ZLXp-L1 Graphics adapter/Open3D problems

From: Bo Mikkelsen <bom_at_biobase.dk>
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:10:48 +0200

Dear OSF managers.

On an AlphaStation 200 4/233 (32 Mb RAM) running DU 3.2D I have
experienced a series of problems since I 'upgraded' my Graphics adapter
from a ZLXp-E1 to ZLXp-L1. This upgrade also required the installation
of Open3D 3.1 (at that stage I was running DU 3.2). Upgrading DU to 3.2D
and Open3D to first ver. 3.2 and then ver. 3.3 hasn't solved the
problems:

1. Netscape produces a large number of X errors of the following type:

netscape: X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources
for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 53 (X_CreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request: 47634
  Current serial number in output stream: 47690

netscape: X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or
Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request: 70 (X_PolyFillRectangle)
  Resource id in failed request: 0x24006ba
  Serial number of failed request: 47635
  Current serial number in output stream: 47690

... and BadPixmap etc. ......

   The program does work however - except that some java-applets
   apparently make it spin (I loose control and the process 'eats'
   as much CPU as it can get away with). At a few occasions the
   computer itself freezes completely so that I cannot even access
   it via telnet from another machine.

2. Mpeg-play (and other mpg players) starts up but exits again right
   away with the following message:

X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request: 128 (MIT-SHM)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage)
  Serial number of failed request: 401
  Current serial number in output stream: 402

3. Another X application, hovergen, doesn't even get displayed (no
   error messages)

4. Plus a few other oddities possibly relating to colormap problems??

BTW: none of the above mentioned problems are encountered when the
AlphaStation is equipped with the ZLXp-E1 adapter, and running DU 3.2D
AND Open3D 3.2.

Have any of you people experienced similar things and found a solution?
DEC (Denmark) has tried to help out with the ver. 3.3 of Open3D which
didn't help as already mentioned.

Thanx already!

                           and have a nice day

                                          Bo

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Received on Thu May 30 1996 - 13:40:22 NZST

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