Re: dgl

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Allan Schaffer (allan)
Tue, 27 May 1997 10:27:54 -0700

On May 27, 4:29pm, Swapnil Shah wrote:
> this is not performer related question but general SGI platform Q.
> What is "dgl error : ........" ??

Which dgl error? You left out the important part.

DGL is the software that lets IRIS GL applications be displayed
remotely to other (SGI) systems. A server (dgld) sits on the system
the window will display to, collects encoded IRIS GL commands from
the net, and sends them to the graphics pipe.

If you're getting a DGL error it's probably one of four things:

  1. You're trying to remotely display an IRIS GL application to
      something other than an SGI workstation. That can not be
      done. That's why jot, showcase, etc. can't display on (for
      example) a Sun.

  2. xhost permissions aren't set right. As of IRIX 6.3, default
      xhost permission is "xhost -". In a shell on the display
      machine, do "xhost +". (Or "xhost +machine_displayed_from")

  3. X Authority is turned on. This can make DGL difficult. I
      don't remember offhand the workaround.

  4. Problem with /etc/services or /etc/inetd.conf on either
      system. Make sure the dgld line isn't commented out.

Allan

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