Re: [Closed REQ 5680]: Xgeomview DISPLAY from Sun to NeXT doesn't work

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> From: John Sullivan <sullivan>
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:58:26 -0600
> Message-Id: <199512141858.AA18347 at lie.geom.umn.edu>
> To: software
> Subject: Xgeomview DISPLAY from Sun to NeXT doesn't work
> 
> I'm sitting at a NeXT machine, rlogged into lie.geom, and
> tried to run geomview, hoping it would be displayed on $DISPLAY
> which is n4.math:0
> 
> Instead I got this message, so I'm following the directions:
> 
> lie[488]  geomview triply.gv
> X-Geomview currently supports only 24, 8, and 1 bit
>         deep displays.  No supported display depth was found.
>         Please mail the output of "xdpyinfo" to
>         software@geom.umn.edu
>                                                                                 lie[489]  xdpyinfo
> name of display:    128.101.154.234:0.0
> version number:    11.0
> vendor string:    MIT X Consortium
> vendor release number:    5000
> maximum request size:  262140 bytes
> motion buffer size:  0
> bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, MSBFirst, 32
> image byte order:    MSBFirst
> number of supported pixmap formats:    2
> supported pixmap formats:
>     depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
>     depth 2, bits_per_pixel 2, scanline_pad 32
> keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 103
> focus:  window 0x180000d, revert to PointerRoot
> number of extensions:    3
>     SHAPE
>     Multi-Buffering
>     MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
> default screen number:    0
> number of screens:    1
> 
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:    1120x832 pixels (309x229 millimeters)
>   resolution:    92x92 dots per inch
>   depths (2):    1, 2
>   root window id:    0x24
>   depth of root window:    2 planes
>   number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
>   default colormap:    0x22
>   default number of colormap cells:    4
>   preallocated pixels:    black 3, white 0
>   options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
>   current input event mask:    0xd0001d
>     KeyPressMask             ButtonPressMask          ButtonReleaseMask        
>     EnterWindowMask          SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask       
>     ColormapChangeMask       
>   number of visuals:    1
>   default visual id:  0x20
>   visual:
>     visual id:    0x20
>     class:    StaticGray
>     depth:    2 planes
>     size of colormap:    4 entries
>     red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
>     significant bits in color specification:    2 bits
>   number of mono multibuffer types:    1
>     visual id, max buffers, depth:    0x20, 0, 2
>   number of stereo multibuffer types:    0
> 
> 
> 


Hi John,

As you can see, the only depth supported is 2 planes, which Geomview
won't display in. That's why it doesn't work. You might try
looking through the config panels for your x-server and seeing if
there is a way to change the bit depth. There is definitely a way
to do this in the commercial version of X we use. One question, why
don't you use the native NextStep version?

-Daeron