[rescue] SGI O2 Rescue

Kurt Huhn kurt at k-huhn.com
Fri Sep 12 12:40:51 CDT 2003


On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:24:30 -0500
"Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at celestrion.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:52:58AM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > [jp at celestrion:/usr/people/jp]$ cat /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
> > :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -nobitscale -depth 24 -class TrueColor \
> > -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white
> > 
> > (all one line, of course)
> 
> Of course, this will screw you up if you have applications that want
> the overlay planes.  Maya may run fine still with this change, but it
> will be faster without it, at least on Impact level machines.
> 
> So, try it if you have an O2 or need GNOME applications to work, be
> forewarned there are downsides.

I think I did this on my Octane to make the GNOME stuff work right. 
I'll have to check later today.  If this is the change I made on the
Octane, Maya PE still runs fine.

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