Dell GX110 not loading GDM

[Rohan Smith]

On Nov 12, 2007 4:13 AM, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> 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
>
>
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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