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From: mao@blia.BLI.COM (Mike Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Color Sun implementation
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Date: 20 Jan 89 17:12:51 GMT
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Reply-To: mao@blia.UUCP (Mike Olson)
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regarding the problem of staring up Xsun on a cgfour0,
jeff turner (voder!pyramid!decwrl!sgi!daisy!turner) writes
> xinit -- Xsun -dev /dev/cgfour0

we've had the same problem here, and have wrapped xinit in a script:

	#!/bin/csh

	stty -tostop
	if ( -e /dev/cgfour0 )
		setenv XDEVICE /dev/cgfour0

	xinit ...

where ... is the set of args you pass to xinit, excluding the -dev stuff
in jeff's posting.  this script is useful from any machine; if you're on a
sun with a color monitor, then you'll use it.  otherwise, the server will
search for a display as normal.

i don't remember why we put the stty in.  something in R2 didn't work
without it.  i'm not brave enough to take it out, but you may not need it.

					mike olson
					britton lee, inc.
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