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diff --git a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/sun/constype.man b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/sun/constype.man new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f360825e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/sun/constype.man @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" $Xorg: constype.man,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:48:29 cpqbld Exp $ +.\" $XdotOrg: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/sun/constype.man,v 1.3 2005/09/28 17:07:55 alanc Exp $ +.\" $XFree86$ +.\" +.TH CONSTYPE 1 __xorgversion__ +.SH NAME +constype \- print type of Sun console +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "constype" +[ +.I device_name +] [ +.B \-num +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B constype +prints on the standard output the Sun code for the type of display +that the specified device is. +The types output include these: +.sp 2 +.in +0.5i +.nf +bw? Black and White, where ? is 1-4. (eg) 3-50s are bw2 +cg? Colour Graphics display, where ? is 1-6, 8, 12 +gp? Optional Graphics Processor board, where ? is 1-2 +ns? Not Sun display \(em where ? is A-J +.fi +.in -0.5i +.sp 2 +If the OS and device support the VIS_GETIDENTIFIER ioctl, the value +returned from the ioctl is the value printed by constype. Sample types +output for these include: +.sp 2 +.in +0.5i +.nf +SUNWffb Sun Creator 3D (ffb) Graphics Accelerator +SUNWm64 Sun PGX8, PGX24 or PGX64 Frame Buffer +SUNWtext Generic vgatext console for Solaris x86 graphics devices without specific kernel drivers +.fi +.in -0.5i +.sp 2 +This is useful in determining startup values and defaults for window +systems. +.LP +The +.I device_name +argument, if given, is the device to examine. +If not given, +.I /dev/fb +is used. +.LP +The +.B \-num +option causes +.I constype +to follow the type keyword with the numeric value of that type, +as returned by the FBIOGATTR or FBIOGTYPE ioctl and defined in fbio.h. +This is useful if the type is not recognized by the program. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The program exits with status 0 if it identified a known console type, +1 if the type was unknown, and 2 if the device could not be opened or +another error occurred. +.SH BUGS +Not tested on all frame buffer types +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR visual_io (7I) +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright 1988, SRI +.PP +Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its +documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided +that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that +copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting +documentation, and that the name of SRI not be used in advertising or +publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, +written prior permission. SRI makes no representations about the +suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" +without express or implied warranty. +.SH AUTHOR +Doug Moran <moran@ai.sri.com> |