Erik, No, the blank screen with the X is not a display driver problem, it is a 'Display Manager' problem. On mandrake, it is probably kdm. You need to make sure that kdm is configured to allow remote workstations to get a login.
Find the kdmrc file and make sure that in the '[Xdmcp]' section it has 'enable=true' or 'enable=yes'. Also, kdm uses the /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess file to allow access to remote workstations. Make sure you have a line in that file that starts with an asterisk as the first char of the line. Run this, to see if kdm is listening: netstat -anp | grep ":177 " Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Eric Silmalis wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have been installing LTSP on a few systems using Mandrake 8.1 edition. > All seems to go well with the terminal being seen by the server and even > getting an ip address from the DHCP server. > A screen with an X appears when the bootprocess has finished. > > I have been through all docs and all seems to be ok in terms of > configuration. > I have tried different display drivers like the S3 ones as the video chipset > is S3, but in anyones experience > is the eblank screen with the x cursor usually a display driver issue which > i can sort out or is it something else. > > My email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Erik > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas - >http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas - http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink _____________________________________________________________________ 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
