Planar Dome C2 Reference Manual page 25

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Contents
Index
Regulatory Compliance
Product Information
Warranty
GETTING STARTED
About the Display
Package Contents
Identify Components
Position Display
Desk Stand Features
INSTALLING THE DISPLAY
Set DIP Switch
Install Display Controller
Connect Video and Power
Install Display Driver
Configure Display Settings
Configure Windowing
DPMS Screen Saver
Console Modification
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APPENDIXES
Troubleshooting
Specifications
Video Modes
Connector Ports
LED Status Lights
USB Connection
Using visual classes
A visual class (or visual) is the X Window System™ terminology to describe the
characteristics of a display. X defines the visual classes listed in this table.
Static Class Dynamic Class
• StaticGray • GrayScale
• StaticColor • PseudoColor
• TrueColor • DirectColor
Static classes do not support the use of a modifiable colormap, but the
corresponding dynamic classes do.
is a common visual type. Some applications run only on displays with
PseudoColor
a default visual class. When the DX board is connected to a grayscale
PseudoColor
display, you can configure it to emulate
the X Window System with
PseudoColor
To emulate a PseudoColor visual class
Start the X server using
PseudoColor
to the
defclass PseudoColor
For example, for a one-headed system using the DX board, type:
openwin -dev /dev/dxpci0.0 defclass PseudoColor
For a two-headed system using the DX board, type:
openwin -dev /dev/dxpci0.0 defclass PseudoColor \
-dev /dev/dxpci0.1 defclass PseudoColor
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for applications by invoking
PseudoColor
as the default visual class.
as the default visual class by adding
command and to the
openwin Xservers
Default visual class
When connected to grayscale displays,
the DX board has a default visual class
of GrayScale.
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