comer@casca.cs.uiuc.edu (Michael Comer) (05/01/90)
I have a SPARCstation 330 with the CG9 graphics card, which supports 32 bits/pixel, and I'm trying to get X running on it. I was led to believe that Sun would be supporting this configuration with their OpenWindows product, so I ordered it. Alas, when it (version 1.0.1) arrived, I found out that the CG9 frame buffer is unsupported. Anyone know if Sun has plans to support this configuration and, if so, when? Also, is there a way I can use this package until the framebuffer is supported (e.g. can I run it on the overlay plane of the frame buffer?)? Michael Comer comer@pueblo.att.com comer@ncsa.uiuc.edu
gcardwel@oac.uci.edu (Guy Cardwell) (05/02/90)
In article <7296@brazos.Rice.edu> comer@casca.cs.uiuc.edu (Michael Comer) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 148, message 5 > >I have a SPARCstation 330 with the CG9 graphics card, which supports 32 >bits/pixel, and I'm trying to get X running on it. I was led to believe >that Sun would be supporting this configuration with their OpenWindows >product, so I ordered it. Alas, when it (version 1.0.1) arrived, I found >out that the CG9 frame buffer is unsupported. According to our local sun rep, there are no plans to ever have OpenWindows running on the CG9. There does seem to be 24 bit support for it in Sun OS 4.1, however, running Sunview. I have successfuly run the sample server from MIT on the monochrome plane, but have had problems with the microcode of the GP2 being dumped afterward. I am currently working on a 24 bit X sever for the CG9 based on the MIT sample server. I'll yell when it is finished. Guy Cardwell gcardwel@oac.uci.edu