.........................Contents


..Preface xiii
1. TurboGXplus Frame Buffer 1
..TurboGXplus-supported Monitors 1
..Default Screen Resolutions 3
..Programming the Screen Resolution 3
.....Configuring Monitors Using a UNIX Script 6
.....Configuring Monitors Using the PROM Method 6
.....Setting Up a Single Monitor Using the PROM Method 7
.....Setting Up a Single Monitor Using a UNIX Script 8
.....Setting Up Multiple Monitors Using a UNIX Script 8
2. S24 Frame Buffer 11
..S24 Application Compatibility 11
..S24 Frame Buffer Screen Resolutions 12
.....Default Screen Resolutions 13
.....Changing the Screen Resolution 13
3. ZX and TurboZX Graphics Accelerator 15
..ZX-supported Monitors 16
..Default Screen Resolutions 17


..Supported Screen Resolutions 17
..Changing the Screen Resolution 18
..· To Change the Screen Resolution Temporarily 18
..Modifying the leoconfig Initialization File 19
..· To Modify the leoconfig File 19
..ZX Graphics Accelerator Restrictions 21
.....Using a Non-Sun Monitor as Console 21
.....Restrictions to Changing the Default Screen Resolution 22
..Stereo Connector 22
.....Stereo Cable on the Ultra 1 System 23
4. SX Frame Buffer 25
..SX-supported Monitors 26
..Default Screen Resolutions 27
..Changing the Screen Resolution 28
..Changing the Pixel Depth 29
..XIL Acceleration on the SX Frame Buffer 30
5. Creator Graphics Accelerator 31
..Default Screen Resolutions 32
..Supported Screen Resolutions 32
..· To find resolutions supported by Creator and the connected monitor 33
..Changing Screen Resolutions 34
..· To Change Screen Resolutions Temporarily 34
.....Changing Screen Resolution to Stereo 35
..· To Change the Screen Resolution to Stereo 35
..Changing Screen Visuals List 36
.....Changing the Visual List Order 36
.....Changing the Default Visual 37


.....Changing OpenGL Visual Support 38
.....Changing SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS Support 39
..Impact on Screen Visual List by Various ffbconfig Visual Flags 39
.....Effect on the Default Visual and the Visual Group Ordering 39
.....Effect on the Number of Visual Instances Within Selected Groups 40
.....Addition of the SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS Property and the
.........Transparent SOV Visuals in the 8-bit Overlay Group 41
..Stereo Connector 43
.....Creator Series 1 Stereo Connector 43
.....Creator Series 2 Stereo Connector 44
.....Stereo Signal 45
6. The Creator Window System 47
..Creator Visuals 48
.....List of Visuals 48
.....Overlay and Underlay Structure 50
.....Comparison with the SX Accelerator 50
.....Comparing Creator with the ZX Accelerator 51
..Hardware Color LUT Usage 53
..Reducing Colormap Flashing 53
.....Notes to End Users 53
.....Notes to Programmers 54
..Hardware Window IDs 55
..Cursor Management 56
..Hardware Double Buffering 56
..Device Configuration 57
..Performance Notes 57
.....Direct Xlib 58
.....The X11perf Benchmark 58


.....No Creator Pixel Copy Hardware 59
.....Background None Window Transient Color Effects 59
7. XIL Acceleration on the Creator Graphics Accelerator 61
..XIL Data Types 61
..Accelerated Functions 62
..Double Buffer Support 65
8. PGX Graphics Accelerator 69
..Supported Screen Resolutions 70
..Changing the Screen Resolution Temporarily 70
..Printing the PGX Hardware Configuration 72
..For More Information 73
..PEX Library Bug Workaround 73
9. Multiple Monitors on a System 75
..Multiple Monitor Configuration 75
..Device File Names 76
..Checking the Available Frame Buffers 77
..Starting OpenWindows from the Console 78
..Running OpenWindows on Multiple Monitors 78
..Changing the Polling Order 80
.....SBus Addresses 80
.....Polling Order 80
.....Changing the sbus-probe-list 81</>