sas@calmasd.Prime.COM (Shirley Sloper) (06/11/89)
Does anyone know of any plans to implement an X server for any of the Silicon Graphics workstations? Thanks.
jim@kaos.Stanford.EDU (Jim Helman) (06/12/89)
The X server and some applications (X11R3, binaries and source) for the 4D machines are available on request from SGI. The server runs in conjunction with 4Sight, so GL, X and NeWS applications can share the screen. The version we have still has some bugs in it but is pretty usable. Unfortunately, the server only supports two display classes: STATIC-COLOR and monochrome, which means no RGB or modifiable colormaps. Perhaps these will be added in a future release. Does anyone from SGI know? Jim Helman Department of Applied Physics P.O. Box 10494 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94309 (jim@thrush.stanford.edu) (415) 723-4940
eap@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Eric Pearce) (06/15/89)
In article <347@calmasd.Prime.COM> sas@calmasd.UUCP (Shirley Sloper) says: >Does anyone know of any plans to implement an X server >for any of the Silicon Graphics workstations? >Thanks. I just installed the Alpha release of X11R3 from SGI on an Iris4D GTX. It looks like it has the same problems as the one I compiled from MIT source, mainly very poor interaction between 4sight and the X clients. I doubt if it's all SGI's fault, but I did find it rather crufty to use. -e -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Pearce eap@bu-it.bu.edu Boston University Information Technology 111 Cummington Street Boston MA 02215 617-353-2780 voice 617-353-6260 fax
bmc@MYCROFT.MAYO.EDU (06/15/89)
I've seen/worked with the beta release of SGI's version of X on a Personal Iris (have yet to install it on our 4D). The release is smoother then the alpha version, but still has problems with handling color unless you hack your code to ignore X's color routines and access the colormaps directly. Sort of shoots the idea of portability in the foot. --Bruce _____________________________ Bruce M. Cameron bmc@mayo.edu Medical Sciences 1-14 voice (507) 284-3288 Mayo Foundation amateur WD9CKW Rochester, MN 55902