Re: modeset(0): failed to set mode: Invalid argument

Alkis Georgopoulos <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.terminal-server.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

if they're thin clients, set this in lts.conf:
X_SMART_COLOR_DEPTH=False

If they're fat clients, try installing the xserver-xorg-video-intel 
package in the chroot.

If the graphics card is not intel, run this to see the card:
lspci -nn -k | grep -A 2 VGA

Happy new year,
Alkis

On 1/4/19 7:45 PM, Mike Cammilleri via Ltsp-discuss wrote:
> We have Dell Optiplex 7010's (sff) that will boot LTSP but halt just 
> before rendering the graphical login screen. The error I found in 
> Xorg.7.log on the thin-client is
> 
> 
> modeset(0): failed to set mode: Invalid argument
> 
> 
> Which appears to be a failure to set the screen mode/resolution. LTSP 
> boots our Dell Optiplex 7040's just fine. This is LTSP server built on 
> Ubuntu 18.04 using the Greek schools PPA.
> 
> 
> Any thoughts on how to fix the video issue on our 7010's? I suppose 
> they'll need something special in /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/amd64/lts.conf?
> 
> 


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