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Craig Dewick (cdewick@lios.apana.org.au) wrote:
> You're probably right that the R6.3 Xserver code doesn't know about any of
> Sun's PCI framebuffers. The only framebuffers I know that are supported on
> recent-model Sparcstations are the cg3's, cg6's (aka GX, GX+, TGX and TGX+),
> and the TCX frame buffer found on SS-10's.

The TCX is only found in the onboard video of the SS4, and the 24-bit AFX
bus card for the SS5.  AFAIK, stock MIT X11 only supports it in 8-bit mode
and unaccelerated (ala the cg3).

You missed a still-useful framebuffer, the bw2.  Sure, it's mono, but since
the cards & monitors can be had for the price of a six-pack of beer, there
are a lot of them in use by hobbyists.

> There's no working 24-bit framebuffer support either, so Xsun24 won't work
> with any current 24-bit framebuffers. For example, to use the 24-bit SX
> framebuffers in SS-20's, you've got to use Sun's Xserver.

There is some alpha-quality (IMHO) support for the SX floating around.  It's
not accelerated though.

> When I upgrade to SunOS 5.6 in the next few weeks I'll still not use
> OpenWindows per-se, but I will use Sun's X libraries and Xserver since they
> are now R6-based, so nearly all my existing X applications will be easy to
> get working again.

By this I'm sure you mean that you won't use OpenLook, right?  OpenWindows
_is_ the Xserver and libraries.  What window manager you use is up to you.

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