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- From: djn@csc.liv.ac.uk (David Nixon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Colour X display corrupted by console writes on HP 710
- Keywords: console
- Message-ID: <BtJB7y.IF8@csc.liv.ac.uk>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 10:16:45 GMT
- Sender: news@csc.liv.ac.uk (News Eater)
- Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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- I have come across an annoying feature of the X display on our
- new HP 710 colour work-stations: Programs which send messages to the console
- device, such as the accounting system, overwrite the X display . This is not
- the case with our HP 720 grey-scale work-stations.
-
- According to the HP documentation the frame buffer device driver for colour
- and grey-scale devices is nearly identical. Also the X server display can be
- switched between the two banks of memory of the physical frame buffer.
-
- Can anyone explain the differences between the framebuffer hardware on HP 710s
- and 720s that may account for the differing behaviour ?
-
- Summary: X login screens, such as those created by VUE or Xdm can be messed
- up by running standard system accounting software on HP 710s under HP-UX 8-07.
-
- Thanks in advance for any knowledgeable replies,
-
- David Nixon --- d.j.nixon%csc.liv.ac.uk -
-