From: Tom Flynn (flynnt++at++engr.sgi.com)
Date: 01/28/2002 17:17:48
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, [iso-8859-1] Etienne Pétremand wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> We have already submitted exactly this problem in our mail from June 20,
> 2000. If this is a bug in the flt loader, how îs it possible that this has
> not been repaired since this date? Presently we run performer 2.5 and this
> problem still exists. Perhaps you can comment on this.
Digging back...I see your email, we'll have another look into to see what
the problem was.
-tom
> Etienne
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Tom Flynn <flynnt++at++cthulhu.engr.sgi.com>
> À : Jason Daly <jdaly++at++ist.ucf.edu>
> Cc : Tomlinson, Gordon <GORDON.TOMLINSON++at++ca.com>; info-performer++at++sgi.com
> <info-performer++at++sgi.com>
> Date : jeudi, 24. janvier 2002 23:20
> Objet : RE: Performer 2.5 query
>
>
> >On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Jason Daly wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Tomlinson, Gordon wrote:
> >>
> >> > HI
> >> >
> >> > Its an SGI - PC Problem, the hardware uses different gamma values.
> >> >
> >> > If you take SGI as having a gamma of 1.o then PC's gamma is about 1.5-7
> >
> >actually, you'll notice the SGI is probably set at 1.7 (type: gamma) and
> >the PC is set to 1.0 (type: xgamma). You can change the setting on the PC
> >by either using xgamma (man xgamma) or adding the setting to your
> >XF86Config (man XF86Config).
> >
> >> I've notice the gamma discrepancy as well, but the problems we were
> having
> >> went way beyond that. We had a model of a person wearing a yellow
> hazardous
> >> materials suit with a black helmet. On the SGIs it looked correct, on
> the
> >> PC the suit was black and the helmet was lavender. Another example is
> >> an orange traffic cone that was being rendered completely black.
> >>
> >> We worked around the problem by turning off Gouraud shading in MultiGen.
> >
> >Those problems sound like bugs in the .flt loader.
> >
> >-tom
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> > and also because of their thick coat."
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