[Ltsp-discuss] Workstation freezes at random

2004-10-21 Thread Robert Reppel
Hi, my workstation (P-133, 32mb RAM) freezes at random, for example when surfing with FireFox or using OpenOffice. The display continues to show whatever was there before the freeze, but the mouse cursor moves no more and the keyboard doesn't respond. The system monitor on the server shows that

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Black square on blue background...

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Reppel
ruggero russo wrote: Ciao robert, perhaps your problems are related to the Sis. I'have a Sis 300 and it works only with 1024x768 resolution, so you can try to put the line "X_MODE_0"= 1024x768 in the lts.conf file; Tell me if it works. Ruggero Yes, that did it. Problem solved - thanks. R

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Workstation freezes, session ends

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Reppel
Thanks. I enabled NFS swap. So far, so good. Eugene Coetzee wrote: Robert Reppel wrote: Hi, ever now and then, my workstation freezes: No more mouse, no more keyboard. The logged-in user's processes on the server terminate at that moment. It appears to be vaguely related to

[Ltsp-discuss] Workstation freezes, session ends

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Reppel
Hi, ever now and then, my workstation freezes: No more mouse, no more keyboard. The logged-in user's processes on the server terminate at that moment. It appears to be vaguely related to doing processing/graphics -intensive work. For example, having three or four Mozilla windows + OpenOff

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Speed of Firefox as a Local Application?

2004-10-14 Thread Robert Reppel
ra 64mb for use -- which it is not using. These t5300's also have a 500mhz processor inside. Which is why I'm surprised that Firefox runs so slowly and such. Any tips for diagnosing the problem and speeding it up? Thanks! Eric Holt Robert Reppel wrote: How much RAM? I

[Ltsp-discuss] Black square on blue background after login

2004-10-13 Thread Robert Reppel
Hi, one of my workstations uses the SIS530/620 chipset with integrated video. I'm using GDM on Redhat 9.0. I get as far as the login screen, but after the login, the screen shows a black rectangle (... looks like it has about the same size as the RedHat logo displayed upon bootup. Or the

[Ltsp-discuss] Screen resolution

2004-10-12 Thread Robert Reppel
So far, so good. Got it working, with one exception: The screen resolution stays at what looks like somewhere around 800x600, no matter what I do. I've tried setting X_MODE_0 with all sorts of values and rebooted the workstation countless times. No change. ( and the XWindows ctrl-alt-kb+ mo

[Ltsp-discuss] Bootup hangs after "Searching for server (DHCP)"

2004-10-12 Thread Robert Reppel
Hi, not sure what causes this. Bootup hangs after the following messages: Probing pci nic... [3c590]utp[*utp*]: disable 'auto select' with DOS util!Ethernet address: 00:A0:24:96:07:D0 selected utp. (default) Searching for server (DHCP)... ..F?.F?.F?.F?.F?.F? I'm using Etherboot 5.2.5 off a floppy