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- From: fma@cci.dk (Flemming Madsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- Subject: OpenWindows without a framebuffer (& keyboard)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.135451.14359@cci.dk>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 13:54:51 GMT
- Sender: news@cci.dk
- Organization: CCI europe, Research and Development
- Lines: 35
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- Hello out there .. I am trying to set up a SparcII Server (not Station) as
- a soft rip, that will generate screen bitmaps of EPS files for use in fast
- page layout with EPS files. I have some problems however ...
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- Is it possible to start the OpenWindows on a cpu with just a tty connected.
- Ie. no framebuffer and no keyboard/mouse.
-
- I have seen the option -nodev in the complainings from xnews.
- This is not documented in the online manual !!??.
-
- Anyway - If I try the -nodev option to xnews(1), it seems to start OK,
- but the NeWS (PostScript) interpreter complains about the missing /framebuffer
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- If I have the framebuffer (cgsix in a SparcII Server) but no keyboard, xinit
- complains about the missing keyboard/mouse and exits.
-
- By the way if I have an X-server on say, a 1-bit B/W framebuffer, is it
- then possible to work with (unmanaged) windows of larger depth and/or windows
- with attached colormaps.
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- Are there any ways to configure yourself out of these problems.
-
- Any replies will be gratefully received on this newsgroup or the e-mail
- address below
-
-
- Thanks in advance.
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