06-28-2001
I welcome a kicking if I am wrong but I think that the terms have become confused here.
You would think that the X 'server' would be the box running the X apps, wouldn't you? As in "file server". But this is not the case. An X server is a process which 'displays' X programs. Therefore the X server is the machine actually displaying the program.
Therefore the last post would stand to reason now that we have clarifies the terms. Of course you need a graphics card to run an X server, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see anything.
You do not need a graphics card to execute X programs however - so yes, the AIX box does not need a graphics card to execute the code - but the Sun box must in order to run the X server to display the output of the AIX box.
Very confusing!!
I think the confusion comes from applying client-server networking terminology to X. One instantly thinks " I'm connecting to the [AIX] box, therefore it is the X server ".
Hope this is clear(er)
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get_gfx_mode_list
get_gfx_mode_list(3alleg4) Allegro manual get_gfx_mode_list(3alleg4)
NAME
get_gfx_mode_list - Obtains a list of available video modes. Allegro game programming library.
SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h>
GFX_MODE_LIST *get_gfx_mode_list(int card);
DESCRIPTION
Attempts to create a list of all the supported video modes for a certain graphics driver, made up from the GFX_MODE_LIST structure, which
has the following definition:
typedef struct GFX_MODE_LIST
{
int num_modes;
GFX_MODE *mode;
} GFX_MODE_LIST;
The mode entry points to the actual list of video modes.
typedef struct GFX_MODE
{
int width, height, bpp;
} GFX_MODE;
This list of video modes is terminated with an { 0, 0, 0 } entry.
Note that the card parameter must refer to a _real_ driver. This function fails if you pass GFX_SAFE, GFX_AUTODETECT, or any other "magic"
driver.
RETURN VALUE
Returns a pointer to a list structure of the type GFX_MODE_LIST or NULL if the request could not be satisfied.
SEE ALSO
destroy_gfx_mode_list(3alleg4), set_gfx_mode(3alleg4), set_color_depth(3alleg4)
Allegro version 4.4.2 get_gfx_mode_list(3alleg4)