Specifications

System Requirements

SPECTRUM Software Release Notes Page 23

Conﬁguring a 24-bit Color Card

To allow your Sun workstation to display more colors with the windowing

manager, be certain your 24-bit color card has been conﬁgured to do so. If

you purchase a 24-bit color card, be certain to follow all installation

instructions in the manual that comes with the card. You must ﬁrst

determine if your workstation has a 24-bit frame buffer. Complete the

following steps to determine this:

1 Become root.

2 Type the command: prtconf -F

This command returns your actual frame buffer device. If it contains

any of the following, it is an 8-bit frame buffer:

cgfour cgthree cgsix

If it contains any of the following, it is a 24-bit frame buffer and you

can continue with the rest of these instructions:

afb cgeight ffb gfxp tcx

If it contains the following, it is a 8/24 bit frame buffer that is

conﬁgured, by default, for 8-bit operation:

m64

If you see m64, you must perform the following before going on to the

next step:

Note:

A 24-bit color card is required for SPECTRUM. This allows more

colors to be displayed.