Platform Notes: SMCC Frame Buffers contains important information on configuration options for the various frame buffers. The frame buffer devices described in this document are:
This book is intended for use by anyone who needs to configure one of the described frame buffers or graphics accelerators to meet specific video or graphics requirements.
Section 1, "TurboGXplus Frame Buffer," describes how to configure a system using a TurboGXplus card to suit different screen resolutions and to support multiple monitors.
Section 2, "S24 Frame Buffer," describes the S24 Frame Buffer hardware options.
Section 3, "ZX and TurboZX Graphics Accelerator," describes how to change ZX and TurboZX Graphics Accelerator screen resolution to work properly with different monitors.
Section 4, "SX Frame Buffer," describes how to change the display resolution on the SX Frame Buffer (cgfourteen).
Section 5, "FFB Graphics Accelerator," describes a UNIX® shell-based utility that can be used to select configuration options for the FFB Graphics Accelerator, the attached monitor, and the associated X11 screen.
Section 6, "Multiple Monitors on a System," describes how to use multiple monitors on a SPARCstation system.
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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AaBbCc123 The names of commands, Edit your .login file.
files, and directories;
on-screen computer output Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted machine_name% su
with on-screen computer
output Password:
AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder: To delete a file, type rm filename.
replace with a real name or
value
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.
terms, or words to be These are called class options.
emphasized
You must be root to do this.
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The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
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Shell Prompt --------------------------------------------
C shell prompt machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell #
superuser prompt
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