I for one just want a stupid monitor control panel like the Mac and PC,
I'd sell my "lefticle" for "ease of use".
Here are my current settings, these settings in
"/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers" however make ALL my jpeg images in MetaCard
go BLACK. Solid Black.
"/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers" as it existed before my edit...which makes
all the jpegs dithered to 8 bits.
> :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c -pseudomap /
> 4sight -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG black -cursorBG white
"/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers" as it looks now with the edit...which makes
all the jpegs solid black.
> :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c -class /
> TrueColor -depth 24 -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white
Here is the result from "xdpyinfo"...jump to the bottom for more "take
pity on me" info.
=======================================================
name of display: :0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: Silicon Graphics
vendor release number: 5000
maximum request size: 0 bytes
motion buffer size: 0
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, MSBFirst, 32
image byte order: MSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 6
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 2, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 12, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 15, maximum 141
focus: window 0x3000004, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions: 19
Adobe-DPS-Extension
DEC-XTRAP
DPSExtension
GLX
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
Multi-Buffering
READDISPLAY
ReadDisplay
SCREEN-SAVER
SGI-GLX
SGI-NewMultibuffering
SGI-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
SGIFullScreenStereo
SHAPE
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
screen #0:
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (293x234 millimeters)
resolution: 111x111 dots per inch
depths (6): 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24
root window id: 0x2e
depth of root window: 24 planes
number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 13
default colormap: 0x2c
default number of colormap cells: 256
preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215
options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO
largest cursor: unlimited
current input event mask: 0x72003c
ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask
EnterWindowMask
LeaveWindowMask StructureNotifyMask
SubstructureRedirectMask
FocusChangeMask PropertyChangeMask
number of visuals: 12
default visual id: 0x2a
visual:
visual id: 0x20
class: PseudoColor
depth: 2 planes
available colormap entries: 4
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x21
class: PseudoColor
depth: 4 planes
available colormap entries: 16
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x22
class: TrueColor
depth: 4 planes
available colormap entries: 4 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0x1, 0x6, 0x8
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x23
class: PseudoColor
depth: 8 planes
available colormap entries: 256
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x24
class: StaticColor
depth: 8 planes
available colormap entries: 256
red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x25
class: TrueColor
depth: 8 planes
available colormap entries: 8 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x26
class: PseudoColor
depth: 8 planes
available colormap entries: 256
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x27
class: PseudoColor
depth: 12 planes
available colormap entries: 4096
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x28
class: PseudoColor
depth: 12 planes
available colormap entries: 4096
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x29
class: TrueColor
depth: 12 planes
available colormap entries: 16 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xf, 0xf0, 0xf00
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x2a
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff, 0xff00, 0xff0000
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x2b
class: DirectColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff, 0xff00, 0xff0000
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
number of mono multibuffer types: 12
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x20, 0, 2
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x21, 0, 4
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x22, 0, 4
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x23, 0, 8
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x24, 0, 8
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x25, 0, 8
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x26, 0, 8
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x27, 0, 12
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x28, 0, 12
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x29, 0, 12
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x2a, 0, 24
visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x2b, 0, 24
number of stereo multibuffer types: 0
===========================================================
Running MetaCard using "mc -v 0x2b" or any other ID as listed above
renders MetaCard almost unusable. IE, either the menus and dialogs are
solid black or red, the images are either 8 bit or LESS. My god man,
UNIX just sadly fails at this point if your not a technician.
Please forward any useful tips or tricks you managed to get working.
Cheers,
Simon
PS: I've also tried "nv monitor h" without any result.
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