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Contents
SGI Electronic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Power-on Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Example 1: A Successful Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Example 2: An Unsuccessful Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
XF86Config File Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Configuring a System for Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Example “Device”Section for Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sample Stereo Mode Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Example “Monitor”Section for Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Example “Screen”Section for Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Configuring a System for Full Scene Anti-Aliasing . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Example “Device”Section for Full Scene Anti-Aliasing . . . . . . . . . 126
Configuring a System for Dual-Channel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Example “Device”Section for Dual Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Enabling Overlay Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Example “Device”Section to Enable Overlay Planes. . . . . . . . . . 129
Configuring a System for External Genlock or Framelock . . . . . . . . . 130
Configuring Monitor Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Example “ServerLayout”Section for Four Monitors in a Line . . . . . . . 132
Example “ServerLayout”Section for Four Monitors in a Square . . . . . . 133
Configuring Monitor Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Example “Device”Section for Use With Two Analog Monitors. . . . . . . 134
Configuring a System for Multiple Xservers (ProPack™3, Service Pack 4 or later) . . 135
Identifying Event Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Creating a Multi-Seat XF86Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Example “ServerLayout”Sections for Three Xservers . . . . . . . . . 141
Pointing X to the New XF86Config.Nserver File . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Example /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf Servers Section for Three Xservers . . . . 143
Configuring a System for Multiple Xservers (ProPack 4, Service Pack 2 or Later) . . . 144
Identifying Keyboards and Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Creating a Multi-Seat XF86Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146