AIX 1.3 Multi-Head Support
IX44820 X11R5 multi-head support and S3 SVGA 1024x768x256 color support.
Multi-Head Support For X-Server
The new AIX PS/2 X Windows and
Motif supports multiple display adapters (multi-head) with seamless movement
of mouse across displays. Currently the X-server can support up to 8 display
adapters, though more than one instance of the same adapter is possible
for XGA only (by hardware design). All other adapters (VGA, 8514/A, Image
Adapter) can only have one instance in the system. It is possible to have
up to 8 instances of XGA in the system.
The multi-head support is only supported on the
PS/2 (MC bus) only, and is not available on the ISA bus. This is because
of the lack of multiple video card support on the ISA bus.
X-server Options for multi-head support
-all
Runs the Xserver on all available displays. (Doesn't include planar
VGA, if available.)
e.g
xinit
-all
-allp
Runs Xserver on all available displays, and planar VGA on systems like
the model 80.
e.g
xinit -allp
-P<r><c> <display no> {/vga} | <display name> {/vga}
( words enclosed by {}
are optional)
This option is used for specific placement of displays.
The utility (see defect 531) lsdisp,
displays the displays cards attached to the system with a display number
and the name of the display. The numbers <r>
and <c>
denotes the element in the placement matrix where the display will be placed
for the sake of cursor movement. for example a matrix of 4 displays can
be specified with the following row and column numbers.
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| 11 | 12 |
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| 21 | 22 |
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This means the cursor can have a seamless movement
from
11 to 12, 11 to 21
12 to 11, 12 to 22
21 to 11, 21 to 22
22 to 12, 22 to 21.
-wrap option, four-directional
movement without any bound
-wrapy / -wrapx
vertical/horizontal movement without any bound
When using the /vga
option with the display number or the display name, the display can be
run in 640x480 16-color VGA mode.
e.g
For instance, if there are two display cards
installed, an XGA and a 8514/A, with XGA as display number 1 and the 8514
as display number 2, X can be run as follows:
xinit -P11 1 -P12 2
or
xinit -P11 xga -P12 8514
or
xinit -P11 xga -P12 8514/vga
This will run the 8514 in VGA mode and the XGA in
XGA mode.
Note: only one
instance of VGA can be specified.
Note:
To get multiple XGA adapters to work, the last XGA adapter on the system
should have its 1 MB VRAM aperture disabled. This can be done using the
reference diskette. If the 1 MB VRAM aperture is disabled to run X in XGA
mode, the system will try to use the 4 MB VRAM aperture. Using the 4 MB
VRAM aperture is only possible when the adapter is plugged into the 32-bit
slot. There are only 3 such slots on the model 80. Therefore, it is possible
to have a VGA and up to 3 XGA or XGA-2 adapters on a model 80. (The last
card is determined by the adapter slot number and the adapter order shown
when the configuration is viewed with the reference diskette.)
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