On 2015-09-20 14:38, Stefan U. Hegner wrote: > Hey folks, > > haven't been around for quite a while. - That's a good sign > regarding > LTSPs stability and performance. - A big thanks for all the efforts > of > the last years! > > In my home-setup I came across a weird phenomen that costed me my > day, yesterday. The good news is, that I solved it. - However, I'd > like to post this in order to > - understand the issue, and > - enable others not to tap into the same trap > > Setup: A Debian Jessie Server (64bit) with 4 NeoWare CA22 clients, > either with 256 MB or 1 GB RAM; several types of display (19' CRT, > 17' LCD, 19' LCD, 22' LCD). > > Two stations were working with X (merkur & mars -- the ones with the > 19' displays, one with 256 MB, the other with 1GB), venus & erde, the > other two, simply got no picture with X. > > Here is the relevant section from my lts.conf: > > Old Config - no longer working on VENUS and ERDE > New Config - now is all fine again > > [neoware] > # XSERVER = vesa > > SOUND = True > SOUND_DAEMON = pulse > VOLUME = 90 > PCM_VOLUME = 90 > MIC_VOLUME = 100 > > ### NeoWare clients > [merkur] > # Neoware CA22 - 19' LCD, 1GB RAM > LIKE = neoware > X_VIDEORAM = 65536 > X_VERTREFRESH = 56-75 > X_HORZSYNC = 31-83 > X_MODE_0 = 1280x1024 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > > [venus] > # Neoware CA22 - 22' LCD, 1GB RAM > LIKE = neoware > > X_VIDEORAM = 65536 > X_VERTREFRESH = 56-76 > X_HORZSYNC = 61 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > XRANDR_OUTPUT = default > XRANDR_MODE_0 = 1680x1050 > > [erde] > # Neoware CA22 - 17' LCD, 256 MB RAM > LIKE = neoware > > X_VIDEORAM = 16384 > X_VERTREFRESH = 56-75 > X_HORZSYNC = 31-80 > X_MODE_0 = 1280x1024 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > > [mars] > # Neoware CA22 - 19' CRT, 256 MB RAM > LIKE = neoware > X_VIDEORAM = 16384 > X_VERTREFRESH = 50-160 > X_HORZSYNC = 30-95 > X_MODE_0 = 1600x1200 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > > [neoware] > # XSERVER = vesa > > SOUND = True > SOUND_DAEMON = pulse > VOLUME = 90 > PCM_VOLUME = 90 > MIC_VOLUME = 100 > > ### NeoWare clients > [merkur] > # Neoware CA22 - 19' LCD, 1GB RAM > LIKE = neoware > X_VIDEORAM = 65536 > X_VERTREFRESH = 56-75 > X_HORZSYNC = 31-83 > X_MODE_0 = 1280x1024 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > > [venus] > # Neoware CA22 - 22' LCD, 1GB RAM > LIKE = neoware > XSERVER = vesa > X_VIDEORAM = 65536 > X_VERTREFRESH = 56-76 > X_HORZSYNC = 61 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > XRANDR_OUTPUT = default > XRANDR_MODE_0 = 1680x1050 > # XRANDR_NEWMODE_0 = 1680x1050 154.20 1680 1712 2296 2328 > 1050 1071 1081 1103 > XRANDR_RATE_0 = 60 > > [erde] > # Neoware CA22 - 17' LCD, 256 MB RAM > > LIKE = neoware > XSERVER = vesa > X_VIDEORAM = 16384 > X_VERTREFRESH = 56-75 > X_HORZSYNC = 31-80 > X_MODE_0 = 1280x1024 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > # XRANDR_OUTPUT = default > # XRANDR_MODE_0 = 1280X1024 > # XRANDR_RATE_0 = 60 > > [mars] > # Neoware CA22 - 19' CRT, 256 MB RAM > > LIKE = neoware > X_VIDEORAM = 16384 > X_VERTREFRESH = 50-160 > X_HORZSYNC = 30-95 > X_MODE_0 = 1600x1200 > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24 > > 1. It seems that under certain circumstances, it is not necessary to > specify "XSERVER = vesa" with the NeoWare CA22. - Why this is so, I > have no clue. - Possibly that the other required settings imply for > some reason the vesa server? - If someone's got a hint on that, this > would be interesting. By the way, would there be any other Xserver > working on this client alternatively? > > 2. On ERDE, I also tried to set the mode woht the XRANDR options. > However, I went back to the "classic" options, because I got a bigger > virtual desktop and no way to move the screen window within it. (I > had > only the upper left corner of a felt 1920x1080 resolution. - Is there > another option to specify this? - Anyhow, this behavior was wired and > now I got a workaround. > > 3. On VENUS, I specified a modline - as it appears that it is not > necessary I commented it out. However, my question is, whether the > syntax is correct. I didn't find any examples for "XRANDR_NEWMODE_0" > on the net. > > Thanks a lot folks, and have a nice day. > > Stefan.
If you check the version of the package xserver-xorg-core in Debian Jessie you will see it is newer than Wheezy (1.12). See https://www.mail-archive.com/ltsp-discuss%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg42175.html Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _____________________________________________________________________ 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