Supported Screen Options; Hp Visualize-Fxe/5/10 Configuration Hints; Overlay Visuals And Overlay Transparency; Disabling The Glx Visuals - HP c3700 - Workstation Administration Manual

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hp Visualize- FXE, FX5 and FX10 device-dependent information
X (GLX). If necessary, the extra visuals can be disabled using the
DisableGLxVisuals screen option. See the "Disabling the GLX
Visuals" section for more information.

supported screen options

The following screen options are supported:
• CountTransparentInOverlayVisual
• ImageTextViaBitMap
• EnableIncludeInferiorsFix
• DisableGlxVisuals

hp VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10 configuration hints

overlay visuals and overlay transparency

HP VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10 devices have two visuals in the overlay
planes, both depth-8 PseudoColor. The first (default) overlay visual has
256 entries per colormap and no transparency. The second overlay visual
has 255 entries per colormap and supports transparency.
To allow applications to determine which visuals are in the overlay
planes, both overlay visuals are listed in the
SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS property attached to the root window.
The default overlay visual has a transparent type of "0" (None), while the
transparent overlay visual has a transparent type of "1"
(TransparentPixel).
If you need an overlay colormap that supports transparency, create the
colormap using the visual that has transparency in its
SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS property.

disabling the GLX visuals

The HP VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10 products support the OpenGL extension
to X (GLX). If HP OpenGL is installed on an HP VISUALIZE-FXE/5/10
system, then the GLX extension offers new entry points for obtaining
more information about X visuals. As part of offering extended visual
information, some extra X visuals appear in the X visual list. The extra
configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards)
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