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This board is supported by Amix, during install reply ' | This board is supported by Amix, during install reply ' | ||
- | Then use olinit | + | Following commands are from the "UNIX System V Release 4 Amiga Version 2.0 Addendum" |
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+ | For 1024x768 mode: **olinit | ||
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+ | For 800x600 mode: **olinit -- -tiga -tm 3** | ||
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+ | The A2410 is also emulated by WinUAE. | ||
==== What else is there? ==== | ==== What else is there? ==== | ||
- | With the use of drivers from the **Gateway UNIX CD**, certain other graphics cards are supported which may be easier to find (see the hardware page or the readme in the archive for a complete list). Among them is the Picasso II/ | + | With the use of drivers from the [[http:// |
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+ | Some history ([[http:// | ||
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+ | Klaus currently works at Village Tronic, at was, is and will be responsible for the hardware design of the graphic boards | ||
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+ | Since long his hobby was AMIX. Having an A2000 with a GVP Series II SCSI adaptor, he wrote support for this adaptor for AMIX. | ||
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+ | Also, he wrote about a dozen of very sophisticated X Servers for several graphic boards. Having intented to release this stuff for years, he finally found a place to distribute it on the Gateway! Vol. 2. | ||
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This has only been tested with a Picasso II+ board using a fully patched 2.1p2a installation. Other supported boards should use the same or very similar procedure. | This has only been tested with a Picasso II+ board using a fully patched 2.1p2a installation. Other supported boards should use the same or very similar procedure. | ||
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3. Run olinit and xinit to make sure they are set up on your machine and working. You should be able to bring up the hideous black and white display. Do this also for other user accounts that you wish to be able to use X later (or copy the config files into that user's home directory later). | 3. Run olinit and xinit to make sure they are set up on your machine and working. You should be able to bring up the hideous black and white display. Do this also for other user accounts that you wish to be able to use X later (or copy the config files into that user's home directory later). | ||
- | 4. Download the SVGA Drivers, uncompress them using bzcat AMIX.tar.bz2 | tar -xf - and gunzip the file X11R5_bin.tar.gz using gzip -d X11R5_bin.tar.gz to end up with a file named X11R5_bin.tar. Write this file to an empty tape on your A3070, don't forget to retension/ | + | 4. Download the [[http:// |
5. Copy the file install.svga from the drivers archive to the AMIX machine (put it in your home directory or /tmp) and run it: sh install.svga You can use an MS-DOS formatted 720k floppy to copy the file. On AMIX insert the disk and execute the command mcopy A: | 5. Copy the file install.svga from the drivers archive to the AMIX machine (put it in your home directory or /tmp) and run it: sh install.svga You can use an MS-DOS formatted 720k floppy to copy the file. On AMIX insert the disk and execute the command mcopy A: | ||
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====== X11R5 and OpenLook ====== | ====== X11R5 and OpenLook ====== | ||
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+ | OpenLook is a graphical user interface for Unix systems. Originally developed by AT&T and Sun Microsystems in the late 1980' | ||
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+ | <figure label> | ||
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Thanks to **mackbw** for describing the fix in [[http:// | Thanks to **mackbw** for describing the fix in [[http:// | ||
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Make sure all the user accounts have path statement correctly set (step 8 above) and that the XsvgaConfig is in every user's home directory. | Make sure all the user accounts have path statement correctly set (step 8 above) and that the XsvgaConfig is in every user's home directory. | ||
- | To change the desktop manager from tvtwm to OpenLook, change your profile' | + | To change the desktop manager from tvtwm to OpenLook, change your profile' |
- comment out or delete **tvtwm &** | - comment out or delete **tvtwm &** | ||
- add **xset fp+ / | - add **xset fp+ / | ||
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Now xinit will bring up the OpenLook desktop. Go to Workspace / Properties / Color and select a color combination. For the color selection window to fit the screen, you'll need a resolution of at least 1024x768. Or use the shortcut key A to Apply the selection. | Now xinit will bring up the OpenLook desktop. Go to Workspace / Properties / Color and select a color combination. For the color selection window to fit the screen, you'll need a resolution of at least 1024x768. Or use the shortcut key A to Apply the selection. | ||
- | OpenLook Color Selection screen with " | + | <figure label> |
- | {{: | + | {{: |
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