Re: multi-channel performer setup using ircombine
Rémi Arnaud (remi++at++remi.asd.sgi.com)
Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:35:49 -0800 (PST)
Christopher R Volpe wrote:
>
> Hi-
> I am *trying* to use ircombine to do something useful on my onyx iR. I
> want a performer application I'm developing to be able to draw up to
> five channels in five viewports within a window, and have the physical
> displays mapped onto each of the viewports. At the moment, I have a DG
> with two outputs, so I'm just trying to set up the framebuffer for two
> channels. No matter what I do, ircombine complains about an integer
> parameter out of range (an X error). What I want to do is configure the
> framebuffer to have a size of 1280x480. Channels 0 and 1 should each
> have a size of 640x480 with 60Hz refresh rate, and channel 1 should have
> an x offset of 640. Basically, two VGA-resolution channels adjacent to
> each other in the framebuffer. The total resolution is smaller than the
> existing 1280x1024, so I don't think I'm asking for anything beyond the
> capabilities of the hardware. However, nothing that I have tried has
> worked. Anyone know what I am missing?
>
Selecting 640x480_60.vfo for channel 0 and channel 1, then moving the
origin to 640 for the channel 1 works perfectly.
What is the Xerror you have ? Do you run ircombine on IR ?
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