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Using visual classes – Planar C3i/EX User Manual

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16 | Dome Display

board="dx2pci-2hd.xqa"
This line indicates that you are using a DX2 board (dx2pci) that
supports two heads (-2hd) and that the configuration of the board is
located in the board file dx2pci-2hd.xqa.

The board file is located in the directory /opt/DOMEdx2pci/boards.

Do not modify this file.

See the second code sample on

page 13

for configuration of

the second head.

Using visual classes

A visual class (or visual) is the X Window System™ terminology to
describe the characteristics of a display. X defines the visual classes
listed in this table.

Static classes do not support the use of a modifiable colormap, but
the corresponding dynamic classes do.

PseudoColor is a commonly used visual type. Some applications run
only on displays with a PseudoColor default visual class. When the
DX2 board is connected to a grayscale display, you can configure it
to emulate PseudoColor for applications by invoking the X Window
System with PseudoColor as the default visual class.

Static Class

Dynamic Class

• StaticGray

• GrayScale

• StaticColor

• PseudoColor

• TrueColor

• DirectColor

WARNING – Default visual class

When connected to grayscale panels, the Dome DX2 board has a
default visual class of GrayScale.

When connected to color panels such as the Dome E3c display,
the Dome DX2 board has a default visual class of PseudoColor.