rosenblg@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Gary J. Rosenblum) (10/18/90)
Howdy, A simple question - how can I get the windows to show up in color on my Mac IIcx? I have a unix host xyz, and say xterm -bd red -bg blue -fg purple <and so on>, but all I get is a black and white window. Am I doing something obviously wrong? Thanks. Gary Gary J. Rosenblum UNIX Systems Manager rosenblg@nyu.edu New York University gary@nyu.edu
rpcfod@uarthur.UUCP (Robert Patt-Corner) (10/18/90)
The only thing that occurs to me is that you need to specify one of the color numbered displays. As I recall, the display numbers are: 0 Mono Rootless 1 Mono Rooted (Need this for MOTIF and other non-Mac winMgrs) 2 Color Rootless 3 Color Rooted Sometimes you not only need to specify the display in the Mac-side config, but also in the target environment. In unix you set the DISPLAY shell variable, indicating the desired root. Hope this helps ... I'm new at this too.
edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (10/19/90)
In article <50433@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> rosenblg@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Gary J. Rosenblum) writes: >Howdy, > > A simple question - how can I get the windows to show up in >color on my Mac IIcx? I have a unix host xyz, and say >xterm -bd red -bg blue -fg purple <and so on>, but all I get is a >black and white window. Am I doing something obviously wrong? Thanks. You need to specify "-display machost:0.2" to get a rootless color window or "-display machost:0.3" for a rooted color window, where "machost" is the IP host name or address of your Mac.. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy
fogel@herald.usask.ca (Earl Fogel) (10/19/90)
In article <50433@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> rosenblg@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Gary J. Rosenblum) writes: > A simple question - how can I get the windows to show up in >color on my Mac IIcx? I have a unix host xyz, and say >xterm -bd red -bg blue -fg purple <and so on>, but all I get is a >black and white window. Am I doing something obviously wrong? Thanks. > You have to tell X to use color when you start it. That is, in /usr/bin/X11/X11 add the options -screen 0 and -depth 0 to the call to xinit, ie.: xinit xterm -geometry 60x8+0+0 -sb -fn 6x10 -T "console" -e $X11START \ -- XmacII -screen 0 -depth 8 -logo -v $* >> $DEBUGLOG 2>&1 Since I don't use color all the time, I left the original file alone, and did this to a copy. When I want color I use X11c, and when I don't I use X11. Earl Fogel (fogel@sask.usask.ca) Computing Services University of Saskatchewan Canada -- -- Earl Fogel (fogel@sask.usask.ca)