>> the actual screen, and all of a suddent they would stop crashing. I >>> have >>> no idea why. Not an ideal fix by any means, or recomended, but another >>> data point perhaps. >> >> >> I have a setup box which uses Cyrix MediaGX. I followed people's >> suggestion here to try 3.3.5 or 3.3.3.1. They did not work. >> When I try XF86_FBDev, X server shows an error message about cannot >> finding /dev/fb0. How to setup a /dev/fb0 device in LTSP startup >> script? >> >> The other question is where to change the virtual display resolution? >> lts.conf seems not supporting this? Should I modify rc.setupx directly >> when it generates XF86Config? >> >> Lung >> >> >> Lung >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. >> http://personals.yahoo.com >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> 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.openprojects.net >> > -- Jason A. Pattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ 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.openprojects.net
