NAME

Xsolbourne − Solbourne server for X Version 11

SYNOPSIS

Xsolbourne [ option ] ... 

DESCRIPTION

Xsolbourne is the server for Version 11 of the X window system on Solbourne hardware and Sun SBus based hardware.  It will normally be started by the xdm(1) daemon or by a script that runs the program xinit(1). 

CONFIGURATIONS

Xsolbourne supports both color and monochrome screens. 

If a specific framebuffer device file isn’t specified on the command line with the −dev switch, the server will look for the following framebuffers (the constype(1) program may be used to tell which type of display is attached as the console):

/dev/bwtwo∗
This monochrome display is available on all Solbourne and Sun platforms. Xsolbourne will support up to three monochrome displays.

/dev/sga2∗
These color displays are available on Solbourne Sbus platforms with one or more sga20 graphics accelerators.  Xsolbourne will support up to three sga20 cards.

/dev/cgtwo∗
This color display is available on Solbourne Series 4, 5, and 5e platforms with cg30 color graphics boards.  Xsolbourne will support up to four cg30 cards.

/dev/cgthree0
This color display is available on Sun SPARCstation platforms.

/dev/cgfour0
This display is discountinued, but was previously available on Solbourne Series 4, 5, and 5e platforms. It provides both color and monochrome screens (numbered 0 and 1, respectively) on the same monitor by toggling between them whenever the mouse goes off the left or right edges of the screen.

/dev/cgsix0
This color display is available on Sun SPARCstation platforms with the GX graphics accelerator (which is used by the server to make some operations faster).

Note that the server does not support Sun GS or GT graphics accelerators. 

OPTIONS

In addition to the normal server options described in the Xserver(1) manual page, Xsolbourne accepts the following command line switches:

−ar1 milliseconds
This option specifies amount of time in milliseconds before which a pressed key should begin to autorepeat.

−ar2 milliseconds
This option specifies the internal in milliseconds between autorepeats of pressed keys.

−zaphod
This option disables switching between screens by sliding the mouse off the left or right edges.  With this disabled, a window manager function must be used to switch between screens.

−debug This option indicates that the server is being run from a debugger, and that it should not put its standard input,  output and error files into non-blocking mode. 

−dev filename
This option specifies the name of the framebuffer device file to be used instead of the built-in defaults described above.

−numlock
This option allows the Num Lock key to function properly.  This is not the default due to problems caused with application key bindings.

USE WITH SUNWINDOWS OR NeWS

Xsolbourne cannot be run in on top of NeWSor suntools. 

ENVIRONMENT

XDEVICE
If present,  and if no explicit -dev options are given,  specifies the (colon separated) list of display devices to use. 

SEE ALSO

X(1), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1)

BUGS

The auto-configuration depends on there being appropriate special files in the /dev directory for the framebuffers which are to be used.  Extra entries can confuse the server.  For example,  the Series 4, 5, and 5e machines in fact have the hardware for a monochrome bwtwo0 framebuffer on the system board.  So if /dev has a special file for /dev/bwtwo0, the server will use it even though there is no monitor attached to the monochrome framebuffer. The server will appear to start but not to paint a cursor because the cursor is on the monochrome frame buffer.  The solution is to remove the /dev entries for any devices that don’t have a monitor attached. 

AUTHORS

Solbourne Computer, Inc. 
Mark A. Connell

X Version 11  —  Release 5