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- From: rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk (Richard Lloyd)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: 700RX problems (fonts and graphics memory)
- Message-ID: <BtwqA6.5Et@csc.liv.ac.uk>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 16:10:53 GMT
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- Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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- We've got about three dozen colour X terminals (700RX) and have been running
- into several problems with them that appear to be related to graphics memory.
- I think (!) we have 4MB of memory, but don't quote me on that :-) Here's a list
- of problems with the 700RX's:
-
- 1. Do X terminal fonts HAVE to reside on the system disk on the machine the
- 700RX downloads them from ? We tried to set up an NFS directory with X
- terminal fonts in it that were needed by some of our X programs and tftp
- seemed to ignore them :-( At the moment, we've set up a local directory
- (/usr/lib/X11/700X/fonts/local) and are maintaining it via rdist across
- all our servers.
-
- 2. Do other sites have SERIOUS problems with 700RX terminals frequently coming
- up with "Insufficient memory for graphics operation" and occasional spec-
- tacular X terminal crashes because of this ? It happens more frequently if
- you load a large GIF picture onto the background and then try and run an
- X application afterwards. Ghostview in particular seems to crash on a
- regular basis (try Magstep 4). I think that 4MB RAM just isn't enough for
- medium-to-heavy duty use.
-
- 3. Anyone else noticed that /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt and /usr/lib/X11/700X/rgb.txt
- are *different* ??
-
- 4. How come if I do an xlsfonts | grep iso8859-1^ on an X terminal, I get
- nothing ? A lot of applications use iso8859-1 at the end of the font name
- and you have to change them to hp-roman8 to get them to work :-(
-
- 5. Anyone know of a cheap third-party vendor of 700RX expansion memory ?
-
- Richard K. Lloyd,
- Computer Science Dept., JANET : rkl@uk.ac.liverpool.compsci
- Liverpool University, Internet : rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk
- Merseyside, England, Q: "What's the world's fastest home micro ?"
- Great Britain. A: "The Archimedes A3000. 4 MIPS for under 800 pounds."
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