Sent this out almost a week ago, no responses... can anyone help me on
this? I'd really like to go back to 0.6x rather than start installing 0.5x
themes again...
--Nathan
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Nathan Clemons [SYS] wrote:
> Just got a VSIMM for my sparc 20 at work. For those not familiar with the
> sparc architecture, a VSIMM is an ingenious invention from
> Sun. :) Basically a sparc 20 (or a 10 SX) have the motherboard capability
> for onboard video. However, there is no actual graphics chip on the
> motherboard.
>
> Two of the memory banks have extra slots for connections beside them. A
> VSIMM is a (complex) stick of RAM that has an extended PCB with a graphics
> chip on it, extending down to connect into the extra slot. This connects
> the chip to the system, enabling the video port on the chassis, and gives
> a faster connection between the graphics "card" and the system
> memory. They come in 4M and 8M versions (maybe more, those are the two I
> know of).
>
> The nicest thing about the VSIMM is that it does 24bpp, which (outside of
> the UltraSparcs) is usually pretty expensive to get on a Sparc. So, I
> gleefully shut my system down, swapped out my CG6 (accelerated 8bpp
> graphics card) and dropped in the VSIMM.
>
> However, now I'm having a problem. :( I go to login using dtlogin like I
> have for the last year and a half (or so) and my apps specified in my
> .xinitrc start up. So does blackbox. But... blackbox never takes over. No
> windows have frames, the placement is off, the toolbar isn't there... it's
> as if blackbox wasn't even running. But it is. I can truss it (similar to
> strace under linux) and see activity when I move the mouse,
> etc. Eventually, it clears the screen of the Solaris logo and falls back
> upon a black background.
>
> This never happened when I was running under 8bpp. I tried going from
> 0.60.3 to 0.61.0, same problem. 0.60.2 and 0.60.1 have the same
> problem. Now here's where it really gets wierd: 0.51.3.1 doesn't. It works
> fine.
>
> Something REALLY wierd is happening, and I don't really know what else to
> do to try to track it down. I've been waiting for 24bpp for a while and am
> looking forward to getting this to work. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated; any information I can get to help, I will. I realize this is
> a bit vague, but I'm not seeing any messages in an rxvt X console that I
> start via .xinitrc, nor in /var/log/syslog or /var/adm/messages.
>
> --Nathan
>
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