| idl, color and exceed xserver? [message #28978] |
Fri, 25 January 2002 10:58  |
mmiller3
Messages: 81
Registered: January 2002
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I'm using exceed to connect to unix machines from a windows 2000
machine. There is a particular application that I can use when I
log in at the unix (HP-US in this case) console. When I connect
from a windows 2000 machine and use exceed and hwm (exceed's
window manager) to display on my screen, I often get errors
related to color maps. Is there anyone out there in IDL land who
has used exceed and can suggest some exceed configuration options
that might help idl tolerate it better?
Mike
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| Re: idl, color and exceed xserver? [message #29046 is a reply to message #28978] |
Tue, 29 January 2002 07:11  |
Liam E. Gumley
Messages: 378
Registered: January 2000
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"Michael A. Miller" wrote:
> I'm using exceed to connect to unix machines from a windows 2000
> machine. There is a particular application that I can use when I
> log in at the unix (HP-US in this case) console. When I connect
> from a windows 2000 machine and use exceed and hwm (exceed's
> window manager) to display on my screen, I often get errors
> related to color maps. Is there anyone out there in IDL land who
> has used exceed and can suggest some exceed configuration options
> that might help idl tolerate it better?
I use Exceed 6.2 routinely on my Windows NT PC to run IDL sessions on an
SGI. However I do *not* use "HWM". I just open a shell on the SGI, e.g.
% setenv DISPLAY mypc:0
% xterm -fn 9x15 -fg gray -bg navy &
My PC desktop is configured for "True Color", and I use the following
IDL startup file on the SGI:
if !version.os_family eq 'unix' then device, true_color=24
window, /free, /pixmap, colors=-10
wdelete, !d.window
device, decomposed=0, retain=2, set_character_size=[10, 12]
device, get_visual_depth=depth
print, 'Display depth: ', depth
print, 'Color table size: ', !d.table_size
I don't have any problems with this setup. The only change I made to the
Exceed configuration was to allow the window focus to change with
pointer motion.
Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/
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| Re: idl, color and exceed xserver? [message #29052 is a reply to message #28978] |
Tue, 29 January 2002 01:33 |
Nigel Wade
Messages: 286
Registered: March 1998
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Michael A. Miller wrote:
> I'm using exceed to connect to unix machines from a windows 2000
> machine. There is a particular application that I can use when I
> log in at the unix (HP-US in this case) console. When I connect
> from a windows 2000 machine and use exceed and hwm (exceed's
> window manager) to display on my screen, I often get errors
> related to color maps. Is there anyone out there in IDL land who
> has used exceed and can suggest some exceed configuration options
> that might help idl tolerate it better?
>
> Mike
We use eXceed under W2K and I'm far from happy with it. You've presumably
got around their wonderful requirement of needing Administrator privilege
to run Exceed.
But that's another story...
What screen colour depth do you have your PC display set to, and what are
the errors you are getting in relation to colour maps? IDL requires either
an 8 bit PsuedoColor or 24 bit TrueColor X visual (although I've heard
rumours that 5.5 supports 16 bit colour). What does the command xdpyinfo
tell you about the X display?
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Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk
Phone : +44 (0)116 2523568, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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| Re: idl, color and exceed xserver? [message #29096 is a reply to message #29052] |
Thu, 31 January 2002 11:20 |
Rick Towler
Messages: 821
Registered: August 1998
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I have had many of these same problems with Exceed. We now use WebTermX by
Powerlan USA, Inc. which after working out the details works great for us.
It can run the server at a bit depth independent of your windows desktop
depth which makes managing color issue easier. Since we're part of a big
.edu domain we run an win32 ssh client for a terminal and allow the X-server
to handle everything else.
All in all it works quite well. If you decide to try it out, feel free to
contact me. I can pass along the details of our configuration since we
don't follow their usual setup.
-Rick
"Nigel Wade" <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:a35q8g$kuf5$1@rook.le.ac.uk...
> Michael A. Miller wrote:
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>> I'm using exceed to connect to unix machines from a windows 2000
>> machine. There is a particular application that I can use when I
>> log in at the unix (HP-US in this case) console. When I connect
>> from a windows 2000 machine and use exceed and hwm (exceed's
>> window manager) to display on my screen, I often get errors
>> related to color maps. Is there anyone out there in IDL land who
>> has used exceed and can suggest some exceed configuration options
>> that might help idl tolerate it better?
>>
>> Mike
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> We use eXceed under W2K and I'm far from happy with it. You've presumably
> got around their wonderful requirement of needing Administrator privilege
> to run Exceed.
> But that's another story...
>
> What screen colour depth do you have your PC display set to, and what are
> the errors you are getting in relation to colour maps? IDL requires either
> an 8 bit PsuedoColor or 24 bit TrueColor X visual (although I've heard
> rumours that 5.5 supports 16 bit colour). What does the command xdpyinfo
> tell you about the X display?
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
> University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
> E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk
> Phone : +44 (0)116 2523568, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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| Re: idl, color and exceed xserver? [message #29106 is a reply to message #28978] |
Thu, 31 January 2002 02:44 |
Jaco van Gorkom
Messages: 97
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"Jonathan Joseph" <jj21@cornell.edu> wrote in message
news:3C584CA7.B49AB6F2@cornell.edu...
> I am using exceed (7.0) on a Win2k machine and running IDL from a
> Solaris 8 box. It works OK mostly, except if I try to bring up the IDL
> online help, it crashes exceed session!!! Rather annoying. Has anyone
> seen (or solved) that problem?
In the same configuration, using Solaris 7, I have no problems. Except
that the IDL help needs a click in the window after scrolling, to fill in
the white space.
From NT with an older Exceed I have had problems with fonts in the help.
My favourite workaround is just installing the windows IDL help file on
the PC.
Jaco
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| Re: idl, color and exceed xserver? [message #29114 is a reply to message #28978] |
Wed, 30 January 2002 11:42 |
Jonathan Joseph
Messages: 69
Registered: September 1998
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I am using exceed (7.0) on a Win2k machine and running IDL from a
Solaris 8 box. It works OK mostly, except if I try to bring up the IDL
online help, it crashes exceed session!!! Rather annoying. Has anyone
seen (or solved) that problem?
-Jonathan
"Michael A. Miller" wrote:
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> I'm using exceed to connect to unix machines from a windows 2000
> machine. There is a particular application that I can use when I
> log in at the unix (HP-US in this case) console. When I connect
> from a windows 2000 machine and use exceed and hwm (exceed's
> window manager) to display on my screen, I often get errors
> related to color maps. Is there anyone out there in IDL land who
> has used exceed and can suggest some exceed configuration options
> that might help idl tolerate it better?
>
> Mike
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