[Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#705143: ltsp-server-standalone: LTSP client graphics severely corrupt with Cinnamon 2D desktop

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Control: retitle -1 defaulting to 16-bit color depth breaks Cinnamon 2D
Control: priority -1 normal

On 2014-01-05, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 05:36:21PM +0200, Peter Tuharsky wrote:
>> When used directly on the server, the Cinnamon 2D works fine. Moreover, I
>> installed one of the thin clients with Debian Wheezy, effectively making it a
>> thick client (other words, a standalone desktop PC), and the Cinnamon 2D works
>> fine. However booting the machine as LTSP thin client again, screen corrupted
>> in Cinnamon 2D.
>> 
>> Please, are there any hints, what can I try to make it work?
>
> This is a bit of a long shot, but try setting in lts.conf:
>
>   X_SMART_COLOR_DEPTH=false
>
> or
>
>   X_COLOR_DEPTH=24
>
> It may be issues with 16-bit color depth, which is the default for thin clients
> unless specified. Although it sounds like your issues may be a bit more
> severe...

Sounds like these workarounds resolved the issue, in the long term we
might consider just using the default color depth, though that
significantly increases the network bandwidth used...

live well,
  vagrant
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