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From: andreas@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Jim Andreas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: what is the Graphics Resours Manager ???
Message-ID: <101950116@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 12 Apr 90 21:57:08 GMT
References: <3106@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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Here is the man page from the HP-UX 7.0 release on the
grmd:

     GRMD(1M)		  Series 300 and 800 Only	      GRMD(1M)

     NAME
	  grmd - graphics resource manager daemon

     SYNOPSIS
	  grmd

     DESCRIPTION
	  The grmd program manages shared resources among  cooperating
	  X  Window  System  servers  and  Starbase  processes	or  HP
	  Windows/9000 processes.  The	grmd  receives	requests  from
	  these  client  programs, processes the requests, and returns
	  results to the clients.  The resources managed by  the  grmd
	  include  allocation  of objects from a shared memory segment
	  and from display frame buffer offscreen memory.

	  Grmd is  invoked  automatically  by  the  X  Window  System,
	  Starbase  processes,	and  HP  Windows/9000 processes.  When
	  invoked the grmd creates  a  shared  memory  segment	and  a
	  semaphore  during its initialization.  The grmd is installed
	  to run as user daemon so that it  may  reliably  remove  the
	  semaphore.

	  The grmd communicates with its clients  via  a  UNIX	domain
	  socket.   The  grmd  creates	the  socket  in  the directory
	  /usr/spool/sockets.

     FILES
	  /usr/spool/sockets	   directory created  to  contain  the
				   grmd and other UNIX domain sockets

     DEPENDENCIES
	  Implemented on the Series 300 and 800 only.

     AUTHOR
	  HP
				   - 1 -    Formatted:	April 12, 1990

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