Does StereoView run under 3.3 ? (Re: VGX and setmonitor(3g))

doelz at urz.unibas.ch doelz at urz.unibas.ch
Mon Aug 20 04:16:28 AEST 1990


In article <1990Aug17.232808.9319 at odin.corp.sgi.com>, kurt at cashew.asd.sgi.com (Kurt Akeley) writes:
> In article <9008020229.AA22321 at chem.chem.ucsd.edu>, sdempsey at UCSD.EDU
> (Steve Dempsey) writes:
> |> system: 4D/340VGX
> |> OS:	IRIX 3.3

ours is a 4D/120 GTX running 3.3 

> |> 
> |> 1. Will this bug be fixed in the real 3.3 (3.3.1) IRIX release that's
> |>    supposed to arrive any day now?
> 
> Yes!  This bug is corrected in the 3.3.1 release.
> 
> |> 
> |> 2. Is it known when it's 'safe' to call setmonitor on VGX machines?
> 
> While running 3.3.0 it is safe only when no other program is actually doing
> graphics.  Since this is hard to insure, it really is never safe.
> 


Our SGI people here try to make stereoView run on a 120 running 3.3. 
Does this posting mean that StereoView doesn't run on 3.3 ? 

Rgds
Reinhard



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