On Nov 12, 2007 4:13 AM, Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > what version of edubuntu are you using (dapper, feisty, gutsy)? > > On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Rohan Smith wrote: > > > When hooked up to the server all of them boot up the edubuntu > > bootsplash and loads. > > However neither of the GX110s proceed from there... they display a > > cursor in the top left hand screen that just blinks. while the other > > machines display the gdm edubuntu login screen. > > I gather you're using the on-board network card for PXE and not adding a > second. You can see the above problem when a second NIC is put in for PXE > support but the booting system tries to do dhcp on the first NIC. > > I recently tried out some (I think) GX110s which worked without special > configuration in feisty. > > > [Default] > > X_COLOR_DEPTH = 16 > > XSERVER = auto > > XDM_SERVER = 192.168.0.254 > > SCREEN_07 = startx > > SCREEN_02 = shell > > > > brought up an xserver grey window with a big X which then changed to > > rainbow colors.... > > I would guess that the XDM_SERVER, SCREEN_07, SCREEN_02 lines are not > relevant. However, the first two are. Perhaps try changing X_COLOR_DEPTH > to 15 and 24 and see what happens. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel >
ok I solved it, thanks Gavin , apparently I HAVE to tell which color_Depth I want to use, the XSERVER setting was ok. If I leave out the color_depth only the newer boxes work but defining the colour depth to be 16 or 24 works for all and 32 works for none... strange -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
