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graphics administration guide for HP-UX 11.x Manufacturing Part Number: B2355-IE003 Edition E0206 © Copyright 2006 by Hewlett-Packard - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 2
. Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard. This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 3
visuals 28 supported screen options 29 hp VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10 configuration hints 29 overlay visuals and overlay transparency 29 disabling the GLX visuals 29 hp VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10 colormaps 30 changing the monitor type 30 3. configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) using SAM to - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 4
scaling 58 Glx visual suppression 58 visuals suppression 59 technical print service (TPS 60 virtual frame buffer (Xvfb 60 security 60 connecting starting the X Server from the command line 60 mapping options from the previous hp X Server to the current hp X Server 61 defaultVisual option - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 5
device options 68 supported monitor configurations 69 hp Fire GL-UX configuration hints 71 overlay visuals and overlay transparency 71 system requirements 73 hardware compatibility table 73 monitor compatibility 73 compatibility matrix with previous releases 74 miscellaneous 75 fonts - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 6
Contents examples 84 printing a key map 84 4 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 7
1 preface Chapter 1 The purpose of this document is to collect, in one place, all the information necessary to configure and administer graphics cards supported in HP-UX workstations and servers running the 11.00 and 11i version 1 (11.11) Operating Systems. 5 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 8
following APIs were discontinued, then obsoleted, on the indicated dates: Product Name Starbase PEXlib PHIGS Product Number B2374A B3176B October 1, 2002 For detailed information on HP's supported 3D graphics API, OpenGL, please refer to the "OpenGL Implementation Guide", which can be found on the - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 9
preface document conventions document conventions Below is a list of the typographical conventions used in this document: ls /usr/include Verbatim computer literals are in computer font. Text in this style is letter-for-letter verbatim and, depending on - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 10
preface document conventions 8 Chapter 1 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 11
2 configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) Chapter 2 This chapter documents information specific to the HP X Server. It describes features that are unique to HP's X Server, provides information 9 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 12
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) NOTE on how to configure the X Server and includes a list of supported configurations. For each supported graphics device, device-dependent configuration information is provided. Information specific to a new release of the X Server, - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 13
by the version of the HP-UX operating system (later HP-UX releases will place "X Server Configuration" under the "Display" folder). There are several X*screens files used to configure the operation of the X Server. The SAM graphical user interface for X Server configuration is provided to simplify - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 14
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration X*screens file For manual changes, please refer to server options, are specified on a per-screen basis. The X Server supports up to four screens at a time. Specifying more than four screens will cause a server error - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 15
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration {SingleLogicalScreen . . .< device_nameN>} [DefaultVisual [Class ] [Depth ] [Layer ] [Transparent]] [MonitorSize < units>] [ - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 16
X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration The X Server delays loading of some X extensions until the first protocol request to the given extension is received. Specifying this server option forces all extensions to be loaded at X Server startup. The 11.00 X Server - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 17
Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration Figure 2-1 MinimumMonitorPowerSaveLevel Specify the minimum power save level to be used by the monitor during screen blanking. You must specify a level of 0 -3 If the option is not used supported on the X Server is - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 18
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration Figure 2-2 Two physical displays, two separate screens :0.0 /dev/crt0 :0.1 /dev/crt1 • This sample X*screens file could be used on a system using HP VISUALIZE-FXE with a 17-inch monitor. In this - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 19
X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration Screen /dev/crt DefaultVisual Transparent The display diagram would be the same as that of the "Results of Minimal Legal X*screens File" configuration, above. • This sample X*screens file could be used on a system with a HP - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 20
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration Figure 2-3 Two physical displays, single logical screen (1x2) :0.0 /dev/crt0 /dev/crt1 Figure 2-4 • These sample X*screens entries could be used on a system with four homogeneous graphics devices. Assuming - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 21
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration Figure 2-5 Four physical displays, single logical screen (4x1) /dev/crt0 /dev/crt1 :0.0 /dev/crt2 /dev/crt3 Figure 2-6 SingleLogicalScreen 2 2 /dev/crt0 /dev/crt1 /dev/ - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 22
X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration part of the old image and part of the new image on the display at the same time) could be visible while swapping large DBE windows. For those instances where tearing would occur and is undesirable, an optional X Server - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 23
DBE man page on XdbeScreenVisualInfo(). supported devices The X Server supports DBE on the following devices: • HP VISUALIZE-FX5 and FX10 • HP VISUALIZE-FXE display power management signaling (DPMS) Monitors constitute a large percentage of the power used by a workstation even when not actively in - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 24
Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server ( - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 25
directly without the use of Xlib routines merely by modifying the pixmap data. supported devices The X Server supports the MIT shared memory extension on the following devices: • HP VISUALIZE-FX5 and FX10 • HP VISUALIZE-FXE supported X configurations multi-display support The following definitions - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 26
X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration Multi-Screen A configuration in which a single X Server with a mouse and keyboard drives multiple graphics devices (where each display is a different X Screen) concurrently while only allowing the cursor, not windows, to - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 27
of the same type. SLS is enabled by using SAM (the System Administration Manager tool, /usr/sbin/sam). To enable an SLS configuration, start SAM, and follow the instructions below: 1. Double-click on the "X Server Configuration" button. A window entitled "Graphics" appears, containing an icon for - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 28
Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server tall by two monitors wide, the following syntax would be used: SingleLogicalScreen 1 2 /dev/crt0 /dev/crt1 Whereas for 3D acceleration (e.g. Visualize FX5). 3D applications (from any supported HP 3D API) will continue to run with SLS; However, - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 29
Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) X Server configuration • The login screen. • The Front Panel. • Window move and resize boxes. • The screen lock dialog. This behavior is the result of HP CDE's naive assumption that it is running against one large screen; it centers these windows Use - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 30
devices contain 2D hardware acceleration similar to that in other HP VISUALIZE devices, as well as 3D acceleration for lighting, shading and texture mapping. supported visuals HP VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10 graphics devices support all of the following visuals: • Class PseudoColor Depth 8 Layer Image - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 31
X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) hp Visualize- FXE, FX5 and FX10 device-dependent information X (GLX). If necessary, the extra visuals can be disabled using the DisableGLxVisuals screen option. See the "Disabling the GLX Visuals" section for more information. supported screen - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 32
X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards) hp Visualize- FXE, FX5 and FX10 device-dependent information visuals are simply duplicates of visuals that would normally appear in the X visual list. In case that the extra visuals cause problems with applications, a screen option can be used to - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 33
3 configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) Chapter 3 This chapter documents information specific to the HP Xf86 X Server. The Xf86 X Server is based on the XFree86 version 4.2.0 X Server. This 31 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 34
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) NOTE section describes features unique to HP's implementation of the X Server, provides information on how to configure the X Server and includes a list of supported X configurations. For each supported graphics device, device-dependent - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 35
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) using SAM to configure X Windows using SAM to configure X Windows Configuration of the X Server is supported through SAM via an icon titled "X Server Configuration." This icon resides either at SAM's top-level or under the top-level "Display" - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 36
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) using SAM to configure X Windows other graphics cards. Running independent X Servers on an HP Visualize graphics device and any other device simultaneously is not supported. SLS is a mechanism for treating homogeneous multi-display configurations - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 37
NOTE configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) using SAM to configure X Windows The Modify Default Visual menu item lets you set the default visuals, depth and resolution on a graphics device. It lets you identify which of these - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 38
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file NOTE 36 the XF86Config file The XF86Config file is located in /etc/X11/XF86Config. It can be generated automatically or modified using SAM. A working configuration file is also delivered on the system. You must be root to - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 39
NOTE configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file • String - a sequence of characters • using frequency option values to avoid any errors in determining the value. "ServerLayout" section The ServerLayout section is used to identify which Screen sections are to be used - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 40
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Section ìServerLayoutî Identifier ìServerLayoutNameî Screen [ScreenNumber] ìScreenIDî [Position] [Xcoor] [Ycoor] . . . InputDevice ìInputDeviceIDî ìInputDeviceOptionî . . . [Option Ö] . . . EndSection Keywords, options and - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 41
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Section ìServerLayoutî Identifier ìMainLayoutî Screen 0 ìScreen 1" Absolute Screen 1 ìScreen 2" Absolute 1024 0 Screen ìScreen 3" Absolute 2048 0 . . . EndSection When the Relative keyword is used to the X Server may also be - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 42
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Table 3-1 Option DontZap DontZoom AllowMouseOpenFail Pixmap Verbose NoLogging LogVerbose Value Default Description Boolean Off This disallows the use of the Ctrl+Shift+Break sequence. That sequence is normally used to - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 43
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Table 3-1 ( used to specify whether or not OpenGL is to do software rendering. A value of False forces software rendering. The default is for OpenGL to use accelerated rendering. "Files" section The Files section is used - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 44
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file where is the transport type to use to connect to the font server (e.g., Unix for UNIX-domain sockets or tcp for a TCP/IP connection), is the hostname of the machine running the font server, and - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 45
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file "Module" section The Module section is used to specify which X Server modules should be loaded. The types of modules normally loaded in this section are X Server Load ìdbeî SubSection also instructs the server to load the module called - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 46
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file "InputDevice" Driver entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device. InputDevice sections recognize some driver-independent Options, which are described here. See the individual input driver manual - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 47
Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Table 3-2 Driver Option EndSection ìMouse0î ìmouseî ìProtocolî ìPS/2î "Screen" section The configuration file may have multiple Screen sections. There must be at least one, for the "screen" being used - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 48
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file ServerLayout section. specifies which color depth the server should use by default. The -depth command line option can be used to override this. If neither is specified, the default depth is driver-specific, but in most cases - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 49
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Table 3-3 Various Option flags may be specified in the Screen section. Some are driver-specific and are described in the driver documentation. Driver server supports. The size of the virtual screen the server may also be specified. Chapter - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 50
Note that many of the new accelerated graphics drivers use non-displayed memory for caching. It is not desirable to use all available memory for the virtual display, as this leaves none for caching, and this can decrease server performance. Display subsections have the following format: SubSection - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 51
Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Option flags may be specified in the Display subsections. These may include driver-specific options or driver-independent options. The former are described in the driver-specific documentation. Some of the latter - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 52
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file The data given here is used by the X Server end of the line. The data given here is used by the X Server drivers are capable of using this information. Source: XF86Config man page. GammaAllLayers is an optional entry that causes the X Server - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 53
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) the XF86Config file Section ìDeviceî Identifier Driver VendorName Option Ö ìDeviceIDî ìdriverî ìVnameî . . . EndSection The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this graphics device. It must match a DriverID in the active Screen - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 54
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics Guide" is available at: # # http://www.hp.com/support/Graphics_Admin_Guide_PA # # after selecting the link appropriate for a given workstation some options that specify the way the device is to be used. # Typically there is a pointer device (mouse) and - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 55
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) sample XF86Config file InputDevice InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # # Uncomment this to force OGL indirect contexts to be rendered in # software. Indirect rendering is done with the hardware driver by # default - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 56
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) sample XF86Config file Option "Protocol" "PS/2" EndSection # # There may be multiple Monitor sections. The purpose of this section is # is to specify the range of operation of a monitor. For a Monitor to be # in use the Identifier must match - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 57
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) extensions extensions double buffer extension (DBE) DBE is an extension to the X Server that provides a double users to determine if double-buffering in a visual is through software or hardware. However, the API does provide a way to determine - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 58
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) display power management signaling (DPMS) display power management signaling (DPMS) Table 3-4 Monitors constitute a large percentage of the power used by a workstation even when not actively in use Substantial Longer Maximum System Dependent The actual - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 59
Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) display power management signaling (DPMS) More information (including sample code) on the DPMS that may be set in the ServerLayout section that may be used to support this functionality. The options are: blank time, standby time, - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 60
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) display power management signaling (DPMS) XF86Config file and the full path name for all dynamically loaded modules for the given X Server invocation. Deferred loaded modules are recorded as they are referenced. Altering or removing files under - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 61
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) features features cursor scaling There are times when the standard X11 cursors are difficult to see on the screen. The effect is compounded on large displays. Two options are available in the X Server that instruct the X Server option can be used to "hide" - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 62
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) features all the visuals. visuals suppression This option can be used to hide whole classes of visuals. These can be no default visual has been selected, the X Server will exit with a fatal error. Also if a default visual is defined, it - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 63
input devices. It emulates a video frame buffer by using the system's virtual memory. Xvfb may be used for: rendering with non-standard depths and screen configurations, software rendering, providing a way to run applications that don't need an X Server but for some reason insist on having one, etc - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 64
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) features starting the X Server from the command line Command line options for the X Server are described in Xf86(1). mapping options from the previous hp X Server to the current hp X Server The purpose of this section is to provide the user, who - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 65
X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) features Depth The default depth of the visual can be set in the Screen section of the XF86Config file using the This can be accomplished by not loading the GLX driver in the Modules section. See the example below. Section ìModuleî #Noload - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 66
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) features DPMSStandbyTime DPMSSuspendTime DPMSOffTime See section "Features MinimumMonitorPowerSaveLevel Option" of this document. HideDuplicateGlxVisuals See the section - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 67
X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) input devices input devices keyboards Table 3-5 Options AutoRepeat Xleds supported keyboard drivers The following is a list of supported keyboard drivers: keyboard supported keyboard options The following is a list of keyboard options that are supported - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 68
1 10-bit per channel hardware colormap for use in gamma correction. This device provides 2D hardware acceleration for most operations as well as 3D acceleration for lighting, shading and texture mapping. supported visuals HP Fire GL-UX supports the following visuals: Table 3-7 Class PseudoColor - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 69
Windows on HP-UX pixel index 0 instead of 255. Use TrueColor as the default visual instead of supported monitor configurations The following table documents supported display resolution and refresh rate for the HP Fire GL-UX. Check your monitor specification to determine if the monitor supports - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 70
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) output devices Table 3-9 Resolution (HxV) 1024x768 2D hardware acceleration for most operations as well as 3D acceleration for lighting, shading and texture mapping. supported visuals ATI FireGL cards support the following visuals: Class - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 71
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) output devices Class TrueColor (optional) TrueColor Depth 24 24 Layer Overlay Image The depth 8 PseudoColor and TrueColor visuals are enabled by default. See the section "Supported Device Options" that follows for instructions on changing the - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 72
Windows on HP-UX use the HP VMD software driver. Applications that require large or numerous GLX pixmaps may require that this option be set to false. Enables support framebuffer memory. If there is insufficient memory for the requested FSAAScale at a given screen resolution, the server will attempt - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 73
X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) output devices supported monitor configurations All FireGL cards support multiple monitors. The FireGL X1 and X3 have dual DVI-I connectors, which will drive either digital or analog monitors. The FireGL T2 has one DVI-I and one VGA connector. When using - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 74
in the "SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS" property attached to the root window. The default overlay visual has a transparent type of "1" (TransparentPixel). If you need an overlay colormap that supports transparency, create the colormap using the visual that has transparency in its SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 75
Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) hp Fire GL-UX configuration hints { /* Since the Atom exists, request the property , one colormap entry in PseudoColor colormaps is not available for use by clients. The server handles this entry in one of two ways depending upon the - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 76
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) hp Fire GL-UX configuration hints This may cause problems with some applications. Setting "CountTransInOvlyVis" causes the server to reserve the transparent pixel index. In this case, the server reports that 255 colormap entries are available for - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 77
that are support on a system and which OS is required: Graphics Device HP Fire GL-UX Supported Systems C3650, C3700, J6700 Required Operating System HP-UX 11.0 and 11.11 monitor compatibility Most multi-sync monitors are compatible with the graphics cards in this release of the X Server. All - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 78
Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) hp Fire GL-UX UX 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 4X No ATI FireGL X1/X3/T2-128 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Max of 2) No 3.0 (8X) miscellaneous fonts The X Server can obtain fonts from directories or font servers. Setting up a font server the system and - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 79
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards) hp Fire GL-UX configuration hints /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ /usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.15/75dpi/ files The X Server makes use of various files on the system during normal operation. The section lists the default location of the files and gives - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 80
"1" (TransparentPixel). If you need an overlay colormap that supports transparency, create the colormap using the visual that has transparency in its SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS property. See the Fire GL-UX configuration hints section for a code fragment . The depth 24 TrueColor overlay visual is enabled - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 81
FireGL X1, T2, and X3 devices behave differently than HP Visualize or HP Fire GL-UX devices because ATI FireGL devices have one gamma colormap. Previous devices allowed at least one OpenGL window to have gamma applied without affecting other windows in the image planes. FireGL devices will apply the - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 82
4 X Windows configuration details This chapter discusses several details concerning the configuration of X hosts, colormaps, mouse and keyboard. Chapter 4 79 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 83
server. • If you are running as a stand-alone system, you must have your system's name in this file. • If you are part of a network, the other system is, commonly known across the network. using an /etc/hosts file This file need not be present if your system is configured to query a nameserver. The - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 84
This stops the display server, and with it the window system. customizing the mouse and keyboard This section describes various customizations that can modify the default keyboard and mouse behavior. changing mouse button actions The xmodmap utility can be used - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 85
key bindings with xmodmap To change the meaning of a particular key for a particular X11 session, or to initialize the X Server with a completely different set of key mappings, use the xmodmap client. The syntax for xmodmap is as follows: xmodmap [] where are: -display - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 86
Windows configuration details making an x*.hosts file Table 4-1 specifying key remapping expressions Whether you remap a single key "on the fly" with a command-line entry or install an entire new keyboard map file, you must use Remove a key symbol from a modifier Use this expression . . . keycode - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 87
Windows 88 = F1 keycode 55 = Caps_Lock add Lock = Caps_Lock Note the use of the hexadecimal values to reinitialize the keycodes to the proper key symbols. xmodmap -pk The list contains the keycode and up to four 2-part columns. The first column contains unmodified key values, the second column - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 88
X Windows configuration details making an x*.hosts file values, and the fourth column contains shifted meta key values. Each column is in two parts: hexadecimal key symbol value, and key symbol name. Chapter 4 85 - HP b2600 | hp workstations - hp-ux 11.x graphics administration guide - Page 89
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