On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, jef peeraer wrote: > On Tuesday 16 March 2004 15:37, you wrote: > > Jef, > > > > Ok, it's a trident. I've had problems with trident and the latest > > LTSP kernels too. The problem is related to using a fb console > > driver that doesn't seem to work properly with some trident > > chipsets. > > > > video=trident:crt > # cat default > prompt=0 > label linux > kernel bzImage-2.4.24-ltsp-1 > append init=/linuxrc rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd-2.4.24-ltsp-1.gz > video=trident:crt > > But still no shell login !
Is 'video=trident:crt' on the SAME LINE as append ? or is it a new line? it really needs to be on the same line. if your editor is breaking long lines for you, you will have a problem. Jim. > > > jef > > > > > sorry I didn't realize sooner that this was the type of problem > > you were having. From your remarks, I was thinking it was something > > else entirely. > > > > Any way, if you add those lines from above, it should work with the > > latest kernel. > > > > Jim McQuillan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, jef peeraer wrote: > > > On Tuesday 16 March 2004 03:05, you wrote: > > > > Jef, > > > > > > > > What kind of hardware do you have ? > > > > > > it's an epia VE-5000 from VIA > > > > > > > Specifically, what kind of video card ? > > > > > > integrated trident Blade 3D graphics core > > > > > > > Jim McQuillan > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, jef peeraer wrote: > > > > > On Monday 15 March 2004 18:51, you wrote: > > > > > > Jef, > > > > > > > > > > > > LTSP-4 doesn't use the runlevels for figuring out what to start. > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you send me your lts.conf file ? > > > > > > > > > > [Default] > > > > > SERVER = 10.0.0.1 > > > > > XSERVER = auto > > > > > X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL = "IMPS/2" > > > > > X_MOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/psaux" > > > > > X_MOUSE_RESOLUTION = 400 > > > > > X_MOUSE_BUTTONS = 3 > > > > > USE_XFS = N > > > > > XkbLayout = "be" > > > > > SCREEN_01 = shell > > > > > > > > > > with SCREEN_01 = startx, it works fine > > > > > > > > > > jef > > > > > > > > > > > Jim. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, jef peeraer wrote: > > > > > > > On Monday 15 March 2004 16:38, you wrote: > > > > > > > > Jef, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try setting 'SCREEN_01 = shell' up in the [Default] section, > > > > > > > > see if you can get a shell. If you can, > > > > > > > > then run: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hostname > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Make sure the workstation knows its own name. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If it does, then try running: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > getltscfg -a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See if the parameters returned are what you would expect. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > no, still black screen, no cursor. I must say that it works with > > > > > > > X, and i can ping the hostname and so. But even when i start with > > > > > > > SCREEN = shell, the logfile still says > > > > > > > Mar 15 16:43:29 ws003 syslogd started: BusyBox v0.60.4 > > > > > > > (2003.12.16-08:09+0000) Mar 15 16:43:30 ws003 init: Entering > > > > > > > runlevel: 5 Shouldn't that be runlevel 3 ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jef > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim McQuillan > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, jef peeraer wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Monday 15 March 2004 14:45, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, jef peeraer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > i am running ltsp-4 on a suse 8.2 server. thinclients are > > > > > > > > > > > working well ( except from some networking trouble i > > > > > > > > > > > have, e.g overruns ) i defined a shell ( init 3 ) on > > > > > > > > > > > screen 02, but when i try to go there ( ctrl + alt + f2 > > > > > > > > > > > ), the screen turns black but no prompt appears on the > > > > > > > > > > > screen. the thinclient is a epia- ve5000 with integrated > > > > > > > > > > > trident blade 3d graphics core. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try setting SCREEN_01 = shell, just to see if the thin > > > > > > > > > > client is picking up its parameters. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > same effect, black screen ,no cursor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If it isn't, it could be because the workstation doesn't > > > > > > > > > > know its own hostname. Check dhcpd.conf for the: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > use-host-decl-names on; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was there already > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, if you are assigning random IP addresses to the > > > > > > > > > > workstations, they won't get a hostname. In that case, > > > > > > > > > > you'll need to use the MAC address in the lts.conf file, > > > > > > > > > > rather than the hostname. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i am using static ip adresses for the thins, hostnames are > > > > > > > > > defined in /etc/hosts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim McQuillan > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > > > > > > > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and > > > > > > > CEO of GenToo technologies. 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