picard@ilog.UUCP (Yves Picard) (12/04/90)
hello netters,
I have a ps2 running aix, and i'd like to know what is the latest
version of X11 running on this machine.
My os is: AIX 1.2, and xdpyinfo Give the following:
which i suspect is somehow between X11r2(mit) and X11r3(mit)
==================================================================
name of display: valeo:0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: International Business Machines
vendor release number: 30210
maximum request size: 16384 longwords (65536 bytes)
motion buffer size: 0
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 8, MSBFirst, 32
image byte order: LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 2
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 141
number of extensions: 5
ZoidExtension
bezier
XTestExtension1
SHAPE
XsightExtension
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
screen #0:
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (325x243 millimeters)
resolution: 80x80 dots per inch
depths (2): 1, 8
root window id: 0x80067
depth of root window: 8 planes
number of colormaps: minimum 0, maximum 1
default colormap: 0x80065
default number of colormap cells: 256
preallocated pixels: black 0, white 1
options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES
current input event mask: 0x118800c
ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask ExposureMask
SubstructureNotifyMask SubstructureRedirectMask OwnerGrabButtonMask
number of visuals: 1
default visual id: 0x80064
visual:
visual id: 0x80064
class: PseudoColor
depth: 8 planes
size of colormap: 256 entries
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 6 bits
======================================================================
any help appreciated.
Jean Yves
picard@ilog.frdyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (12/05/90)
Speaking of which, what is the "XsightExtension"? Also, we are running
the MIT X11R4 server in preference to the IBM server, and things are working
well, but when someone starts DOS in an X-window, there are problems
opening the "dos6x13" font even though we have it (in a native X11R4 snf
format). Is there anything that DOS Merge is doing which would cause a
font lookup to fail??
--
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edurichp@romulus.la.locus.com (Richard L. Pettit Jr.) (12/05/90)
In article <10383@ilog.UUCP> picard@ilog.UUCP (Yves Picard) writes: > > hello netters, > >I have a ps2 running aix, and i'd like to know what is the latest >version of X11 running on this machine. X11R3. To the best of my knowledge, all of the official patches (to R3) have been applied (we picked up support from IBM after release of R4). You will however still see some things going back as far as X10R4 (aixterm and xclock for instance). DISCLAIMER: You have just read not-certified-by-Locus-or-IBM text. Rich ---- Richard Pettit Locus Computing Corp. richp@locus.com "Opinions expressed herein are of the author, not (LCC or IBM)"
richp@romulus.la.locus.com (Richard L. Pettit Jr.) (12/05/90)
In article <5197@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes: >Speaking of which, what is the "XsightExtension"? Also, we are running Xsight is the name of the commercial X product sold by Locus. You'll also see it on SCO Open Desktop. The PC version is called (could you guess?) PC-Xsight. The existence of XsightExtension in the AIX server hints at involvement by Locus in the development of the X product. >the MIT X11R4 server in preference to the IBM server, and things are working >well, but when someone starts DOS in an X-window, there are problems >opening the "dos6x13" font even though we have it (in a native X11R4 snf >format). Is there anything that DOS Merge is doing which would cause a >font lookup to fail?? This is a "we don't support it yet" but if you send me the details of how to reproduce it, I'll give it a shot. I just ran the R4 server and brought up dos with no problem, but I'm running a really odd software configuration. >-- >Steve Dyer >dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer >dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu DISCLAIMER: See .signature Rich ---- Richard Pettit Locus Computing Corp. richp@locus.com "Opinions expressed herein are of the author, not (LCC or IBM)"
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (12/06/90)
In article <20301@oolong.la.locus.com> richp@romulus.UUCP (Richard L. Pettit Jr.) writes: >The existence of XsightExtension in the AIX server hints at >involvement by Locus in the development of the X product. I know that. What's it DO? That's the question! :-) >>but when someone starts DOS in an X-window, there are problems >>opening the "dos6x13" font even though we have it (in a native X11R4 snf >>format). Is there anything that DOS Merge is doing which would cause a >>font lookup to fail?? >This is a "we don't support it yet" but if you send me the details of how >to reproduce it, I'll give it a shot. I just ran the R4 server and brought >up dos with no problem, but I'm running a really odd software configuration. Well, the configuration is just as I said. 1.) AIX PS/2 1.2 DOS Merge (but note: same problem occurred on PS/2 1.1) 2.) MIT X11R4 PS/2 build with latest MIT patches Setting the XMERGE environment var and running "dos" within an xterm window, you get "can't open dos6x13 font, using server default". I'll bet it's a C compiler bug causing something untoward in the X11R4 server build. You see, if I set my DISPLAY to an RT running AOS4.3 with the MIT server (and the X11R4 dos6x13 font installed on that server) DOS pops up there fine with the correct DOS font. I believe the C compiler released with AIX 1.2 is still the AIX 1.1 C compiler, no? It would not surprise me at all if you were using something later with this (not-fully-characterized) bug fixed. Anyway, that's one hypothesis. I'd love to know what compiler you were using to build the X11R4. -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu
mandell@bach.helios.nd.edu (Dan Mandell) (12/06/90)
>Xsight is the name of the commercial X product sold by Locus. You'll also >see it on SCO Open Desktop. The PC version is called (could you guess?) >PC-Xsight. The existence of XsightExtension in the AIX server hints at >involvement by Locus in the development of the X product. > We will shortly be receiving our first RS/6000 and wish to know a good source for Xwindows products for Dos machines. Thanks, for all suggestions. Dan Mandell Saint Mary's College Computer Center Internet: mandell@bach.helios.nd.edu
richp@romulus.la.locus.com (Richard L. Pettit Jr.) (12/07/90)
In article <5228@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes: >In article <20301@oolong.la.locus.com> richp@romulus.UUCP (Richard L. Pettit Jr.) writes: >>The existence of XsightExtension in the AIX server hints at >>involvement by Locus in the development of the X product. > >I know that. What's it DO? That's the question! :-) OS specific stuff. IPC support; device queries. It's not a lot of code. >Setting the XMERGE environment var and running "dos" within an xterm I said I have an odd software configuration. I can't bring up an xterm because it's an R3 xterm. Won't work on the R4 server. Therefore, I just "open Xibm.R4" and then "setenv DISPLAY unix:0.0" and "setenv XMERGE TRUE" and then "dos &". Works fine for me. >the C compiler released with AIX 1.2 is still the AIX 1.1 C compiler, no? Yes. >It would not surprise me at all if you were using something later with this I got the server already-compiled from IBM Kingston. I haven't the DASD for R4 source. >Steve Dyer >dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer >dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu Rich ---- Richard Pettit Locus Computing Corp. richp@locus.com "Opinions expressed herein are of the author, not (LCC or IBM)"