From: mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:36 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: DS10 ... Video Resolution

In article <FnxHDD.7sw@spcuna.spc.edu>, Terry Kennedy <terry@gate.tmk.com> writes:
>moi_is_me <moi_is_me@my-deja.com> writes:
>>   Having used Netscape on my DS10 (7.2-1), and seen how poor the
>>   image details are, i have been trying to find how to increase
>>   the screen resolution. Upon investigation, it would seem i need
>>   to modify ...
>>   DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM
>
>  It didn't work for me.
>

Wrong place.  Here's a diff of what I did:

$ diff DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM ;1
************
File SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM;3
   49   $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth  8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8
   50   $! DRM 27-OCT-1999, gmode = 5 because 6th entry and index starts at 0
   51   $ gmode = 5
   52   $! define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth  24,24,24,24,24,8,8,8
   53   $ !
******
File SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM;1
   49   $ ! define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth  8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8
   50   $ !
************
************
File SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM;3
   74   $! decw$xsize_in_pixels == f$element(0, ",", xsizes)
   75   $! decw$ysize_in_pixels == f$element(0, ",", ysizes)
   76   $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == f$element(gmode, ",", xsizes)
   77   $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == f$element(gmode, ",", ysizes)
   78   $ decw$virtual_pages   == 400000
******
File SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM;1
   71   $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == f$element(0, ",", xsizes)
   72   $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == f$element(0, ",", ysizes)
   73   $ decw$virtual_pages   == 400000
************

Number of difference sections found: 2
Number of difference records found: 8

DIFFERENCES /IGNORE=()/MERGED=1-
    SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM;3-
    SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GZ.COM;1

Restart the server to get it to take effect.

These changes give me 1280 x 1024 x 8bit and an easy mechanism
to switch it (gmode).  

Why not 24 bits?  

BECAUSE DECTERMS ON AN ELSA/DS10 ARE UNUSABLY SLOW LIKE THAT! 

I wonder if one of those ultra-expensive Powerstorm cards will let you scroll
through a long file better than an Elsa?  If not, gonna be some really *pissed*
"high end 3D" owners (to join the legion of *pissed* Elsa owners.)

Regards,

David Mathog
mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu
Manager, sequence analysis facility, biology division, Caltech 
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