SUMMARY: CDE

T.S.Ho (ho@darmstadt.gmd.de)
Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:41:18 +0200 (MET DST)

Hello,

Sorry for beeing late with this summary. THANKS VERY MUCH TO ALL WHO REPLIED.

My original question is here:
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Hello everyone,

I have a question about CDE :

Can CDE run on a Sparc with a parallax card ?

OpenWindows can run no problem on a machine with this card, but CDE ... ?

TIA,

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>From edz@bsn.com (Edward C. Zimmermann)

If you running Solaris 2.x then it should be fine...
Its the same thing: X11!
If it can run OpenWindows its running Xsun and CDE is just another window
management and lib...
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>From Anthony.Worrall@reading.ac.uk (Anthony Worrall)

Hi

I have a parallax working with CDE with out any problems. In fact I think it
is easier because the users do not have to do anything special to use it.
You just need to modify /etc/dt/config/Xservers to set the framebuffer.
(copy from /usr/dt/config if needed).

The last line should look something like

:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun -dev /dev/fbs/tvtwo0 -nominexp
-nobanner

For some reason the parallax install script links /dev/fb (the default
framebuffer) to the ccube jpeg-codec device! So you should use /dev/fb0
which links to /dev/fbs/tvtwo0. (The nominexp option is a workaround
for a problem of windows using the 8bit overlay).
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>From Dave Staggs <dstaggs@kcii.com>

>
> I have a question about CDE :
>
> Can CDE run on a Sparc with a parallax card ?
>
yes it can with little difficulty.

> OpenWindows can run no problem on a machine with this card, but CDE ... ?

if it is working with openwindows, it should with cde.

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>From Colleen Nielsen <colleen@parallax.com>

Hello,

Yes, definitely Parallax supports CDE. In our software installation
guide, it's described on page 11-12. We only support CDE on
Solaris 2.5, with our Solaris 2.5 software.

The file to edit is /usr/dt/config/Xservers; I have attached
the end of this file showing the different permutations; this file must
be edited for CDE to run properly.

# for an XVideo, 24-bit mode
# :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/X -dev
/dev/fbs/tvtwo0 defdepth 24

# for multiheaded with an XVideo and a cgsix
# :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/X -dev
/dev/fbs/tvtwo0 -dev /dev/fbs/cgsix0
# :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/X :0 -dev
/dev/fbs/tvtwo0 right -dev /dev/fbs/cgsix0 left

# for an XVideo, 8-bit mode
# :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/X -dev
/dev/fbs/tvtwo0

# POWERVIDEO in leftmost slot
# :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/X -dev
/dev/fbs/tvtwo1

# POWERVIDEO in rightmost slot
# :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/X -dev
/dev/fbs/tvtwo2

# the original line in the Xservers file
:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner
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