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


..Preface xv
1. TurboGXplus Frame Buffer 1
..TurboGXplus-supported Monitors 1
..Default Screen Resolutions 2
..Programming the Screen Resolution 3
.....Configuring Monitors Using a UNIX Script 5
.....Configuring Monitors Using the PROM Method 5
.....Setting Up a Single Monitor Using the PROM Method 6
.....Setting Up a Single Monitor Using a UNIX Script 7
.....Setting Up Multiple Monitors Using a UNIX Script 7
2. S24 Frame Buffer 9
..S24 Application Compatibility 9
..S24 Frame Buffer Screen Resolutions 10
.....Default Screen Resolutions 11
.....Changing the Screen Resolution 11
3. ZX and TurboZX Graphics Accelerator 13
..ZX-supported Monitors 14
..Default Screen Resolutions 15


..Supported Screen Resolutions 15
..Changing the Screen Resolution 16
..· To Change the Screen Resolution Temporarily 16
..Modifying the leoconfig Initialization File 17
..· To Modify the leoconfig File 17
..ZX Graphics Accelerator Restrictions 19
.....Using a Non-Sun Monitor as Console 19
.....Restrictions to Changing the Default Screen Resolution 20
..Stereo Connector 20
.....Stereo Cable on the Ultra 1 System 21
4. SX Frame Buffer 23
..SX-supported Monitors 24
..Default Screen Resolutions 25
..Changing the Screen Resolution 26
..Changing the Pixel Depth 26
..XIL Acceleration on the SX Frame Buffer 27
5. Creator Graphics Accelerator 29
..Default Screen Resolutions 30
..Supported Screen Resolutions 31
..Changing Screen Resolutions (-res) 32
..· To Find Resolutions Supported By Creator and the Connected Monitor 32
..· To Change Screen Resolutions Temporarily 32
..· To Change the Screen Resolution to Stereo 33
..Changing Screen Visuals List 33
.....Changing the Visual List Order (-linearorder, -overlayorder) 33
.....Changing the Default Visual (-deflinear, -defoverlay) 34
.....Changing OpenGL Visual Support (-expvis) 35


.....Changing SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS Support (-sov) 36
..Creator Series 3 Options 36
.....Setting Gamma Correction (-g, -gfile) 36
.....Choosing Extended Overlay (-extovl) 37
..Impact on Screen Visual List by Various ffbconfig Visual Flags 38
.....Effect on the Default Visual and the Visual Group Ordering 38
.....Effect on the Number of Visual Instances Within Selected Groups 39
.....Addition of the SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS Property and the
.........Transparent SOV Visuals in the 8-bit Overlay Group 40
..Stereo Connector 41
.....Creator Series 1 Stereo Connector 41
.....Creator Series 2 and Series 3 Stereo Connector 42
.....Stereo Signal 43
6. The Creator Window System 45
..Creator Visuals 46
.....List of Visuals 46
.....Overlay and Underlay Structure 48
.....Comparison with the SX Accelerator 48
.....Comparing Creator with the ZX Accelerator 50
..Hardware Color LUT Usage 51
..Reducing Colormap Flashing 51
.....Notes to End Users 52
.....Notes to Programmers 52
..Hardware Window IDs 53
..Cursor Management 54
..Hardware Double Buffering 55
..Device Configuration 55
..Performance Notes 56


.....Direct Xlib 56
.....The X11perf Benchmark 57
.....No Creator Pixel Copy Hardware 57
.....Background None Window Transient Color Effects 57
7. XIL Acceleration on the Creator Graphics Accelerator 59
..XIL Data Types 59
..Accelerated Functions 60
.....Notes to Table 7-1 61
..Double Buffer Support 63
8. PGX Graphics Accelerator 67
..Supported Screen Resolutions 68
..Changing the Screen Resolution Temporarily 69
..Printing the PGX Hardware Configuration 70
..For More Information 71
..PEX Library Bug Workaround 71
9. Elite3D Graphics Accelerator 73
..Default Screen Resolutions 74
..Supported Screen Resolutions 74
..Changing Screen Resolutions (-res) 75
..· To Find Resolutions Supported By Elite3D and the Connected Monitor 75
..· To Change Screen Resolutions Temporarily 76
..· To Change the Screen Resolution to Stereo 76
..Changing Screen Visuals List 77
.....Changing the Visual List Order (-linearorder, -overlayorder) 77
.....Changing the Default Visual (-deflinear, -defoverlay) 78
.....Changing OpenGL Visual Support (-expvis) 79


......Changing SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS Support (-sov) 79
......Setting Gamma Correction (-g, -gfile) 80
......Choosing Extended Overlay (-extovl) 80
......Choosing the Number of WIDs and Colors in the Overlay (-maxwids) 81
...Impact on Screen Visual List by Various afbconfig Visual Flags 82
......Effect on the Default Visual and the Visual Group Ordering 82
......Effect on the Number of Visual Instances Within Selected Groups 83
......Addition of the SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS Property and the
..........Transparent SOV Visuals in the 8-bit Overlay Group 84
...Stereo Connector 85
......Stereo Signal 86
10. Multiple Monitors on a System 87
...Multiple Monitor Configuration 87
...Device File Names 88
...Checking the Available Frame Buffers 89
...Starting OpenWindows from the Console 90
...Running OpenWindows on Multiple Monitors 90
...Changing the Polling Order 92
......SBus Addresses 92
......Polling Order 92
......Changing the sbus-probe-list 93</>
...Index 95