John: We had problems with i845 video recently and found out that it will not be fully supported until the next XFree86 release (4.3.1 I think) -- RedHat and other distros configure it with the i810 driver but that didn't work for us -- the generic VESA driver did work but only in 640x480 mode.
HTH, Lee > From: John Hammen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:24:57 -0500 > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] X causes machine shutdown > > > > We're trying some new boxes with i845 chipsets on LTSP - most of them > work fine but one of them etherboots, pivot_roots, etc. OK and then > dies when X tries to start - by dies I mean the machine actually > powers down, the fan turns off, etc. (but the power light remains on). > Very probable that it's bad hardware, but when we try booting "Demo > Linux" off a CD-ROM X seems to start OK and the machine doesn't have > any problems that we have found yet. Does LTSP do anything > non-standard when it comes to starting X? > > -John > > > --__--__-- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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
