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From: ram@claude.umb.EDU (Robert Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xsun/cgsix0
Message-ID: <9003071752.AA00898@claude.>
Date: 7 Mar 90 17:52:34 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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I can not tell the difference between Xsun with and without the cgsix0
support and would like some advice on what may be happening (or even a
torture test that would tell me _if_ something is happening).

I have a SparcStation 1 with a graphics accelerator on it. I
recompiled Xsun by putting #define FBTYPE_SUNFAST_COLOR in sun.cf. I
remade clean, Makefiles, includes and the required libraries. Then I
did make in the server directory. I verified that the cgsix code is
actually compiled in. I did MAKEDEV cgsix and really have a cgsix0
node. 

I start the server with 

	xinit -- /usr/local/src/other/X11R4/mit/server/Xsun -dev /dev/cgsix0

and find no performance difference between that and starting the
vanilla server via xinit or starting the new one with /dev/fb (or
indeed, starting the vanilla server with no /dev/cgsix0 present).

Most of my impressions are formed from twm and xterm's.


What should I be looking for (at?)

Thanks
Bob Morris