SGI® OpenGL Multipipe™ User's Guide
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SGI
®
OpenGL Multipipe
™
User's Guide
Document Number: 007-4318-018
Front Matter
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Table of Contents
New Features in This Release
About This Guide
Related Publications
Obtaining Publications
Conventions
Reader Comments
1.
OpenGL Multipipe Overview
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides
Architecture of OpenGL Multipipe
Components of OpenGL Multipipe
Supported Platforms
2.
Installing OpenGL Multipipe
General Installation
Installing the Data Collection Agent for Performance Co-Pilot
3.
Using OpenGL Multipipe
Setting up the OpenGL Multipipe Environment
Running Applications with OpenGL Multipipe
Using SGI Scalable Graphics Hardware with OpenGL Multipipe
Managing Windows for Aware Applications
4.
Monitoring Performance
ompmon - The OpenGL Multipipe Monitoring Tool
The OpenGL Multipipe PMDA for Performance Co-Pilot
5.
Optimizing Performance
Viewport Clipping
Geometry Culling
Small Object Culling
Display List Partitioning
Master Rendering Modes
Frame Latency Control
Buffer Swap Synchronization
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Limitations
Performance Enhancement
X Extensions
The Multipipe-Aware Window Manager
OpenGL Window Size Constraints
SGI ProPack and OpenGL Multipipe Versions
Overlay Windows Support in DMX
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Troubleshooting
Cannot Connect to the ompslave or ompcull Daemon
Problems Starting DMX
Problems Starting Applications with omprun
Setting OpenGL Multipipe Resources Has No Effect
Shared Memory Failure
Graphics Do Not Display Correctly on All Screens
Cursor Movement Anomaly When Using a DMX Configuration File
Multipipe-Aware Applications Fail to Receive Events on Screen 0
Nothing Displays or the Graphic Stalls or Hangs
X Applications Are Not Behaving Correctly or Fail to Start
Flickering Gray Rubberband During Window Movement
Mouse Disappears on Composited or Edge-Blended Display
Problems Running Multithreaded Applications
ompstartdmx Does Not Start a Window Manager
Problems with Aware Window Management
Applications Do Not Behave Correctly in Aware Mode
Index