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 , Terry Kennedy writes: >moi_is_me 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 ************************************************************************** * RIP VMS * **************************************************************************