Re: re[2]: [K12OSN] Gray Screen w/ X cursor -- solved

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With the K12LTSP distros I have always chosen KDE as the default during the
install and never had any troubles.  However, (from an installation
yesterday) I found that you cannot choose text as the default login--which I
am wont to do--it needs to be graphical.  When I chose text login I got the
big grey screen with no login on my clients...

Since I almost always use the CLUI on the server I'm wondering what the best
way would be to shut down Xwindows & the graphical login on the server?

On another note, can I put in a plug in for the site that makes this all
possible, http://www.ltsp.org/ ?

Also, IMO anyone using the K12LTSP distro would benefit greatly from
obtaining (and studying! :-) the documentation on LTSP provided at:
http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/index.php

There are also some very useful tips on the Installation Instructions page
at:
http://www.ltsp.org/instructions-3.0.html

I cannot overstate the value of reading the documentation provided at these
links, especially for those who are just starting out with LTSP.  It will
give you an overview of what's going on when a client boots and explains
many of the options available to you in configuring your LTSP server.

My gratitude to Mr. McQuillan for all of the excellent work he's done and
the tools he's provided to make this all possible!

James Jensen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Perez" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:23 AM
Subject: re[2]: [K12OSN] Gray Screen w/ X cursor -- solved


> thanx sir Adam for the tip.... now my k12ltsp is running smoothly.....
> i have to reinstall and start all over again to solve the problem.....
>
> [ CHRIS ]
>
> >I know that in version 1.0 of the K12ltsp you had to select gnome as your
> >default so that gdm would come up and you could login.  And from the gdm
> >login you could select KDE to be your default desktop.
>
> >It never failed, every time we would install from scratch and select KDE
to
> >be the default we would get the grey screen with the X.
>
> >i'm not to sure but i think the setting for your default desktop used to
be
> >in /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>
> >maybe someone could shed some light on how it works in version 2.0
>
>
> >Adam J. Melancon
>
>
> >----Original Message Follows----
> >From: Christopher Perez 
> >To: 
> >Subject: [K12OSN] Gray Screen w/ X cursor
> >Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:49:14 +0800
>
> >Hello to all,
>
> >i'm a newbie and i'm in the middle of setting up my K12LTSP....
> >my problem is that my client only displays a gray screen with an X
> >cursor..... the login screen for my KDE did'nt display....
>
> >I added Xdm_server = 192.168.1.29 # 192.168.1.29 is the ip of my server
> > XSERVER  = auto
> >and make sure that XDMCP is enabled in KDMRC
>
> >...but still the same problem....
>
> >when i looked at /var/log/messages it displays
>
> >ypbind[381]:broadcast:RPC:Timed Out
>
> >Any idea to solve this problem????
>
> >TIA
>
> >[ CHRIS ]
>
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