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− | As SGI hardware ages you are less and less likely to want to run your systems with the original graphics hardware especially if that hardware is only 8-bit or perhaps the hardware is a server (without graphics). This page will demonstrate how to get the most out of your SGI by running a full X session from another, better equipped, workstation. I'm using a SGI Indy as my example but most of this will apply to any class of older SGI computer with only minor variations in the setup. | + | As SGI hardware ages you are less and less likely to want to run your systems with the original graphics hardware especially if that hardware is only 8-bit or perhaps the hardware is a server (without graphics). This page will demonstrate how to get the most out of your SGI by running a full X session from another, better equipped, workstation. I'm using a [[SGI Indy]] as my example but most of this will apply to any class of older SGI computer with only minor variations in the setup. |
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| ==Step 1: Setting up the Indy== | | ==Step 1: Setting up the Indy== |
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| ==End Notes== | | ==End Notes== |
− | Using these methods I get a full 1280x1024/24-bit desktop from my old Indy with no visible delays in redrawing or moving. This is way more than the 8-bit video card could ever give me. It allows me to enjoy most of the benefits of IRIX without having yet another keyboard/mouse/monitor setup. I use the same solutions with my Sparc 20 and Ultra 5 hardware and anyone who has every had to run older Sun video cards can understand how having some modern hardware handling the video is a huge blessing. | + | Using these methods I get a full 1280x1024/24-bit desktop from my old Indy with no visible delays in redrawing or moving. This is way more than the 8-bit video card could ever give me. It allows me to enjoy most of the benefits of [[IRIX]] without having yet another keyboard/mouse/monitor setup. I use the same solutions with my Sparc 20 and Ultra 5 hardware and anyone who has every had to run older Sun video cards can understand how having some modern hardware handling the video is a huge blessing. |
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| And so was some other menus in other software. It was unusable and much worse than running without the fontserver. | | And so was some other menus in other software. It was unusable and much worse than running without the fontserver. |
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− | The alternative to using a remote fontserver on the IRIX box is to copy them to the Linux box so they are available locally. | + | The alternative to using a remote fontserver on the [[IRIX]] box is to copy them to the Linux box so they are available locally. |
| It took me few hours of "how-to" reading before I eventually was able to get it working. I though I share it here should someone else want to try the same. | | It took me few hours of "how-to" reading before I eventually was able to get it working. I though I share it here should someone else want to try the same. |
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| And now when I connect to IRIX computers with either X, Xnest or Xephyr the fonts displays correctly! | | And now when I connect to IRIX computers with either X, Xnest or Xephyr the fonts displays correctly! |
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− | See also the post by [http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16720614 Debug]
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| ==Links== | | ==Links== |