1. How do I bring up one X Window session on two monitors?

Specify  both devices in the xinit command using the -dev option:

/usr/openwin/bin/xinit -- /usr/X11R5*/bin/Xtsi -dev /dev/gxtra0 -dev /dev/gxtra1

-or-

/usr/openwin/bin/openwin -dev /dev/gxtra0 -dev /dev/gxtra1

The main window will come up on the first device specified. When you  move the mouse off the right side of the screen, it will appear on the left edge of the second screen.

2. How do I make X Windows use a different keyboard?

Specify  the keyboard in the xinit command using the -kbd option:

/usr/openwin/bin/xinit -- /usr/X11R5*/bin/Xtsi -kbd /dev/gxtrakbd0

NOTE:  Openwin does not have a -kbd option.

3. How do I make X Windows use a different mouse?

Specify  the mouse in the xinit command using the -mouse option:/usr/openwin/bin/xinit -- /usr/X11R5*/bin/Xtsi -mouse /dev/gxtramouse0 NOTE: Openwin does not have a -mouse option.

4. How do I make X Windows use overlays?

Overlays are only available for GXTRA/3, GXTRA/3 Turbo, GXTRA/12, GXTRA/10, GXTRA/2000, and the Raptor series (1 and 2) cards. To activate them, specify the overlay as a separate device in the xinit command.

/usr/openwin/bin/xinit -- /usr/X11R5*/bin/Xtsi -dev /dev/gxtraovl0 -dev /dev/gxtra0

5. How do I find out what my graphics adapter devices are called?

Your devices are listed in the 'dmesg' command.

dmesg | grep gxtra

or

dmesg | grep raptor

In some  cases, this may not return anything even though everything  is installed properly. If this happens, you may need to check your /var/adm/messages file for the latest entry, or simply  try each /dev/gxtra# or /dev/fbs/raptor# device.

6. What are the zstra devices?

Each GXTRA card has its own keyboard port. The keyboard and mouse which are attached to this port are given zstra device numbers in  the following manner:

Frame  Buffer /dev/gxtra(N) /dev/gxtra0
Keyboard /dev/zstra(2N) /dev/zstra0
Mouse /dev/zstra(2N+1) /dev/zstra1

7. Why do I only get 53 columns at 640 by 480 resolution?

The GXTRA cards are fully programmable. That means that it must function  over any given resolution. The font that the GXTRA login uses is too big to display 80 columns on a 640 × 480 screen, so the driver changes to number of available columns to the most  it can display. In this case 53.

8. The GXTRA has 16 switch positions for video, how do I set  my own screen resolution parameters?

The GXTRA  card is fully programmable, but you only have 16 switch positions.  The last two switch positions on the card (E and F) are reprogrammable. Provided with the drivers is a program called 'newres'. You will find it in $TSIHOME/bin.There is also a man page available for it. With this program, you may change the settings for the last two switch positions. It is not recommended that you rewrite the flash often as it WILL wear out.

9. Why isn't reverse video working on the GXTRA monitor?

The GXTRA  driver will support the codes for 'wscons'. To initiate reverse video, use ESC[7m. To return to normal, use ESC[0m. Some other video cards may produce inverse video with ESC[1m, but GXTRA  devices require '7'.

11.  When I try to start OpenWindows from the GXTRA terminal, I  get a message saying "Cannot run OpenWindows from /dev/bd.off/bd.off/ttyC0".
 
A bogus entry was created by Solaris in the /dev directory. Remove the files /dev/term/a, /dev/term/b, and /dev/bd.off then do a reconfiguration boot. You can check this by typing "tty" at the GXTRA terminal.