Using SAOtng on a 16-bit (or higher) display under Solaris
Eric Mandel wrote on Jun 18, 1998
> We have several Suns, but all have 8-bit frame buffers so the question > has never come up.... Please note that SAOtng will run fine on an X server set up in 24-bit mode if an 8-bit PseudoColor visual also is supported. This is the case, for example, with 24-bit Suns, but not with 16-bit Linux. No need to change the server or run Xnest or anything. So far as we can tell, Linux is the only system in which the deep frame support doesn't also come with 8-bit PseudoColor support, necessitating the change in sever depth. You can see which visuals are supported by executing: xdpyinfo Eric
Rodolfo Barba wrote on Jun 18, 1998
Hola, I've got a solution that works fine on Suns with 24bits cards and only one monitor, /usr/openwin/bin/xinit -- /usr/openwin/bin/X :0 -dev /dev/fb defclass PseudoColor -auth /home/my_home/.my_machine.my_orgs.edu:0 I hope that this will be useful for you Suerte Rodolfo --------------------------------- Rodolfo H. Barba Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Dr. Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Email: rbarba@stsci.edu WWW: http://sol.stsci.edu/~rbarba Tel: +1 410 338-4508 Fax: +1 410 338-4767 --------------------------------- Xeneize a muerte
Rodolfo Barba wrote on Jun 18, 1998
Hola otra vez, I'm sorry, I did a mistake typing the line, the correct command is /usr/openwin/bin/xinit -- /usr/openwin/bin/X :0 -dev /dev/fb defclass PseudoColor -auth /home/my_login/.xsun.my_machine.my_org.edu:0 Cheers Rodolfo --------------------------------- Rodolfo H. Barba Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Dr. Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Email: rbarba@stsci.edu WWW: http://sol.stsci.edu/~rbarba Tel: +1 410 338-4508 Fax: +1 410 338-4767 --------------------------------- Xeneize a muerte
Tim Pickering wrote on Jun 20, 1998
On 18 Jun 1998 13:47:42 -0700, Eric Mandel <eric@head-cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> We have several Suns, but all have 8-bit frame buffers so the question >> has never come up.... > >Please note that SAOtng will run fine on an X server set up in 24-bit >mode if an 8-bit PseudoColor visual also is supported. This is the >case, for example, with 24-bit Suns, but not with 16-bit Linux. No >need to change the server or run Xnest or anything. So far as we can >tell, Linux is the only system in which the deep frame support doesn't >also come with 8-bit PseudoColor support, necessitating the change in >sever depth. the XFree86 servers only support TrueColor visuals in > 8 bpp, thus the need to fire up a separate 8 bpp server for ximtool, et al. which require PseudoColor visuals. if it's a big issue, i think the commercial Accelerated-X server from www.xig.com supports PseudoColor visuals in 24 or 32 bpp. or it at least allows one to Xnest 8 bpp within 24 bpp. i don't recall which, but i have seen ximtool running in a 24 bpp display using their server. i'm not sure if metro-x also has this capability, but i doubt it. tim -- Time is like fingers A | Tim Pickering (tim@as.arizona.edu) Gesturing for me to stop -- Quake | UA Steward Observatory Why is the sun up? Haiku | Tucson, AZ 85721 520-621-6523
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