On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 04:17:38PM -0800, Ridge Chittenden wrote: > Hi all, > > (Another question, new thread.... Appreciate all the > help as I try to understand Debian and Linux.) > > I have a machine running Debian Woody that's being > used as a server--no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor. I > have XDMCP set up so that I can log in to an X session > on the machine from another machine on my home > network. > > The question: I want to slim down the machine as much > as I can (RAM is limited), and I don't want to load > stuff I don't have to. What do I really need in > XF86Config-4 for a machine that never has a local > display? Another way to put it is, does the video > card, monitor, mouse and keyboard information come > from the XF86Config-4 on the machine that's logging > in? Or the machine that's running X?
The machine that's running X needs a normal full XF86Config-4, the machine serving XDMCP sessions does not need an XF86Config-4 file or an X server (package xserver-xfree86) at all. Frank > Perhaps most critically, do I need to have that i810 > section with the 8MB of video RAM borrowed from main > memory? > > Thanks, > > rc > > Here's XF86Config-4: > > > ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION > # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) > generated by dexconf, the > # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the > debconf database. > # > # Edit this file with caution, and see the > XF86Config-4 manual page. > # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) > # > # If you want your changes to this file preserved by > dexconf, only make changes > # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, > and/or after the > # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. > # > # To change things within the debconf section, run the > command: > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to > a dexconf-generated > # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in > /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. > > Section "Files" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > # local font server > # if the local font server has problems, we > can fall back on these > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath > "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath > "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "GLcore" > Load "bitmap" > Load "dbe" > Load "ddc" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "freetype" > Load "glx" > Load "int10" > Load "pex5" > Load "record" > Load "speedo" > Load "type1" > Load "vbe" > Load "xie" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" > "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > Option "Device" > "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" > "ImPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > Driver "i810" > VideoRam 8192 > Option "UseFBDev" "true" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic Monitor" > HorizSync 30-65 > VertRefresh 50-120 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "Generic Video Card" > Monitor "Generic Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > ### END DEBCONF SECTION > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
