luis@lutetia.rice.edu (Luis Soltero) (07/20/90)
has anyone out there successfully used interactive's X11R3 server on an 8 plane 8514 display? i just bought a paradise 8514 and the server almost works. xinit spawns the server and opens windows just like it should. after about 15 seconds of usage the server hangs. doing a console switch to another virtual window and then switching back to the X console frees the server. although the server can get stuck at any point in, it seems to be particularly sensitive to mouse events (i.e. clicking, pointing and moving). any ideas or suggestions? --luis@rice.edu
tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) (07/23/90)
In article <LUIS.90Jul20094630@lutetia.rice.edu>, luis@lutetia.rice.edu (Luis Soltero) writes: > > has anyone out there successfully used interactive's X11R3 server on an > 8 plane 8514 display? Yes, I have run that combination successfully. However... > i just bought a paradise 8514 and the server > almost works. xinit spawns the server and opens windows just like it > should. after about 15 seconds of usage the server hangs. doing a > console switch to another virtual window and then switching back to > the X console frees the server. although the server can get stuck at > any point in, it seems to be particularly sensitive to mouse events > (i.e. clicking, pointing and moving). any ideas or suggestions? > --luis@rice.edu Boy, am I glad somebody else came up with this problem. I've just spent all weekend diddling with every software and hardware switch I can throw trying to get things to work on one of my home lab systems. At work, I just dropped the card in the system and it worked like magic. The performance is positively stunning. That makes it all the more frustrating that it won't run reliably on the systems I use for development. To save you trouble, I have tried a different Paradise card, changed ROM addresses, and even put in a Matrox MG series card. The failure symptoms were identical in all cases. I also went to the trouble of checking for hidden memory address and I/O port conflicts. No dice. The machine at work is a 33MHz Multi Micro. My home system is a much older 20MHz system. I will report the problem to ISC--I recommend you do the same. With two problem reports, they'll be more likely to respond. When it works, it works great. (ty) -- +--Tom Yager, Technical Editor, BYTE----Reviewer, UNIX World---------------+ | UUCP: decvax!maxx!tyager NET: maxx!tyager@bytepb.byte.com | | Always looking for qualified UNIX,Mac,DOS and OS/2 software reviewers-- | +--mail to "reviews" instead of "tyager" above.---I speak only for myself.-+