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- From: lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.pex
- Subject: Re: PEXtk 1.0 Test Programs
- Message-ID: <5855@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 14:03:43 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.132131.9585@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
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- Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.
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- In article <1992Aug20.132131.9585@uoft02.utoledo.edu> evaleros@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Elsa S. Valeroso) writes:
-
- > I have just compiled PEXtk Version 1.0 based on DEC Contrib PEXlib 5.0
- > on one of our Sun SPARC station IPCs. I ftp'd the source code and the
- > library from export.lcs.
-
- > My question is: "When I execute any of the test programs, shouldn't the
- > workstation be clear of any previous images drawn by a previous test
- > program?
- > [...]
- > current one. It seems that the problem lies in the double-buffering.
- > Test programs which do not use double buffering seem to be working
- > fine.
-
- Depends on the PEX server you are using. I believe that SunPHIGS2.0
- only supports double buffering on graphics accelerators that have it
- in hardware. ie, not IPCs, you need a SPARC2 with GS or GT
- accelerator.
-
- The SunPEX server extension is based on the PEX SI although with
- optimisations for their various accelerators. I guess (we have yet to
- get our hands on the Sun PEX server) that they will use the same logic
- as with Sun PHIGS - support double buffering only on their better
- graphics accelerators.
-
- If you are using the PEX consortium SI, well that does not support
- double buffering or HLHSR *at all*. It is a code sample; designed to
- be read as much as run.
-
- So your diagnosis seems completely correct - programs that use double
- buffering will fail. You have not done anything wrong, this is the
- expected behaviour.
-
- --
- Chris Lilley
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