masscomp-request@soma.UUCP (03/13/87)
I'm looking for other users of X on MassComp equipment. We managed to get the Version 10 X tape from MassComp only to find a doc file that said: "When X is running on the system, all graphic terminals on the same machine must also run X. Also when X is running no program that have been built with sp-40 (mgi) or sp-43 (win) will work." This is a big show stopper for us. We have extensive sp-40 & sp-43 programs written. We had hoped to bring up X on one graphic terminal and start converting while the rest of the system was using the old graphics. Since the graphics processors are loaded one at a time it is not obvious why the X Windows & SP-40/SP-43 can't co-exsist. We may even try to configure the system this way if no one can tell us why it will not work. Currently we are fighting hardware/software problems from adding two Aurora 12 plane GPs to go along with the two 10 planes grayscale GPs we already had so we have to get the system stable again before trying anything. Any help or suggestions??? Jim... Bollman.wbst@Xerox.COM or Seismo! Allegra! decvax! cmcl2! columbia! nike!rochester!rocksanne!bollman