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1. DPMSSuspendTime lt Time Seconds gt DPMSOfflime lt Time Seconds gt See section Features MinimumMonitorPowerSaveL evel Option of this document HideDuplicateGIxVisuals See the section on Extensions SignalingGIx Visual Suppression for more details on this option 64 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards input devices input devices keyboards supported keyboard drivers The following is a list of supported keyboard drivers keyboard supported keyboard options Thefollowing is a list of keyboard options that are supported by HP Table 3 5 Options Value Description AutoRepeat nteger Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters Not all platforms implement this Xleds Integer Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user controlled for example with xset 1 pointers supported pointer drivers Thefollowing is a list of supported pointer drivers mouse supported pointer options Thefollowing is a list of pointer options that are supported by HP Table 3 6 Options Value Description Protocol String Values may only be PS 2 Device String The value may only be dev hid mouse 000 Chapter 3 65 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards output devices output devices hp Fire GL UX device dependent information HP Fire GL UX provides 8 overlay planes 48 image planes a 24 bit Z buffer 4 8 bit per channel hardware
2. Files section and in the drivers input extensions fonts and HP UX subdirectories of each directory in the ModulePath 43 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file InputDevice section An InputDevice section is considered active if there is a referenceto it in the active ServerLayout section There may be multiple InputDevice sections There will normally be at least two one for the core primary keyboard and one for the core pointer InputDevice sections havethe following format Section iInputDevicei Identifier irnputDeviceIDi Driver iDriverNamei Option 0 EndSection The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this input device and must match an InputDevicelD in the active ServerLayout section in order to be active The Driver entry specifies the name of the driver to usefor this input device InputDevice sections recognize some driver independent Options which are described here See the individual input driver manual pages for a description of the device specific options that can be entered here Table 3 2 Option Value Description CorePointer NA When this is set the input device is installed as the core primary pointer device There must be no more than one core pointer If this option is not set here or in the ServerLayout section or from the pointer command line option then thefirst input devicethat is capable of being used as a core pointer will be s
3. dev crt DefaultVisual Class TrueColor XF 86Config File Example Section Screen SubSection Display Visual TrueColor E ndo E TO Thefollowing visual classes may be set as the default visual StaticGray GrayScale StaticColor PseudoColor TrueColor and DirectColor However many hardware devices do not support all visual classes 62 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring 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 XF 86Config file using the DefaultDepth option The following example sets the default depth to 24 X screens File Example Screen dev crt DefaultVisual Depth 24 XF 86Config File Example Section iScreeni DefaultDepth 24 EndSection Thefollowing depth may be selected as the default depth 24 minimum monitor power save level option See the section on Extensions Display Power Management Signaling for more details on this option HPCursorScaleFactor n Seethe section Features Cursor Scaling for more details regarding this option NoServerLogging See the section Features Logging and Verbosity for more details DisableGIxVisuals This can be accomplished by not loading the GL X driver in the Modules section See the example below Section iModulei Noload iglxi EndSection 63 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards features DPMSStandbyTime lt Time Seconds gt
4. items surrounded by braces and must be included The block from the Screen device name line to the final screen option line is referred to as a either a Screen Entry or as a Single Logical Screen entry As shown above the X screens format is composed of an optional block specifying device independent server options followed by one or more either Screen or Single Logical Screen entries maximum of four graphics devices The minimum X screens file is a line with the keyword Screen followed by a screen device file For example Screen dev crt server options For more information about server options or about additional server options look in an information file for example usr lib X11 Xserver info screens hp GraphicsSharedMemorySize memory size Specify the size of the graphics shared memory region The size must be specified in bytes and must be in hexadecimal Default value 0x580000 ImmediateLoadDles 13 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration 14 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 patches shipped after July 1997 perform delayed loading of X extensions screen entries The minimum screen entry is a line with the keyword Screen followed by a
5. single logical screen 2x2 dev crtO dev crt1 dev crt2 dev crt3 e Itis possible to include a Screen Entry and an SLS Screen Entry in the same X screens File This creates a situation where there are two X Screens e g lt host gt 0 0 and lt host gt 1 0 one of which happens to be a Single Logical Screen Below is an example of this Chapter 2 19 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration 20 Figure 2 7 Screen dev crt0 SingleLogicalScreen 1 2 dev crtl dev crt2 Three physical displays screen plus single logical screen 1x2 host 0 0 dev crtO dev crt1 dev crt2 miscellaneous topics double buffer extensions DBE is an extension tothe X Server that provides a double buffering Application Programming Interface API For more information about DBE and the API consult the DBE man pages DBE XdbeQueryE xtensi on XdbeGetVisuall nfo XdbeF reeVisuall nfo XdbeAllocateB ackB ufferN ame XdbeDeallocateB ackB ufferN ame XdbeSwapBuffers XdbeB egin diom XdbeE ndl diom XdbeGetB ackB ufferAttributes performing buffer swaps on vertical blank For performance reasons the default DBE behavior is to not synchronize buffer swaps with the monitor s vertical retrace period n some instances therefore image tearing seeing 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
6. EI WEA Wy Raw A gala bee al eee aur weeds 64 supported pointer driverS 1 0 0 aaeeea 64 supported pointer OptionS 0 00 cece ee 64 output devices oia ee ed EG REED enone RR eee ed we 65 hp Fire GL UX device dependent information ec eee eee 65 supported visuals x irea eee six cx lk m e Xo a ee ee ed 65 supported deviceoptions ooococcococcco eh 65 supported monitor configurations oooocoococococncr 66 ATI FireGL X1 T2 X3 device dependent informati0N oooocoocooooo 67 supported visuals se Sorea E I e acc eae 67 supported device options lisssssessesee ren 68 supported monitor configurations oooocoococococonor ee 69 hp Fire GL UX configuration hints 00 02 cece eh 71 overlay visuals and overlay transparency 6 060 cece 71 system requirements oooocooccoco ete n 73 hardware compatibility table oooooocococcoocococon 73 monitor compatibility syss 0 00 RR m n 73 compatibility matrix with previous releases 00 74 miscellarieous 4 22 4 vec etm e d apto eon got a e nga De C d a asia be 75 TONES i Ee t esce coco RU tete A tone tes ted ALS d 75 A ais ae Deh at ed aia ele San eared ane tae de bei aaa ed 75 ATI FireGL X1 T2 X3 configuration hints 0 0 0 c eee eee 77 overlay visuals and overlay transparency s sssusa aeaee 77 colormaps 2 n ead ee eg we Se ea a ea age aaa 77 GAMMA COTE a ea eae fee Ia Ba woes Shag ae
7. UX Release Notes located in usr share doc NOTE This chapter deals with configuration information for HP Visualize graphics cards fxe fx5 fx10 etc ONLY For configuration information for other graphics cards see Chapter 3 in this document 10 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration X Server configuration 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 icon This location is determined 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 complexity and facilitate ease of use While it is still possible to modify these files manually see below using the SAM interface greatly simplifies the process for creating Multi Display and Single Logical Screen configurations Our SAM component has the following actions Configure Print Server Modify Multi Screen Layout Modify Server Options Single Logical Screen SLS e Describe Screen Identify Screen Modify Default Visual e Modify Screen Options Add Screen to Configuration Remove Screen from Configur
8. colormaps and 1 10 bit per channel hardware colormap for usein 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 Depth Layer PseudoColor 8 Overlay TrueColor 24 I mage Both the PseudoColor and TrueColor visuals are enabled by default See the section Supported Device Options below for instructions on changing the default visual and or disabling overlay visuals supported device options Table 3 8 Options Value Default Description enableDVI Boolean False Enable DVI connector Qbs Boolean False Enable quad buffered stereo mode CountTransl nOvlyVis Boolean True When set to false causes the X Server to reservethetransparent pixel index in all PseudoColor overlay colormaps thus reporting only 255 available entries 66 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards output devices Table 3 8 Continued PHOOGLVisuals Boolean False Modify the GL X visual list so that legacy 3 D applications are more likely to choose an appropriate OpenGL visual Transparenti ndexO Boolean False Make the overlay transparent pixel index 0 instead of 255 DefaultVisualTrueColor Boolean False Use TrueColor as the default visual instead of PseudoColor Chapter 3 These options are e
9. keysym gt Clear all keys associated with a modifier key clear modifier Add a key symbol to a modifier Remove a key symbol from a modifier add modifier gt lt keysym gt remove modifier gt lt keysym gt keycode Refers to the numerical value that uniquely identifies each key on a keyboard Values may be in decimal octal or hexadecimal keysym Refers tothe character symbol name associated with a keycode for example KP Add modifier gt Specifies one of the eight modifier names Shift Control Lock Mod1 Mod2 Mod3 Mod4 and Mod5 On Hewlett Packard keyboards the lock modifier is set tothe Caps key However any of the modifiers can be associated with any valid key symbol Additionally you can associate morethan one key symbol with a modifier such as Lock Shift R and Lock Shift L and you can associate more than one modifier with a key symbol for example Control Caps Lock and Lock Caps Lock For example on a PC style keyboard you can press Dto print a lower case d Shift D to print a capital D Alt D to print something else and Shift Alt D to print still something else The xmodmap client gives you the power to change the meaning of any key at any time or to install a whole new key map for your keyboard 83 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file 84 examples Suppose you frequently press the Caps key at the most inopportune moments Yo
10. noticeable when the default visual resides in theimage planes In this case the entire desktop can become overly bright when an OpenGL application starts There aretwo ways to avoid this behavior Seta screen default gamma to a value other than 1 0 using the gamma tool This solution will completely eliminate the brightening of all windows when an OpenGL application starts because the screen default gamma value takes precedence over the default OpenGL gamma value OpenGL applications may appear dimmer than expected using this solution e Enable the TrueColorOverlay screen option in addition to DefaultVisualTrueColor With the default TrueColor visual in the overlay planes the desktop and most Xlib applications will not be affected by direct rendering OpenGL windows as OpenGL windows always reside in the image planes Gamma correction can only be applied to TrueColor windows in the image planes In addition this solution is not available with Single Logical Screen configurations or when using displays with at width greater than 1920 because overlay planes are not available in these configurations Chapter 3 79 4 Chapter 4 X Windows configuration details This chapter discusses several details concerning the configuration of X hosts colormaps mouse and keyboard 79 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file 80 making an x hosts file The etc X0 hosts file is an ASCII text file containing the host
11. only be one Files section in the XF86Config file Section Files FontPaths Specifies the font paths You may want to Specify a different font path for the following reasons 1 An application delivers its own fonts 2 A font server is to be used instead of the default path Ye Sk Gb SR Gh Sk EndSection The Module section is used to inform the server which loadable libraries are to be loaded at run time There may only be one Module section in the XF86Config file See the GAG for more details Section Module EndSection There may be multiple InputDevice sections An InputDevice section is active only if it is specified by the active ServerLayout section The Identifief is a required line and must be identical to an InputDevice line in the active ServerLayout in order for the device to be active Normally there are two InputDevice sections in the XF86Config file One for the pointer mouse and the other for the keyboard The Driver line is required It specifies which driver is to be loaded at run time See the GAG for more details on what input devices are supported and which options may be selected Ye Sk SR Sk SR Sk SR Sk OR Sk Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse 53 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards sample XF86Config file 54 Option Protocol PS 2 EndSection T
12. screen device file Optional specifications for default visual monitor size and device dependent screen options may follow this minimal screen description line DefaultVisual This optional part of the format specifies the default visual that the screen uses Valid keywords following the DefaultVisual keyword are Class Depth Layer and Transparent If no default visual is specified then the standard default visual class depth layer and transparency for the graphics device is used Not all default visual specifications will work on all devices Tf there is an error in a specification look in an information file for more details for example usr 1lib X11 Xserver info screens hp in case it is newer than the document you re now reading Class lt StaticGray gt lt GrayScale gt lt StaticColor gt lt PseudoColor gt lt TrueColor gt lt DirectColor gt Specify the class of the default visual Depth lt depth_value gt Specify the depth of the default visual for example 8 12 or 24 Layer Image Overlay Specify the layer of the default visual Transparent Specify that a visual with an application accessible transparent entry in the default colormap be used MonitorSize diagonal length Inches MM Specify the diagonal size of the monitor After the MonitorSize keyword you must specify the diagonal length of the monitor and then the units Use this entry only i
13. the use of the Ctrl Shift Break sequence That sequence is normally used to terminate the X Server When this option is enabled that key sequence has no special meaning and is passed to clients Source XF 86Config man page DontZoom Boolean Off This disallows the use of the Ctrl Alt Keypad Plus and Ctrl Alt Keypad Minus sequences These sequences allow you to switch between video modes When this option is enabled those key sequences have no special meaning and are passed to clients Source XF 86Config man page AllowM ouseOpenFail Boolean false This allows the server to start up even if the mouse device can t be opened initialized Source XF 86Config man page Pixmap Bpp 32 This sets the pixmap format to use for depth 24 Allowed values for bpp are 24 and 32 Default 32 unless driver constraints don t allow this which is rare Note some clients don t behave well when this value is set to 24 Source XF 86Config man page Verbose Integer See the section on Features Logging and Verbosity for more details regarding these options NoL ogging NA NA See the section on Features Logging and Verbosity for more details regarding these options LogVerbose Integer See the section on Features Logging and Verbosity for more details regarding these options Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF
14. them To disable the GL X visuals add the DisableGIxVisualsScreen Option to the X screens file For example Screen dev crt ScreenOption DisableGlxVisuals hp VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 colormaps HP VISUALIZE F XE 5 10 devices have a total of 4 hardware colormaps 2 of the colormaps are dedicated to the overlay planes The remaining 2 colormaps are dedicated to the image planes Of the two overlay colormaps one is permanently reserved for the default colormap The other overlay colormap is available to applications changing the monitortype A configuration tool is available to change the monitor type on HP VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 devices This tool permits users to change the monitor s refresh rate frame buffer resolution and frame buffer memory configuration eg Stereo Double Buffer when the device supports multiple options To change the monitor type the setmon command can be executed directly or done through the SAM system administration tool The setmon executable is located at opt graphics common bi n setmon Under SAM this component is located under the top level Display folder next tothe X Server Configuration icon Changing the monitor type whilethe X Server is running will necessitate killing and restarting the X Server Chapter 2 UJ configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards This chapter documents information specific to the HP Xf86 X Server The Xf86 X Server is based on the XFree86 versio
15. this release of the X Server All current monitors from HP are compatible compatibility matrix with previous releases The following table illustrates differences between the graphics devices of previous HP releases and the graphics device of this release Feature Visualize fxe Visualize HP Fire ATI FireGL fx5 fx10 GL UX X1 X3 T 2 128 Overlay Planes 8 8 8 8 8 8 or 24 Overlay LUTs 2 2 4 shared Infinite Image Planes 32 32 32 32 Image LUTs 2 2 4 shared 1 1Gamma Per pixel Attributes Yes Yes Yes No Default Visual 8l O 8l O 8l O 8l O Overlay Transparency Yes Yes Yes Yes Gamma Correction Yes Yes Yes Yes Buffer swap method Register write Register write Register write Copy Swap Stereo support No Yes external Yes glasses Yes X1 X3 sync and No T2 glasses Chapter 3 75 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards hp Fire GL UX configuration hints Feature Visualize fxe Visualize HP Fire ATI FireGL fx5 fx10 GL UX X1 X3 T 2 128 Clip rectangles 4 4 1 1 Clip plane Yes Yes Yes Yes Hardware byte swapping Yes Yes Yes Yes Video conversion No Yes Yes Yes 1920x1200 76 Hz No Yes Yes Yes 1600x1200 85 Hz No Yes Yes Yes 1280x1024 85 Hz No Yes Yes Yes 1024x768 085 Hz No Yes Yes Yes Hardware multi display No No No Yes Max of 2 PCI 2X 4X 4X No AGP No No No 3 0 8X miscellaneous fonts The X Server can obtain f
16. when not actively in use i e during screen blanking In order to reduce the power consumption the Video Electronic Standards Association VESA has defined a Display Power M anagement Signaling DPMS standard which can be used to greatly reducethe amount of power being used by a monitor during screen blanking The X Server features the ability to make use of DPMS on the following graphics devices HP VISUALIZE FX5 and FX10 e HPVISUALIZE F XE Chapter 2 21 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration Table 2 1 22 The following table is a description of the states that are defined by VESA The Power Savings column indicates roughly the level of power savings achieved in the given state The Recovery Time is the amount of time that the screen takes to return to a usable state when the screen saver is turned off by pressing a key or the moving the mouse Power saving states defined by VESA Level State Rc EE Recovery Time 0 Screen Saver Not Applicable None Very Short lt 1sec 1 Stand by Optional Minimal Short 2 Suspend Mandatory Substantial Longer 3 Off Mandatory Maximum System Dependent The actual amount of power saved and the recovery time for each of the states is monitor dependent and may vary widely The customer can compensate for this by choosing an appropriate level for the monitor that is currently in use By default the DPMS level use
17. 0 0 ccc eee eee eens 54 determining swap perforManCe oooocccccccccn eee 54 display power management signaling DPMS 0 000 cece eee 55 dynamic library l0adiNQ oooococccccccc e n 57 TAUSTE 58 cursor scallnhg a orea aa a a a cdo XE 58 Glx visual suppression sms a a a eh 58 visuals SUDPreSSION 2 rn 59 technical print service TPS ccc cc eee net rn 60 virtual frame buffer XVfb asussa aaaeeeaa 60 SECURE em LIE 60 connecting to the network ssssseseseseeee nn 60 granting access vestis ERE Tee EEUU GAAP PE a a du eae EE 60 signalsx cbe vem eee lass Pepmequ ERE MIR Ub REN 60 starting the X Server from the command line lllllslsls lesse 60 mapping options from the previous hp X Server tothe current hp X Server 61 defaultVisual Opti0N o oocoococococnr e E R RS 61 minimum monitor power save level option lilsls esee eee 62 HPCursorScaleFactor D gt ooococccococo eren 62 NoServerLogg ng oooccoocooo ttt 62 DisableGlxVisuals icc pere spine epa a alan 62 DPMSStandbyTime Time Seconds DPMSSuspendTime Time Seconds DPMSOffTime lt Time Seconds gt ssseee RR IRR 62 HideDuplicateGIxViSUalS ooooocccccnccoc ee 63 Contents input devices e RE Eb eM ud 64 keyboards pr werd vueeP UR plat 64 supported keyboard drivers oooococccocccoco eee 64 supported keyboard options 00 0 cece ttt 64 pointer S ici oe me
18. 0rg 4 2 0 Config file keywords are case insensitive and underscore characters are ignored Most strings induding Option names are also case insensitive and insensitive to white space and underscore characters Each config file entry usually takes up a single line in the file They consist of a keyword which is possibly followed by one or more arguments with the number and types of the arguments depending on the keyword The argument types are nteger an integer number in decimal hex or octal e Real a floating point number String a string enclosed in double quote marks Hex integer values must be prefixed with Ox and octal values with 0 A special keyword called Option may be used to provide free form data to various components of the server The Option keyword takes either one or two string arguments The first is the option name and the optional second argument is the option value Some commonly used option value types include Integer an integer number in decimal hex or octal e Real a floating point number Chapter 3 NOTE Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file String a sequence of characters Boolean a boolean value see below Frequency a frequency value see below All Option values not just strings must be enclosed in quotes Boolean options may optionally have a value specified When no value is specifi
19. 86Config file Table 3 1 Continued CursorScaleFactor Integer 1 Seethe section in Features for more details regarding these options MaxCursorSize Integer 64 See the section in Features Cursor Scaling for more details regarding these options Aceleratel ndirectRendering Boolean True This option is 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 Chapter 3 The Files section is used to specify paths to where fonts and modules are located and the location of the rgb database and the user specified logfile TheFiles section format is iFilesi Section FontPath iPathNamei ModulePath iPathNamei RgbPath iPathNamei LogPath iPathNamei Endsection Multiple Font Paths and Module Paths may be specified in two ways either by multiple lines or by using a delimiter between paths on the same line Font Path elements may be either absolute directory paths or a font server identifier Font server identifiers have the form lt trans gt lt hostname gt lt port number gt 41 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file 42 where trans 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 hostname is the hostname of the mac
20. A Chapter 1 Chapter 1 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 the context should be typed in exactly as specified or is named exactly as specified In every case Emphasized words are in italic type to configure a Single Logical Screen New terms being introduced are in bold faced type the device id gt Conceptual values are in italic type enclosed in angle brackets These items are not verbatim values but are descriptors of the type of item it is and the user should replace the conceptual item with whatever value is appropriate for the context preface document conventions 8 Chapter 1 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards This chapter documents information specific to the HP X Server It describes features that are uniqueto HP s X Server provides information Chapter 2 9 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards on how to configure the X Server and includes a list of supported configurations For each supported graphics device devi ce dependent configuration information is provided Information specific to a new release of the X Server beyond the scope of the general information in this document can be found in the HP
21. D 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 Depth Layer PseudoColor 8 Overlay 68 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards output devices Class Depth Layer TrueColor optional 24 Overlay TrueColor 24 Image The depth 8 PseudoColor and TrueColor visuals are enabled by default Seethe section Supported Device Options that follows for instructions on changing the default visual and or disabling overlay visuals supported device options The following screen options can be set with SAM from the Modify Screen Options action in the X server Configuration Menu 69 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards output devices Table 3 10 Screen Option Type Default Description Acceleratel ndirectRender Boolean True Controls whether indirect OpenGL ing contexts utilize hardware acceleration or usethe HP VMD software driver Applications that require large or numerous GLX pixmaps may require that this option be set to false BackingStore Boolean False Enables support for backing store and save unders as requested by applications DefaultVisualTrueColor Boolean False Use a TrueColor visual as the default visual If TrueColorOverlay is also enabled the default visual will be TrueCol
22. Depth 8 Layer Overlay Class PseudoColor Depth8 Layer Overlay Transparent Class DirectColor Depth 24 Layer Image Class TrueColor Depth 24 Layer mage Thefollowing visuals are enabled by default on the HP VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 e Class PseudoColor Depth 8 Layer mage supports DBE hardware double buffering e Class PseudoColor Depth 8 Layer Overlay supports DBE software double buffering e Class PseudoColor Depth 8 Layer Overlay Transparent supports DBE software double buffering Class DirectColor Depth 24 Layer mage does not support DBE hardware or software double buffering e Class TrueColor Depth 24 Layer Image does not support DBE hardware or software double buffering When running xdpyinfo or calling the XGetVisuall nfo Xlib function some extra duplicate visuals may appear in the visual list These extra visuals are created on behalf of the OpenGL extension to Chapter 2 Chapter 2 configuring 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 DisableGL xVisuals screen option See the Disabling the GLX Visuals section for more information supported screen options The following screen options are supported CountTransparent nOverlayVisual ImageTextViaBitMap Enablel ncludel nferiorsF ix DisableGlxVisuals hp VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 configuration hints overlay visuals and overlay transpare
23. E FX10 graphics device The default visual on the HP VISUALIZE FX10 is the opaque overlay visual All 256 colormap entries are opaque and allocable If an application requires transparency in the default visual the Transparent keyword can be used to select the transparent overlay visual as shown below Chapter 2 configuring 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 VISUALIZE FXE graphics device By default on the HP VISUALIZE FXE the overlay visual does not have a transparent entry available to applications for rendering transparency If an application requires overlay transparency an optional X Server mode is available but it is restrictive In this optional mode only one hardware colormap is available in the overlays instead of two and only one hardware colormap is available in the image planes instead of two The optional X Server mode can be set via the EnableOverlayTransparency screen option as shown below Screen dev crt ScreenOptions EnableOverlayTransparency The display diagram would be the same as that of the Results of Minimal Legal X screens File configuration above These sample X screens file entries could be used on a system with two homogeneous
24. For those instances where tearing would occur and is undesirable an optional X Server mode is available to allow for synchronization of buffer swaps with vertical retrace To activatethis optional X Server mode set the following screen option in the X screens File before the X Server is started SwapBuffersOnVBlank Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration determining swap performance The DBE API does not allow users to determine if double buffering in a visual is through software or hardware However the API does providea way to determine relative swapping performance on a per visual basis The XdbeScreenVisualInfo function returns information about the swapping performance levels for the double buffering visuals on a display A visual with a higher performance level is likely to have better double buffer graphics performance than a visual with a lower performance level Nothing can be deduced from any of the following the magnitude of the difference of two performance levels a performance level in isolation or comparing performance levels from different servers For more information refer tothe DBE man page on XdbeScreenVisualInfo supported devices The X Server supports DBE on the following devices HP VISUALIZE FX5 and FX10 e HPVISUALIZE F XE display power management signaling DPMS Monitors constitute a large percentage of the power used by a workstation even
25. ServerLayouti Identifier iMainLayouti Screen 0 iScreen 1 Absolute Screen 1 iScreen 2 Absolute 1024 0 Screen iScreen 3 Absolute 2048 0 EndSection When the Relative keyword is used the coordinates of the new screen s origin relative to reference screen follow the reference screen name The following example shows how to use some of the relative positioning options Section iServerLayouti Identifier iMain Layouti Screen 0 iScreen 1 Screen 1 iScreen 2i RightOf iScreen 1 Screen iScreen 3 Relative iScreen 1 2048 0 EndSection Each InputDevice is followed by an InputDevicel D a required field that must be enclosed in double quotes The InputDevicel D must match an Identifier in an InputDevice section Last an option may be provided The option can also be specified in the InputDevice section Typical options specified here are CorePointer CoreKeyboard and SendCoreE vents The option must be enclosed in double quotes See the InputDevice section for more information regarding the options Normally at least two I nputDevices are present a keyboard and a mouse Options that apply to the X Server may also be specified in this section The following table lists all options that may be set in the ServerL ayout section Chapter 3 39 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file Table 3 1 40 Option Value Default Description DontZap Boolean Off This disallows
26. TrueColorOverlay screen option described in the previous section To make the TrueColor overlay visual the default also set the DefaultVisualTrueColor screen option The SERVER OVERLAY VISUALS property will not report this visual Overlay visuals are disabled completely when a Single Logical Screen configuration is enabled or when using a display with at width of greater than 1920 pixels colormaps FireGL devices have a colormap per window for windows created in the overlay visuals Thereis a single colormap in theimage planes The image colormap is reserved for gamma correction and is not directly available to X clients Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards ATI FireGL X1 T2 X3 configuration hints gamma correction Gamma correction can be applied to windows in the image planes explicitly with the gamma tool opt graphi cs common bi n gamma or implicitly by running a direct rendering OpenGL application If no default gamma has been set with the gamma tool the OpenGL libraries will apply a gamma of 1 7 when starting an OpenGL application ATI FireGL X1 T2 and X3 devices behave differentl y 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 OpenGL gamma value to all windows in the image planes This is most
27. arate screens lt host gt 0 0 lt host gt 0 1 dev crtO dev crt1 This sample X screens file could be used on a system using HP VISUALIZE FXE with a 17 inch monitor In this example the GraphicsSharedMemorySize is decreased to 1 Mbyte in order to reduce the swap space requirements of the system Decreasing GraphicsSharedMemorySize is appropriate when you do not intend to run any 3D graphics applications ServerOptions GraphicsSharedMemorySize 0x100000 Screen dev crt MonitorSize 17 inches 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 VISUALIZE FX5 graphics device The overlay visual is selected as the default There are 255 overlay colormap entries available on the HP VISUALIZE FX5 The 256th entry is hard wired to transparent Having less than 256 colormap entries should not cause a problem for most applications but for those applications that require 256 colormap entries the CountTransparentInOverlay Visual screen option should be used as shown below Note that any attempts to modify the 256th entry will have no effect on the colormap Screen dev crt ScreenOptions CountTransparentInOverlayVisual 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 VISUALIZ
28. ation The first group of actions can be thought of as global actions They will typically be active regardless of what has been selected If any of these menu items is not visible it is because it is not supported under the current configuration For example on systems containing only one graphics screen the last three menu items will not be visible The second group of actions can be thought of as screen actions They will be activated depending on which screens have been chosen It is also possible that the last two actions Add and Remove will be absent When only one graphics screen is present SAM will treat this screen as though it is always configured Preselecting both configured and unconfigured screens will result in only the first two screen menu options being active 11 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration 12 X sc reens file For manual changes please refer to the sample files in the etc X11 directory Three files of particular interest are the XOscreens XOdevices and XOpointerkeys files desc ription of the X screens configuration file This file belongs in etc X11 X screens where is the display number of the server For example the XOscreens file is used when the SDISPLAY environment variable is set to hostname 0 screen and the server is invoked using the 0 option The X screens file is used to specify Device independent se
29. d is the Screen Saver i e no power savings If you wish to use power saving during screen blanking set the following X screens file entry before starting the server MinimumMonitorPowerSaveLevel level where level is replaced with thesingle digit 0 1 2 or 3 as specified in the Level column in the above table shared memory extension MIT SHM The MIT shared memory extension provides both shared memory XI mages and shared memory pixmaps based on the SY SV shared memory primitives Shared memory XI mages are essentially a version of the XI mage interface where the actual image data is stored in a shared memory segment and thus need not be moved through the Xlib interprocess communication channel For large images use of this facility can result in increased performance Shared memory pixmaps are a similar concept implemented for the pixmap interface Shared memory pixmaps are two dimensional arrays of pixels in a format specified by the X Server where the pixmap data is Chapter 2 Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration stored in the shared memory segment In all other respects shared memory pixmaps behave the same as ordinary pixmaps and can be modified by the usual Xlib routines In addition it is possible to change the contents of these pixmaps directly without the use of Xlib routines merely by modifying the pixmap data supported devices The X Server su
30. d single logical Screen 6 0 ee tee 26 hp Visualize FXE FX5 and F X10 device dependent information 28 supported VISUAL So aj iads a carat ara a ayes he A wl ates eem at oe area Aw Ds ck alee aM 28 supported screen options ses eeeh aaa ena eee teen tenet e mrs 29 hp VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 configuration hints 0 cece eee eee 29 overlay visuals and overlay transparency 0c eee 29 disabling the GLX visuals oooocococccccc eh 29 hp VISUALIZE F XE 5 10 colormaps 1 06 cece eta 30 changing the monitor type 1 1 0 0 cette 30 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards using SAM to configure X Windows 000 cece tees 33 using setmon to configure the monitor 0 000 cece eee 35 Contents thexF86Config file raa si Peai a ae Re aa ea ie EE 36 the XF86ConfigfileforMmat oooooccoococccor nn 36 ServerLayout section oooooccccc hh rn 37 Files section codec REOR ai e wane 41 Module section uum atom desea EEG E wal ges aE alow Geta RS EUM 42 InputDevice section oooooocoocooccoco rmn 43 Screen seign 32454 doses LE xm xS ERE Gu E PR ES RET ER HERES Et 45 Display subsection 1 emen 47 Monitor sectlon sor Le eae eee Ge ed adele RP 48 Device sedion uceslxeem ex Ee eee E ok Xo ud OXON Cx ER 49 sample XF86Configfile ooococococcoccccn n 51 exterislons cu sos E AA RUM das 54 double buffer extension DBE 0
31. e in the monitor s handbook If this entry is omitted a default range of 28 33 kHz is used Source XF 86Config man page VertR efresh gives the range s of vertical refresh frequencies supported by the monitor vertrefresh range may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of values A range of values is two values separated by a dash By default the values are in units of Hz They may be specified in MHz or kHz if MHz or kHz is added tothe end of the line The data given here is used by the X Server to determine if video modes are within the specifications of the monitor This information should be available in the monitor s handbook If this entry is omitted a default range of 43 72Hz is used Source XF 86Config man page DisplaySize is an optional entry gives the width and height in millimeters of the picture area of the monitor If given this is used to calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch DPI of the screen Source XF 86Config man page Gamma is an optional entry that can be used to specify the gamma correction for the monitor It may be specified as either a single value or as three separate RGB values The values should bein the range 0 1 to 10 0 and the default is 1 0 Not all drivers are capable of using this information Source XF 86Config man page GammaaAllLayers is an optional entry that causes the X Server to apply gamma correction to all hardware layers The default behavior is to apply gamma c
32. e the power consumption the Video Electronic Standards Association VESA has defined a Display Power M anagement Signaling DPMS standard which can be used to greatly reducethe amount of power being used by a monitor during screen blanking Thefollowing table is a description of the states that are defined by VESA The Power Savings column indicates roughly the level of power savings achieved in the given state The Recovery Time is the amount of time that the screen takes to return to a usable state when the screen saver is turned off by pressing a key or the moving the mouse Level State DPMS Compliance Power Recovery Time Requirements Savings Screen Saver Not Applicable None Very Short 1 sec Standby Optional Minimal Short Suspend Mandatory Substantial Longer wi N ejo off Mandatory Maximum System Dependent The actual amount of power saved and the recovery time for each of the states is monitor dependent and may vary widely The customer can compensate for this by choosing an appropriate level for the monitor that is currently in use By default the DPMS level used is the Screen Saver i e no power savings If you wish to use power saving during screen blanking set the following XF 86Config file entries before starting the server blank time standby time suspend time and off time The DPMS Extension lets individual users customize their personal DPMS settings to meet th
33. ed the option s value is TRUE The following boolean option values are recognized as TRUE 1 on true yes and the following boolean option values are recognized as FALSE 0 off false no If an option nameis prefixed with No then the option valueis negated Frequency option values consist of a real number that is optionally followed by one of the following frequency units Hz k kHz M MHz When theunit nameis omitted the correct units will be determined from the value and the expectations of the appropriate range of the value It is recommended that the units always be specified when 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 in a multi headed configuration the relative layout of those screens and which InputDevice sections are to be used Each ServerLayout section has an Identifier a list of Screen section identifiers and a list of InputDevice section identifiers Options may also be included in the ServerLayout section A ServerLayout section may be made active by referencing via its Identifier on the command line that starts X n the absence of this the first one found in the file will be chosen by default as there may be multiple ServerLayout sections in the config file The format of the ServerL ayout section is as follows 37 configuring X Windows on HP UX other grap
34. eir work styles and any restrictions imposed by their employers For example an employer may decide that all monitors must save power after 30 minutes of idle time The individual user may decidethat 30 minutes is too long and adjust thetime downward to meet their work preference Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards display power management signaling DPMS More information including sample code on the DPM S Extension entry points can be found online via the man pages The extension entry points are DPMS DPMSQueryExtension DPMSGetVersion DPMSCapable DPMSSetTimeouts DPMSGetTimeouts DPMSEnable DPMSDisable DPMSForceLevel DPMSInfo XFree86 provides four options that may be set in the ServerLayout section that may be used to support this functionality The options are blank time standby time suspend time and off time The following example sets these to 10 20 30 and 60 minutes respectively Section iServerLayouti Option iblank timei 1101 Option istandby timei 1201 Option isuspend timei 1301 Option ioff timei 1601 EndSection Option Value Default Description BlankTime time 10 Blank Time sets the inactivity timeout for the blanking phase of thescreensaver Timeis in minutes This is equivalent to the Xserver s s flag and the value can be changed at run time with xset 1 StandbyTime time 20 Standby Time sets the inactivity timeout for the standby phase
35. elected as the core pointer Source XF 86Config man page 44 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Table 3 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file Continued CoreK eyboard NA When this is set the input deviceis to be installed as the core primary keyboard device There must be no more than one core keyboard If this option is not set here or in the ServerLayout section then the first input devicethat is capable of being used as a core keyboard will be selected as the core keyboard Source XF 86Config man page AlwaysCore SendCoreE vents boolean Both of these options are equivalent and when enabled cause the input device to always report core events This can be used for example to allow additional pointer devices to generate core pointer events such as moving the cursor etc Source XF86Config man page HistorySize number Sets the motion history size Default 0 Source XF 86Config man page The following two examples show an InputDevice section for a keyboard and mouse Section iInputDevicei Identifier Driver EndSection Section iInputDevicei Identifier Driver Option EndSection Screen section ikKeyboard0i ikeyboardi iMouse0i imousei iProtocoli iPsS 2i The configuration file may have multiple Screen sections There must be at least one for the screen being used A screen binds a g
36. en is an HP Visualize graphics card or other HP graphics cards The Describe Screen and Identify Screen menu selections provide information about the device Identify Screen flashes the monitor that is connected to the graphics device Chapter 3 NOTE Chapter 3 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 should be the default settings The Modify Screens Options item contains options that are specific to each graphics device This list might be different for cards depending on the capabilities of each card Grayed out screen icons represent screens that have not been configured for use by the X Server You can select these grayed out icons and choose the Add Screen to Configuration menu item to add screens to the configuration file HP Visualize graphics devices are added tothe X screens file and other HP graphics devices are added to the XF 86Config file More information on configuration of the X Server and each of the above actions can be obtained from SAMs on line Help using setmon to configure the monitor setmon is a configuration tool used to change the monitor settings for a monitor attached to a graphics device This tool permits you to change the monitor s refresh rate frame buffer resolution and frame buffer memory conf
37. ent is not complete however its main purpose is to give an idea of how to find an overlay visual having transparency When the overlay planes are enabled 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 setting of the Count Transl nOvlyVis device option If the option is not set the server will report that 256 colormap entries are available for allocation in the PseudoColor visual However the transparent pixel will always remain transparent The image layer will be visible wherever this pixel valueis rendered in the overlay planes H ence applications should not render using this pixel unless transparency is desired 73 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards hp Fire GL UX configuration hints This may cause problems with some applications Setting CountTransl nOvlyVis causes the server to reserve the transparent pixel index In this case the server reports that 255 colormap entries are available for allocation in the PseudoColor visual This option may be useful to appli cations that depend on having 256 colormap entries available in depth 8 PseudoColor visuals Thetransparent index valueis configurable through the Transparent ndexO device option Setting this option will changethe transparent pixel value to 0 from the default of 255 This option may be useful to applications that depend on the transparent pixel va
38. ents The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for startup The list of valid modes is converted internally intoa circular list It is possible to switch to the next mode with Ctrl Alt Keypad Plus and to the previous mode with Ctrl Alt K eypad Minus When this entry is omitted the largest valid mode referenced by the appropriate Monitor section will be used The Visual entry is optional and sets the default root visual type The visual type available for the depth 8 is PseudoColor The visual type available for depth 24 is TrueColor The ViewPort optional entry sets the upper left corner of the initial display This is only relevant when the virtual screen resolution is different from the resolution of the initial video mode If this entry is not given then the initial display will be centered in the virtual display area Source XF 86Config man page Chapter 3 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 indude driver specific options or driver independent options The former are described in the driver specific documentation Some of the latter are described above in the section about the Screen section and they may also be induded here However options set in the Display subsection may be overridden in the Screen section Monitor section The configuration file may have multiple Monitor sect
39. erver 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 is 8 Chapter 3 Table 3 3 Entry configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file Various Option flags may be specified in the Screen section Some are driver specific and are described in the driver documentation Driver independent options are described here Entry Position Description Accel NA Enables XAA X Acceleration Architecture a mechanism that makes video cards 2D hardware acceleration available to the Xserver This option is on by default but it may be necessary to turn it off if there are bugs in the driver There are many options to disable specific accelerated operations listed below Note that disabling an operation will have no effect if the operation is not accelerated whether due to lack of support in the hardware or in the driver Source XF 86Config man page SuppressVisuals Chapter 3 SuppressGIxVisuals string Seethe section in Features Visual string See the section in Features GIx Visual Suppression for more details Source XF 86Config man page Suppression for more details Source XF 86Config man page Each Screen section must contain one or more Display subsections Those subsections provide depth configuration information and the one chosen depends on
40. f you are using a non standard monitor Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration MinimumMonitorPowerSaveLevel value 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 the default is level 0 On devices that do not support DPMS this option will be ignored ScreenOptions Screen options are device dependent options that are documented in a file in the X Server information directory for example usr lib X11 Xserver info screens hp sample X sc reens files Below are several sample X screens files that illustrate the new format This is the minimum legal X screens file the Screen keyword followed by the screen device Since no other information is given the X Server will assume default values for other options and settings Screen dev crt Figure 2 1 Results of minimal legal X screens file lt host gt 0 0 dev crt e This is the minimum specification for a two screen configuration The maximum number of screens supported on the X Server is four Here the displays associated with dev crt0 and dev crt1 are referred to as lt host gt 0 0 and lt host gt 0 1 respectively Screen dev crt0 Screen dev crtl Chapter 2 15 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration 16 Two physical displays two sep
41. graphics administration guide for HP UX 11 x invent Manufacturing Part Number B2355 IE003 Edition E0206 O Copyright 2006 by Hewlett Packard legal notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Hewlett Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by H ewlett Packard This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright All rights reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett Packard Company restricted rights legend Use duplication or disdosure by the U S Government Department of Defense is subject to restrictions as set forth in paragraph b 3 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Software clause in DFARS 252 227 7013 This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett Packard Company UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States of America and other countries licensed exclusively through X Open Company Limited This software and documentation is based in part on the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution under license from the Regents of the University of California Fire GL is a registe
42. graphics devices Assuming the first device is associated with the device file dev crt0 and the second device is associated with the device file dev crt1 both examples specify a horizontal Single Logical Screen configuration SingleLogicalScreen 1 2 dev crt0 dev crtl or SingleLogicalScreen 1 2 dev crt0 dev crtl Chapter 2 17 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration 18 Figure 2 3 Two physical displays single logical screen 1x2 lt host gt 0 0 dev crtO dev ert1 e These sample X screens entries could be used on a system with four homogeneous graphics devices Assuming the first device is associated with the device file dev crt0 the second device is associated with the device file dev crt1 etc The following examples specify valid Single Logical Screen configurations SingleLogicalScreen 1 4 dev crt0 dev crtl dev crt2 dev crt3 Figure 24 Four physical displays single logical screen 1x4 lt hostp 0 0 dev crtO dev crt1 dev crt2 dev crt3 SingleLogicalScreen 4 1 dev crt0 dev crtl dev crt2 dev crt3 Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration Figure 2 5 Four physical displays single logical screen 4x1 dev crtO dev crt1 lt host gt 0 0 dev crt2 dev crt3 SingleLogicalScreen 2 2 dev crt0 dev crtl dev crt2 dev crt3 Figure 2 6 Four physical displays
43. here opti ons are display host display Specifies the host display number and screen to use help Displays a brief description of xmodmap options grammar Displays a brief description of the syntax for modification expressions verbose Prints log information as xmodmap executes quiet Turns off verbose logging This is the default n Lists changes to key mappings without actually making those changes e expression Specifies a remapping expression to be executed pm p Prints the current modifier map tothe standard output This is the default pk Prints the current keymap table to the standard output Pp Print the current pointer map to the standard output dash Specifies that the standard input should be used for the input file lt filename gt Specifies a particular key mapping file to be used Chapter 4 Table 4 1 Chapter 4 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file 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 valid expressions in your specification one expression for each remapping A valid expression is any one of the following Todothis Use this expression Assign a key symbol to a keycode keycode lt keycode gt lt keysym gt Replace a key symbol expression with another keysym lt keysym gt lt
44. here 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 the Monitor line in an active Screen HorizSync and VertRefresh are required fields See the GAG for more options that may be set Jk SR Sk SR SR SR SR Section Monitor Identifier Monitor 0 HorizSync 30 0 110 0 VertRefresh 50 0 75 0 DPMS is not enabled by default Uncomment the following line to f enable it Option DPMS on EndSection There may be multiple Device sections This section is used to specify parameters for the graphics device The Identifier string must match the Device string in the active Screen section for this device to be in use See GAG for more options that may be set for this particular device Section Device Identifier Console Devicefile dev gvid EndSection There may be multiple Screen sections The Identifier string must match the Device string in the active ServerLayout section for the Screen to be active Section Screen Identifier Screen 0 Device Console Monitor Monitor 0 Set the default depth DefaultDepth 24 The subsection associates a buffer depth with a screen size SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection EndSection Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards extensions extensi
45. hics cards the XF86Config file 38 Section iServerLayouti Identifier iServerLayoutNamei Screen ScreenNumber iScreenIDi Position Xcoor Ycoor InputDevice iInputDeviceIDi iInputDeviceOptioni Option 0 EndSection Keywords options and values endosed in are optional A number specifying the preferred screen number for that screen may optionally follow each Screen When no screen number is specified it is numbered according to the order in which it is listed Next comes the Screenl D a required field that must be enclosed in double quotes The Screenl D must match an Identifier in a Screen section The remaining information on the line is optional Next comes the physical position of the screen either in absolute terms or relative to another Screen or screens Finally the XY coordinates of the screen may be spedified The position keywords are Absolute RightOf Leftof Above Below Relative The preferred method of specifying the layout is to explicitly specify the screen s location in absolute terms or relative to another screen The examples are based on the examples listed in the DESI GN document from XFree86 In the absolute case the upper left corner s coordinates are given after the Absolute keyword If the coordinates are omitted a value of 0 0 is assumed An example of absolute positioning follows Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file Section i
46. hine running the font server and port number is the port number that the font server is listening on usually 7000 The default Font Path is tcp 7000 usr lib X1ll fonts hp roman8 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 1 100dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 1 75dpi usr lib X11l fonts hp kana8 usr lib X1ll fonts hp japanese 100dpi usr lib X1ll fonts hp japanese 75dpi usr lib Xll fonts hp korean 75dpi usr lib X11 fonts hp chinese s 75dpi usr lib X11 fonts hp chinese t 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 2 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 5 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 6 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 7 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 8 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 9 75dpi usr lib X11 fonts misc Xf86 uses ModulePaths as locations to look for loadable modules The default ModulePath is usr lib X11 Xserver modules xf86 opt graphics common lib RgbPath can be used to specify the RGB database path Normally it is never changed If it is not specified the built in path etc X11 rgbis used In addition the LogPath can be specified if server logging information is to be sent somewhere other than the default log file The default logfile is located at var X11 Xserver logs Xf86 n log wheren is the display number All names must be enclosed within double quotes There may be only one Files section in the config file This section does not recognize Option as a keyword Chap
47. ical Screen SL S gt Describe Screen Identify Screen Modify Default Visual Modify Screen Options Modify Server Options Add Screen to Configuration Remove Screen from Configuration Thefirst group of Actions menus can be thought of as global actions They will typically be active regardless of what has been selected If any of these menu items are not visible it is because they are not supported under the current configuration The Configure Print Server item allows you to manage print servers From this menu item you can create stop or remove print servers On systems that contain a mix of HP Visualize and other HP graphics cards the Configure How X Starts item allows you to choose on which graphics devices the X Server should start From this action you can assign which of your configuration files to use as a display connection the X screens filefor HP graphics cards or the XF 86Config file with 33 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards using SAM to configure X Windows 34 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 as a single logical screen This allows the moving spanning of windows across multiple physical monitors The word homogeneous is included because SLS only works if the graphics devices included in the SLS Configu
48. iguration e g Stereo Double Buffer when the device supports multiple options To change the monitor type the setmon command can be executed directly or done through SAM The setmon executable is located at opt graphics common bin setmon Under SAM this component is located under the top level Display folder next to the X Server Configuration icon Changing the monitor type whilethe X Server is running will necessitate killing and restarting the X Server In order to change the monitor settings the X Server needs to be running on the device specified For these graphics cards it may not be possible to test some of the monitor settings before making the change permanent 35 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file NOTE 36 the XF86C onfig file The XF 86Config fileis located in etc X11 XF86Config lt can be generated automatically or modified using SAM A working configuration file is also delivered on the system You must be root to create or edit this file The XF86Config man page provides additional information regarding the configuration file It is necessary tore start the X Server for changes made to the XF 86Config file to take effect the XF86C onfig file format Most of the content in this section has been copied from the XF 86Config 5 man page listed on The XF ree86 Project Inc web site http www xfree86 org The man pages are available from http www xfree86
49. ions An online version of the Graphics Administration Guide is located online at http www hp com support Graphics Admin Guide PA Comment uncomment modify as needed The ServerLayout section specifies the input and output devices that are connected to the server Multiple ServerLayout sections may be contained in the XF86Config file However the first one in the file is the active layout unless otherwise specified by the layout option from the command line Check the Graphics Administration Guide GAG for other options that may be set here or elsewhere in the XF86Config file An online version of the Graphics Administration Guide is available at http www hp com support Graphics Admin Guide PA after selecting the link appropriate for a given workstation model Sh Sk Gh SRO Hb Gh SR SR Sk GO Gh CHO CHR CH SR Sk SR SR SR Gh GR CH SR Sk Che Ce CHR Sk OR SR CHR SR OR SR Section ServerLayout The ServerLayout ID A required line Identifier Main Layout The first field on the Screen line specifies the screen number It is optional The second field is the Screen ID It must match an entry in a Screen section Only Screens specified here will be active The remaining fields specify relative or absolute positions of the screen relative to other screens Check the GAG for full details on specifying the Screen Ye Sk Gh SR OSE SR OR Sk 0 Screen 0 0 0 Uu Q H o o 3 Each InputDevice line specifies an Inpu
50. ions The Monitor section provides information about the specifications of the monitor monitor specific Options and information about the video modes to use with the monitor There must be at least one Monitor section for the monitor being used A Monitor section is considered active if it is referenced by an active Screen section Monitor sections havethe following format Section iMonitori Identifier iMonitorIDi VendorName iVnamei ModelName iMnamei HorizSync horizsync range VertRefresh vertrefresh range DisplaySize width height Gamma gamma value red gamma green gamma blue gamma GammaAllLayers on true 1 EndSection The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this monitor The VendorName is an optional entry and is used to specify the monitor s manufacturer This ModelNameis an optional entry that is used to specify the monitor model HorizSync gives the range s of horizontal sync frequencies supported by the monitor horizsync range may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of values A range of values is two values separated by a dash By default the values are in units of kHz They may be specified in MHz or Hz if MHz or Hz is added tothe end of the line 49 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file The data given here is used by the X Server to determine if video modes are within the specifications of the monitor This information should be availabl
51. lue being O HP Fire GL UX Colormaps Hints HP Fire GL UX devices have a total of 5 hardware colormaps One color map is reserved for gamma correction and is not directly availableto X clients The remaining colormaps are available for clients to use When the default visual is in the overlay planes one of the four available hard ware colormaps is reserved for the default colormap This ensures that dients using the default colormap never encounter technicolor TheHP Fire GL UX driver reports on the installation status of a total of 5 colormaps via the XListl nstalledColormaps API Four of these corre spond to the actual state of the hardware color tables used with Pseudo Color visuals Colormaps are installed in these hardware LUTs in first in first out order The driver also keeps track of the last TrueColor colormap installed via XI nstallColormap and includes this information whenever queried By definition all TrueColor colormaps are always installed 74 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards hp Fire GL UX configuration hints system requirements hardware compatibility table This table lists graphics cards that are support on a system and which OS is required Required Operating Graphics Device System Supported Systems HP Fire GL UX C3650 C3700 J 6700 HP UX 11 0 and 11 11 monitor compatibility Most multi sync monitors are compatible with the graphics cards in
52. n 4 2 0 X Server This Chapter 3 31 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards NOTE 32 section describes features unique to H P s implementation of the X Server provides information on how to configurethe X Server and includes a list of supported X configurations For each supported graphics device devi ce dependent configuration information is provided This chapter deals with configuration requirements for graphics cards OTHER THAN HP Visualize cards fxe fx5 fx10 etc For configuration information for all HP Visualize cards refer to Chapter 2 in this document Chapter 3 Chapter 3 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 icon The SAM graphical user interface for X Server configuration is provided to simplify complexity and facilitate ease of use in modifying or creating the X Server configuration file XF 86Config The Xf86 server uses the XF 86Config file for its configurations While it is still possible to modify this file manually see below using the SAM interface can greatly simplify the process The SAM component has the following actions Configure Print Server Configure How X Starts Modify Multi Screen Layout Single Log
53. n 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 every graphics device on your system 2 Select the devices you want to combine into an SLS dick the mouse on the first device and Ctrl dick on the others At this point all the devices you want to combine into an SLS configuration should be highlighted 3 From the Actions menu choose the menu item Modify Multi Screen Layout A dialog box appears allowing you to specify exactly how you want your SLS configuration to be 25 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration 26 Note that if your machine has only one graphics device the Modify Multi Screen Layout menu option does not even appear since multiple devices cannot occur in a single device context Note also that DHA Direct Hardware Access is supported in a window that spans multiple screens Spanning in this context includes a window that is two or more screens in size as well as a window that is partially on one screen and partially on another even though it would fit on a single screen if it were moved SLS can also be enabled via the etc X11 X screens file via the syntax SingleLogicalScreen n m dev crt0 dev crtk where n the number of rows in the physical configuration m the number of columns in
54. nabled by adding a linetothe etc X11 XF86Config filein the Device section For example Option Overlay True Note that both the option name and option value must be enclosed in quotation marks Options that do not take parameters require only one value the option name For example Option TransparentIndex0 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 any or all of these resolutions 67 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards output devices Table 3 9 Resolution HxV Frequency Hz Description 1024x768 75 VESA Standard 1024x768 85 VESA Standard 1280x1024 60 VESA Standard 1280x1024 75 VESA Standard 1280x1024 85 VESA Standard 1600x1024 75 24 monitor 1600x1024 85 24 monitor 1600x1200 75 VESA Standard 1600x1200 85 VESA Standard 1920x1080 75 24 monitor 1920x1080 85 24 monitor 1920x1200 75 24 monitor 1920x1200 85 24 monitor ATI FireGL X1 T2 X3 device dependent information TheATI FireGL family graphics cards provides 8 or 24 overlay planes 48 image planes a 24 bit Z buffer an 8 bit stencil buffer and 16 bits per channel RGBA of accumulation buffer Thereis onehardware colormap for the overlay planes and one hardware colormap in the image planes for gamma correction These devices provide 2
55. names of each remote host permitted to access your local server e fyouarerunning as a stand alone system you must have your system s name in this file f you are part of a network the other system names must be induded The syntax is as follows host host host For example if you are hpaaaaa and regularly ran clients on hpccccc and hpddddd you would want the following lines hpaaaaa hpccccc hpddddd Note that aliases work as well as hostnames provided they are valid that 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 nameser ver The etc hosts fileis an ASCII text file containing a list of all the host names and internet addresses known to your system including your own system If your system is not connected to a network use the loopback address 127 0 0 1 and the hostname unknown 127 0 0 1 unknown For a local system to access a remote host e Theaddress and hostname of the remote host must be listed in the local system s etc hosts file Chapter 4 Chapter 4 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file e Theuser must have a valid login username and password and home directory on the remote host stopping the X Window system After stopping all application programs stop the window system by holding down the Ctrl and Shift keys and then pressing the Pause Break key This
56. ncy HP VISUALIZE F XE 5 10 devices have two visuals in the overlay planes both depth 8 PseudoColor The first default overlay visual has 256 entries per colormap and no transparency The second overlay visual has 255 entries per colormap and supports transparency Toallow applications to determine which visuals are in the overlay planes both overlay visuals are listed in the SERVER OVERLAY VISUALS property attached to the root window The default overlay visual has a transparent type of 0 None whilethe transparent 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 property disabling the GLX visuals TheHP VISUALIZE F XE 5 10 products support the OpenGL extension to X GLX If HP OpenGL is installed on an HP VISUALIZE F XE 5 10 system then the GL X extension offers new entry points for obtaining more information about X visuals As part of offering extended visual information some extra X visuals appear in the X visual list The extra 29 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards hp Visualize FXE FX5 and FX10 device dependent information NOTE 30 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 disable
57. ndows on HP UX other graphics cards features features cursor sc aling 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 to scale all X11 cursors both user defined and built in cursors by a user defined value Cursor Scaling is indicated with the following syntax in the XF 86Config file Section iServerLayouti Option iCursorScaleFactori ini Option iMaxCursorSizei iSizei EndSection Where n 1 2 3 Where Size 2 4 8 16 32 64 For example n 2 instructs the X Server to scale all cursors by 2x so that a 16x16 cursor becomes a 32x32 cursor and a 9x9 cursor becomes an 18x18 cursor etc If the scaled width or height of any cursor is greater than Size the scale factor is reduced so that the net size of the cursor fits into a SizexSize rectangle The default value for n is 1 or no scaling The default value for Size is 64 or 64x64 maximum size Glx visual suppression This option can be used to hide visuals It reduces the number of visu als made available to dients The example that follows demonstrates how to suppress all visuals except for the most capable of all the visuals Section iScreeni 59 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards features 60 Option iSuppressGlxVisualsi iHideDuplicateGlxVisualsi EndSection The user can als
58. nel press Alt and Space 2 With the Front Panel menu posted and the M ove menu item selected press Enter on older keyboards Return to start the move 3 Use the mouse or the arrow keys to reposition the Front Panel to the desired location 4 Press Enter or Return to complete the move You may instead press Esc to cancel the move Afterwards this setting will be remembered and restored at your next login If you have previously set a Home session you will need to re set the Home session in the Style Manager to register the new Front Panel position Note that there is no mechanism in HP CDE for repositioning the login screen window move resize boxes or the screen lock dialog Chapter 2 27 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards hp Visualize FXE FX5 and FX10 device dependent information NOTE 28 hp Visualize PXE FX5 and FX10 device dependent information This section includes information on the HP VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 graphics devices The HP VISUALIZE FXE 5 10 has 8 overlay planes 48 image planes a 24 bit z buffer and 4 hardware colormaps HP VISUALIZE F XE 5 10 graphics 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 mage Class PseudoColor
59. nformation and select optimum video timings Multiple monitors are supported in a Single Logical Screen SLS configuration The maximum SLS screen width is 2560 for the X1 and T2 and 3840 for the X3 Seethe using SAM to configure X Windows section for details on configuring SLS with SAM 71 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards hp Fire GL UX configuration hints 72 hp Fire GL UX configuration hints overlay visuals and overlay transparency HP Fire GL UX devices have one visual in the overlay planes depth 8 PseudoColor To allow applications to determine which visuals arein the overlay planes overlay visuals are listed in the SERVER OVERLAY VISUALS property attached to the root window The default overlay visual has a transparent type of 1 Transparent Pixel If you need an overlay colormap that supports transparency create the colormap using the visual that has transparency in its SERVER OVERLAY VISUALS property To look at the contents of this property you would use code similar tothe following typedef struct VisualID overlayVisualID Card32 transparentType None TransparentPixel TransparentMask Card32 value Either pixel value or pixel mask Card32 layer OverlayVisualPropertyRec OverlayVisualPropertyRec pOverlayVisuals pOVis XVisualInfo getVis XVisualInfo pVisuals Atom overlayVisualsAtom actualType Get the visuals for this screen and allocate ge
60. o selectively hide classes of visuals For example to suppress all visuals that don t have an Alpha buffer and don t have Sten cil planes do Option iSuppressGlxVisualsi iNoAlpha amp NoStencili The options can be white space ampersand amp or comma delimited and must be endosed with a single pair of double quotes Thefollowing is a complete list of Glx visuals that may be suppressed IsRgba Suppress all visuals that are RGB True Color IsCi Suppress all visuals that are Color Indexed Pseudo Color Alpha Suppress all visuals that have Alpha planes NoAlpha Suppress all visuals that don t have Alpha planes Back Suppress all visuals that have a double buffer NoBack Suppress all visuals that don t have a double buffer Accum Suppress all visuals that have an accumulator NoAccum Suppress all visuals that don t have an accumulator Depth Suppress all visuals that have a Z depth buffer NoDepth Suppress all visuals that don t have a Z depth buffer Stencil Suppress all visuals that have Stencil planes NoStencil Suppress all visuals that don t have Stencil planes Stereo Suppress all visuals that have Stereo buffers NoStereo Suppress all visuals that don t have Stereo buffers If an opposing pair of options is selected for example Stereo and NoStereo the suppress options will be ignored since selecting an opposing pair would suppress all the visuals visuals suppression This
61. of DPMS mode Timeis in minutes and the value can be changed at run time with xset 1 57 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards display power management signaling DPMS NOTE 58 Option Value Default Description SuspendTime time 30 Suspend Time sets the inactivity timeout for the suspend phase of DPMS mode Timeis in minutes and the value can be changed at run time with xset 1 OffTime time 40 Off Time sets the inactivity timeout for the off phase of DPMS mode Timeis in minutes and the value can be changed at run time with xset 1 dynamic library loading The path for each dynamically loaded module must be specified in the ModulePath in order for them to load See the section The XF 86Config File Module Section for more details regarding the ModulePath Dynamically loaded modules are recorded by the X Server in the var X11 Xserver logs directory The log file reflects the display identifier for a given run Only the last invocation against a given display identifier is retained The log file contains the parsed contents of the XF 86Config 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 usr lib X11 Xserver may prevent the X Server from running Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Wi
62. olutions are not supported with the multi display configurations unless stated otherwise in the table below 24 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration multi sc reen support Thelist of supported multi display configurations is rather large and it changes whenever a new graphics device is introduced Thus if you are considering a Single Logical Screen or any other multi display configuration we recommend consulting your HP Sales Representative and inquiring whether the configuration you have in mind is indeed supported There are general guidelines however For example e Multi display configurations may be limited by available power Depending on the capacity of your computer s power supply and the power demands of the combination of graphics cards you are considering there may or may not be enough power to operate them all e Single Logical Screen configurations must use identical graphics devices see the next section single logical screen SLS SLS is a mechanism for treating homogeneous multi display configurations as a single logical screen This allows the moving spanning of windows across multiple physical monitors The word homogeneous is included because SLS only works if the graphics devices included in the SLS Configuration are of the same type SLS is enabled by using SAM the System Administration M anager tool usr sbin sam To enable a
63. ons double buffer extension DBE DBE san extension tothe X Server that provides a double buffering API For more information about DBE and the API consult the DBE man pages DBE XdbeQueryE xtensi on XdbeGetVisuall nfo XdbeF reeVisuall nfo XdbeScreenVisuall nfo XdbeAllocateB ackB ufferN ame XdbeDeallocateB ackB ufferN ame XdbeSwapBuffers XdbeBeginl diom XdbeE ndl diom XdbeGetB ackBufferAttributes determining swap performance The DBE API does not allow users to determine if double buffering in a visual is through software or hardware However the API does providea way to determine relative swapping performance on a per visual basis The XxdbeScreenVisualInfo function returns information about the swapping performance levels for the double buffering visuals on a display A visual with a higher performance level is likely to have better double buffer graphics performance than a visual with a lower performance level Nothing can be deduced from any of the following the magnitude of the difference of two performance levels a performance level in isolation or comparing performance levels from different servers 55 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards display power management signaling DPMS Table 3 4 56 display power management signaling DPMS Monitors constitute a large percentage of the power used by a workstation even when not actively in use i e during screen blanking In order to reduc
64. ons such as XGetImage 3 in order to see what was actually rendered security See Xf86 1 for information on configuring the Xf86 security policies files and settings connecting to the network The X Server supports dient connections via a platform dependent sub set of the following transport types TCP IP and Unix Domain sockets granting access Information on X Server authorization may be found in the Xf86 1 man pages signals See Xf86 1 for information on how the X Server handles signals 61 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 providethe user whois familiar with the X screens files or the HP X Server a method of setting the equivalent options in the XF 86Config file in the current release of the HP X Server Only those options that are currently implemented in the release are documented here defaultVisual option Class The default dass visual can be set in a Display subsection of the Screen section of the XF 86Config file using the Visual option Thefollowing example demonstrates how this would be done in the X screens file and how it would be done in the XF 86Config file The example sets the default visual dass to TrueColor X screens File Example Screen
65. onts from directories or font servers Setting up a font server or making a directory a font directory is beyond the scope of this document The font path can beloaded via the fp option from the command line or from the XF 86Config file The latter is the preferred method The default font path is usr 1ib X11 fonts misc See sec tion The XF86Config File Files Section regarding the FontPath The following font directories are delivered with the system and may be added to the font path Applications may install their own fonts The application font path can be added to the FontPath as necessary usr lib X11 fonts misc usr lib X1ll fonts hp kana8 usr lib X1ll fonts hp roman8 75dpi usr lib X11 fonts iso 8859 1 100dpi 76 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards hp Fire GL UX configuration hints usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 1 75dpi usr lib X11 fonts hp chinese s 75dpi usr lib X11 fonts hp chinese t 75dpi usr lib X11l fonts hp korean 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts hp japanese 100dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 2 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 5 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 6 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 7 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 8 75dpi usr lib X1ll fonts iso 8859 9 75dpi usr lib X1ll 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 a brief descri
66. option can be used to hide whole classes of visuals These can be selected via the SuppressVisuals option in Screen section of the XF 86Config file The visuals that can be suppressed are PseudoColor and TrueColor If all visuals are suppressed and no default visual has been selected the X Server will exit with a fatal error Also if a default visual is defined it overrides the suppression request The example below suppresses the PseudoColor visual The options can be delimited by white space or Section iScreeni Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards features Option iSuppressVisualsi iPseudoColori EndSection technical print service TPS The Technical Print Service tps 5 iS a network transparent printing system that allows X applications to render to non screen devices in the same manner they render to displays It may also be referenced as the X Print Service Pleaserefer tothe tps 5 man pagefor details on configuring and using TPS virtual frame buffer Xvfb Xvf b 1 is an X Server that does not require display hardware or 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 Generally the user application must use functi
67. or visual in the Overlay planes EnableOpaqueOverlayVi Boolean False Enable a depth 8 PseudoColor visual in sual the overlay planes that does not reserve index 255 for transparency FSAAScale nteger Not Set Specifies the maximum number of sam ples per pixel for OpenGL Multisample rendering Full Scene AntiAliasing Permissible values are 2 4 or 6 The FSAA buffers are reserved at X server startup All buffers front back depth FSAA are allocated from the first 128MB of framebuffer memory If there is insufficient memory for the requested FSAAScale at a given screen resolution the server will attempt to allocate a lower scale factor Overlay Boolean True Disable overlay visuals completely Stereo Boolean False Enable visuals for OpenGL Stereo rendering Allocates separate left and right sets of color buffers TrueColorOverlay Boolean False Enable a TrueColor visual in the overlay planes 70 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring 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 a single monitor the monitor can be attached to either connector Monitors should be connected and powered up prior to system boot to ensure the System can read available DDC i
68. orrection only to the image layer of the device The overlay planes are not affected by gamma This option is not supported on all devices Device section The config file may have multiple Device sections There must be at least one for the video card being used Device sections havethe following format 50 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file Section iDevicei Identifier iDeviceIDi Driver idriveri VendorName iVnamei Option EndSection The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this graphics device It must match a DriverlD in the active Screen section 51 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards sample XF86Config file 52 sample XF86Config file This is a sample XF86Config file It can be cut from this document and placed in the etc X11 XF86Config file The config file has a hierarchical iSectioni structure along with some standalone iSections i The standalone sections are the Files Module and DRI Sections There may only be one of each of these sections in the config file The hierarchical section consists of the ServerLayout InputDevice Screen Monitor and Device sections There may be multiple sections of each Each screen section in turn specifies a Monitor and a Device section Check the document iGraphics Administration Guidei for complete documentation of the config file organization and description of all opt
69. pports the MIT shared memory extension on the following devices HP VISUALIZE FX5 and FX10 e HPVISUALIZE F XE supported X configurations multi display support Thefollowing definitions are included to reduce confusion between the terms multi display multi screen and single logical screen Multi Display A configuration with multiple graphics devices used concurrently Any multi screen or single logical screen configuration is referred to as a multi display configuration 23 configuring 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 be moved between displays Device 1 SPU Device 2 host 0 0 host 0 1 1280x1024 1280x1024 Keyboard Mouse Single logical screen A configuration in which a single X Server with a single mouse and keyboard drives multiple homogeneous graphics devices concurrently while allowing the displays to emulate a large single screen This differs from a multi screen environment by allowing windows to be moved and displayed across displays See the section in this document on Single Logical Screen host 0 0 2560x1024 Device 1 Device 2 Keyboard E Note that different monitor res
70. ption of what they do File Description etc X11 XF 86Config The configuration file Xf86 uses this file to configure itself during initialization etc X11 rgb The color database etc Xn hosts Initial access control list for display n var X11 Xserver logs Xf86 n log The log file where n is the display number Chapter 3 77 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards ATI FireGL X1 T2 X3 configuration hints 78 ATI FireGL X1 T2 X3 configuration hints overlay visuals and overlay transparency FireGL devices support both depth 8 PseudoColor and depth 24 TrueColor overlay visuals The depth 8 PseudoColor visuals with transparency are enabled by default for compatibility with previous devices An opaque depth 8 PseudoColor visual can be enabled by setting the EnableOpaqueOverlayVisual screen option described in the previous section This option is useful for applications that require allocation of all 256 entries in the colormap with no index mapping to transparency TheSERVER OVERLAY VISUALS property is 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 property Seethe Fire GL UX configuration hints section for a code fragment The depth 24 TrueColor overlay visual is enabled by setting the
71. ra MAE ats 77 4 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file 2 6 ttt 80 using an etc hosts file 0 0 0 ttt eee 80 stopping the X Window system 1 0 0 tees 81 customizing the mouse and keyboard 0 0 6 e eee ee 81 changing mouse button actions 0 0 81 modifying modifier key bindings with xmodmap 0 00e eee eaee 82 specifying key remapping expressions lisse esses 82 Contents examples printing a key map 1 preface 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 Chapter 1 preface NOTE Table 1 1 Previous versions of this document contained information for 3D graphics Application Programming Interfaces APIs that are now obsolete The following APIs were discontinued then obsoleted on the indicated dates Product Product Disconti nued Obsoleted On Name Number On Starbase B2374A October 1 October 1 1997 2002 PEXIib B3176B May 1 1998 August 31 2003 PHIGS B1685L October 1 October 1 1997 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 World Wide Web at http www hp com support OpenGL Imp Guide P
72. raphics device Device section and a monitor Monitor section together A Screen section is considered active if it is referenced by an active 45 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file 46 ServerLayout section If neither of these is present the first Screen section found in the configuration file is considered the active one Screen sections have the following format Section iScreeni Identifier iScreenIDi Device iDeviceIDi Monitor iMonitorIDi DefaultDepth lt Depth gt Option SubSection iDisplayi EndSubSection EndSection The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this screen The Identifier generally must match a Screenl D listed in the active ServerL ayout section The Screen section provides information specific to the whole screen including screen specific Options n multi screen configurations there will be multiple active Screen sections one for each head The Device keyword specifies which Device section to be used for this screen This is what binds a specific graphics card to a screen The Devicel D must match the Identifier of a Device section in the configuration file The Monitor keyword specifies which Monitor section is to be used for this screen This is what binds a specific monitor to the screen The MonitorlD must match the Identifier of a Monitor section in the configuration file The DefaultDepth keyword specifies which color depth the s
73. ration are of the same type Toenable an SLS configuration start SAM select the Display icon and follow the instructions below 1 Double dick on the X Server Configuration button A window entitled X Server Configuration appears containing an icon for every graphics device on your system 2 Select the devices you want to combine into an SLS configuration To select the devices dick the mouse on the first device and Ctrl click on the others At this point all the devices you want to combine into an SLS configuration should be highlighted 3 From the Actions menu choose the it Single Logical Screen SL S gt Create SLS 4 In the Create SLS screen select the desired layout horizontal or vertical and screen mapping and click OK 5 The X Server Configuration window should now show a single icon denoting an SLS confguration 6 Select File Exit This will save the new SLS configuration and give you the option to restart the Xserver The Xserver will need to be restarted for the new SLS configuration settings to take effect Specific Xf86 server options can be set with the Modify Server Options menu item Seethe item for information on specific options The second group of Actions menus can be thought of as screen actions They will be activated depending on which screens have been chosen The windows that result from choosing on of these actions differ depending upon whether the selected scre
74. red trademark of ATI Copyright 2006 Hewlett Packard Company All Rights Reserved Copyright 1980 1984 AT amp T Inc Copyright 1979 1980 1983 The Regents of the University of California Contents 1 preface document conventions o 7 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server CONQUE ION dic A E AS REESE 11 X SCreenS le irira bite ata we ped Pade Gal he o da o li dc Lek 12 description of the X screens configuration file 0 00 e eee eee 12 syntax guidelines 2 tte eee 12 the X screens fileformat 0 000 cece ees 12 Server OPIO sa a dentem neg yi NUR RR RENE a wee A 13 Screen entries sl a eios Er d e oe AER dad Mae ie 14 sample X screens files o ooooooocoococo rh 15 miscellaneous tOPiCS oocococccco rn 20 double buffer extensSiONS ooococococcoco nn 20 performing buffer swaps on vertical blank 0 00 cece eee eee eee ees 20 determining swap performance saasaa saarra 21 Supported devices eet hrs 21 display power management signaling DPMS 0cc cece cence eee 21 shared memory extension MIT_SHM 0 0 cece eee tees 22 Supported devices cee tenet mrs 23 supported X configurations 0 ccc eee hrs 23 multi display Support 0 2 tees 23 multi screen SUpport sis m oia eet 25 single logical screen SLS 2 1 ccc n 25 3D acceleration and single logical Screen 00 cece ee 26 hp CDE an
75. rver options and e For each screen what device file to use required the default visual monitor size and device dependent screen options Note that all of the items above except for device independent 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 message syntax guidelines Blank lines and comments text following are ignored Entries can occupy more than a single line All symbols in the file are recognized case insensitive the X screens file format Items must appear in the X screens file in the order that they are specified below ServerOptions server option server option Screen device name Chapter 2 Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration SingleLogicalScreen lt nRows gt lt nCols gt device namel device nameN gt DefaultVisual Class visual class Depth lt depth gt Layer lt layer gt Transparent MonitorSize diagonal length units gt MinimumMonitorPowerSaveLevel lt level gt ScreenOptions screen option screen option Brackets and denote optional items Italicized items in angle brackets lt and gt denote values to be specified The double vertical line ll denotes that one of the ored values
76. 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 to change mouse button mappings The syntax for changing mouse button mappings with xmodmap is xmodmap e ipointer default number number i pp where e Specifies a remapping expression Valid expressions are covered in Customizing Keyboard nput default Set mouse keys back to default bindings number Specifies a list of button numbers to map the mouse keys to The order of the numbers refers to the original button mapping pp Print the current pointer mapping For example to reverse the positions of buttons 1 and 3 for left handed mapping xmodmap e pointer 3 2 1 2 button mouse xmodmap e pointer 3 2 1 5 4 3 button mouse To establish OSF M otif standard button mapping xmodmap e pointer 1 3 2 2 button mouse 81 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file 82 xmodmap e pointer 1 3 2 4 5 3 button mouse modifying modifier key bindings with xmodmap To change the meaning of a particular key for a particular X11 session or toinitialize the X Server with a completely different set of key mappings use the xmodmap dient The syntax for xmodmap is as follows xmodmap options filename w
77. tDevice section ID name and optionally some options that specify the way the device is to be used Typically there is a pointer device mouse and a keyboard They usually are specified with a CorePointer and CoreKeyboard option respectively Additional pointers and keyboards are specified with the SendCoreEvents option The options may also be specified in the InputDevice section It is not necessary to specify an InputDevice Fk Sk 3k SR OR Sk SR Sk SR Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards sample XF86Config file InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard Uncomment this to force OGL indirect contexts to be rendered in f software Indirect rendering is done with the hardware driver by f default However some features such as rendering to a glXPixmap may not be available in all hardware drivers fOption AccelerateIndirectRendering false Uncomment the following line and update the time to turn on Xserver f screen blanking The time is in minutes fOption blank time 10 Uncomment the following lines to set the DPMS time periods The time is in minutes The DPMS Monitor Option must be on for these to have an effect see the Monitor section fOption standby time 20 Option suspend time 30 Option off time 40 EndSection The Files section is used to specify the location of various files f to the X server There may
78. tVis screen screen pVisuals XGetVisualInfo display VisualScreenMask amp getVis amp nVisuals pOverlayVisuals OverlayVisualPropertyRec malloc size t nVisuals sizeof OverlayVisualPropertyRec Get the overlay visual information for this screen Obtain this information from the SERVER OVERLAY VISUALS property overlayVisualsAtom XInternAtom display SERVER OVERLAY VISUALS True if overlayVisualsAtom None Chapter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards hp Fire GL UX configuration hints 1 Since the Atom exists request the property s contents bytesAfter 0 numLongs nVisuals sizeof OverlayVisualPropertyRec 3 4 XGetWindowProperty display RootWindow display screen overlayVisualsAtom 0 numLongs False AnyPropertyType amp actualType amp actualFormat amp numLongs amp bytesAfter amp pOverlayVisuals if bytesAfter 0 Serious Failure Here Loop through the pOverlayVisuals array nOVisuals numLongs sizeof OverlayVisualPropertyRec pOVis pOverlayVisuals while nOVisuals gt 0 if pOVis gt transparentType TransparentPixel Ux Found a transparent overlay visual set ident aside H pOVis XFree pOverlayVisuals There might be some additional checking of the found transparent overlay visuals wanted e g for depth XFree pVisuals This program segm
79. tains meta Extend Char Alt key Chapter 4 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 X Windows configuration details making an x hosts file 86 Chapter 4
80. ter 3 Chapter 3 configuring X 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 Thetypes of modules normally loaded in this section are X Server extension modules and font rasterizer modules M ost other moduletypes are loaded automatically when they are needed via other mechanisms There may only be one Module section in the config file The format of the Module section is as follows Section iModulei Load iModuleNamei SubSection iModuleNamei Option EndSubSection EndSection Load instructs the server to load the module called ModuleName The module name given should be the module s extension name not the module file name The extension name is case sensitive and does not include the lib prefix or the 1 suffix Example the Double Buffered Extension DBE can be loaded with the following entry Load idbei SubSection also instructs the server to load the module called ModuleName The module name given should be the module s extension name not the module file name The extension name is case sensitive and does not include the lib prefix or the 1 suffix The difference is that the listed Options are passed to the module when it is loaded Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the ModulePath search path or the default ModulePath if one is not specified in the
81. the depth that is being used for the screen The Display subsection format is described in the section below Display subsection The Screen sections include one or more Display subsections One Display subsection may be provided for each depth that the server supports The size of the virtual screen the server may also be specified 47 configuring X Windows on HP UX other graphics cards the XF86Config file 48 The virtual screen allows you to have a root window larger than what can be displayed on the monitor e g the monitor may be 800x600 display but have a 1280x1024 virtual size The Virtual keyword is used to specify this size Note that many of the new accelerated graphics drivers use non displayed memory for caching It is not desirabletouse all available memory for the virtual display as this leaves none for caching and this can decrease server performance Display subsections havethe following format SubSection iDisplayi Depth depth Visual visual Modes iModeNamei ViewPort x0 y0 Option O EndSubSection The Depth entry specifies what color depth the Display subsection is to be used for Only Depths of 8 and 24 are supported The Modes entry specifies the list of video modes to use Each ModeName specified must bein double quotes They must correspond to those specified or referenced in the appropriate Monitor section The server will delete modes from this list which don t satisfy various requirem
82. the physical configuration and the product of n x mis less than or equal to four For example to create a logical screen that is one monitor tall by two monitors wide the following syntax would be used SingleLogicalScreen 1 2 dev crt0 dev crtl Whereas for a logical screen that is two monitors tall by one monitor wide the syntax is SingleLogicalScreen 2 1 dev crt0 dev crtl 3D acceleration and single logical screen Currently SLS does not take advantage of 3D acceleration e g Visualize F X5 3D applications from any supported HP 3D API will continue to run with SLS However 3D performance with SLS will be much slower than it is without SLS hp CDE and single logical screen Please notethat HP CDE has not been modified to take advantage of the Single Logical Screen capability When presenting information on your display HP CDE may split a window across physical screens Examples indude Chapter 2 configuring X Windows on HP UX HP Visualize graphics cards X Server configuration e Thelogin screen e TheFront Panel e Window move and resize boxes e 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 accordingly If you are using the default HP CDE key bindings you can easily reposition the Front Panel so that it is completely contained within one physical screen 1 With the input focus on the Front Pa
83. u could remove the Caps lock key from the lock modifi er swap it for the f1 key then map the f1 key to the lock modifier Do this by creating a little swapper filethat contains the following lines This file swaps the Caps key with the F 1 key remove Lock Caps Lock keysym Caps Lock Fl keysym F1 Caps Lock add Lock Caps Lock Note the use of the in the file to start a comment line To put your swapper file into effect enter the following on the command line xmodmap swapper If you use such a swapper file you should probably have an unswapper file Thefollowing file enables you to swap back to the original keyboard mapping without having to exit X11 IThis file unswaps the F 1 key with the Caps key remove Lock Caps Lock keycode 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 You put your unswapper file into effect by entering the following command line xmodmap unswapper On a larger scale you can change your current keyboard to a Dvorak keyboard by creating a file with the appropriate keyboard mappings xmodmap keymap printing a key map The pk option prints a list of the key mappings for the current keyboard xmodmap pk Thelist contains the keycode and up to four 2 part columns The first column contains unmodified key values the second column contains shifted key values the third column con

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