Index

aa2Jitter.X configuration option
Resource Descriptions

aa2Jitter.Y configuration option
Resource Descriptions

aa4Jitter.X configuration option
Resource Descriptions

aa4Jitter.Y configuration option
Resource Descriptions

activeScreens configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Renderer Data

antialiasing
Using Pixel Averaging Composition Mode for Full-Scene Antialiasing

aware mode
Running Multipipe Applications in Multipipe-Aware Mode
Managing Windows for Aware Applications

clip planes
Resource Descriptions
Geometry Culling

compositors
Using SGI Scalable Graphics Hardware with OpenGL Multipipe
Viewport Clipping

configuration files, DMX
Initializing DMX
Creating DMX Configuration Files

configuration options
defaults
Resources and Their Default Values
descriptions
Resource Descriptions
no effects
Setting OpenGL Multipipe Resources Has No Effect
overview
Setting Other Configuration Options

culler statistics
Culler Process Data

culling configuration option
Resource Descriptions

culling process (ompcull)
The Culling Process (ompcull)

culling statistics
Geometry Culling Information

culling.cullUserClipPlanes configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Geometry Culling

culling.minPixels configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Small Object Culling

culling.showStat configuration option
Resource Descriptions

culling.texCulling configuration option
Resource Descriptions

desktops
Initializing DMX

display lists
Resource Descriptions
Display List Partitioning

dlSplit configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Display List Partitioning

dlSplit.maxBoundAspectRatio configuration option
Resource Descriptions

dlSplit.maxDepth configuration option
Resource Descriptions

dlSplit.maxStripLen configuration option
Resource Descriptions

dlSplit.maxTotalTris configuration option
Resource Descriptions

dlSplit.maxTris configuration option
Resource Descriptions

dlSplit.showRandomColors configuration option
Resource Descriptions

DMX
configuration files
Initializing DMX
Creating DMX Configuration Files
enabling
Configuring OpenGL Multipipe with DMX as the X Proxy Layer
limitations
Initializing DMX
overview
The X Proxy Layer (the DMX Proxy Server)
problems starting
Problems Starting DMX
unsupported X extensions
X Application Uses Unsupported X Extension
verification
Verifying That the OpenGL Multipipe Environment is Enabled

drawPixelsClipping configuration option
Resource Descriptions

duplicate configuration option
Resource Descriptions

edge blending
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides
Enabling Duplicate Cursor Images in Overlap Regions

errors
Troubleshooting

fill performance
Viewport Clipping

frame latency
Resource Descriptions
Frame Latency Control

FSAA
Using Pixel Averaging Composition Mode for Full-Scene Antialiasing

full-scene antialiasing (FSAA)
Using Pixel Averaging Composition Mode for Full-Scene Antialiasing

Genlock cables
Improperly Wired Genlock or Swap Ready Cables

geometry culling statistics
Geometry Culling Information

GLFORCEDIRECT environment variable
Set-User-ID (“s-bit”) Applications

GLX BadMatch error
Problems Starting DMX

GNOME window manager
Initializing DMX

hardware compositors
Using SGI Scalable Graphics Hardware with OpenGL Multipipe
Viewport Clipping

horizSplit configuration option
Resource Descriptions

ImageSync hardware
Resource Descriptions

indirect rendering
Running OpenGL Single-Pipe Applications
Set-User-ID (“s-bit”) Applications

installation
Installing OpenGL Multipipe

jittering offset
Resource Descriptions
Using Pixel Averaging Composition Mode for Full-Scene Antialiasing

KDE window manager
Initializing DMX

LD_PRELOAD environment variable
Running Applications with OpenGL Multipipe
Set-User-ID (“s-bit”) Applications

master proxy library
The 3D (Master) Proxy Render Library

master rendering modes
Master Rendering Modes

master statistics
Master Data

masterMode configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Master Rendering Modes

masterScreen configuration option
Resource Descriptions

maxFrameLatency configuration option
Using Time-Based Compositing

maxFramesLatency configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Master Data
Frame Latency Control

mouse cursors
Enabling Duplicate Cursor Images in Overlap Regions
Managing Multiple Backend X Servers with DMX
Cursor Movement Anomaly When Using a DMX Configuration File
Mouse Disappears on Composited or Edge-Blended Display

multipipe applications
Running Multipipe Applications in Multipipe-Aware Mode

multipipe-aware mode
Running Multipipe Applications in Multipipe-Aware Mode
Managing Windows for Aware Applications

multipipe-unaware mode
Running Applications with OpenGL Multipipe

non-uniform memory access (NUMA) architecture
Resource Descriptions

ompcull process
The Culling Process (ompcull)
Cannot Connect to the ompslave or ompcull Daemon

ompmgr process
The Session Manager Process (ompmgr)

ompmon monitoring tool
Monitoring Performance

omprun script
overview
Running Applications with OpenGL Multipipe
run-time options
Setting Run-Time Options
run-time options versus configuration options
The Resource Search Path

ompslave daemon
Cannot Connect to the ompslave or ompcull Daemon

ompstartdmx script
Initializing DMX
Initializing DMX
Specifying Static Composited Regions with ompstartdmx
Using Pixel Averaging Composition Mode for Full-Scene Antialiasing
Using Time-Based Compositing
Using Multiple Compositors in an OpenGL Multipipe Session

ompwrapwm script
Starting an Aware Window Manager

Open Inventor product
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides

OpenGL Multipipe SDK product
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides
Running Multipipe Applications in Multipipe-Aware Mode
Performance Enhancement
Problems Starting Applications with omprun

OpenGL Performer product
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides
Running Multipipe Applications in Multipipe-Aware Mode
Performance Enhancement
Problems Starting Applications with omprun

overlay visuals
Overlay Windows Support in DMX

overlay windows
Overlay Windows Support in DMX

pbuffers.disable configuration option
Resource Descriptions

pbuffers.layout configuration option
Resource Descriptions

performance
metrics
Performance Information
monitoring
Monitoring Performance
optimizing
Optimizing Performance

Performance Co-Pilot monitoring tool
Installing the Data Collection Agent for Performance Co-Pilot
Monitoring Performance

Performance Metrics Domain Agent (See PMDA.)
Installing the Data Collection Agent for Performance Co-Pilot

pixel averaging
Resource Descriptions
Resource Descriptions
Using Pixel Averaging Composition Mode for Full-Scene Antialiasing

pmchart viewer
The OpenGL Multipipe PMDA for Performance Co-Pilot

PMDA
installation
Installing the Data Collection Agent for Performance Co-Pilot
metrics
The OpenGL Multipipe PMDA for Performance Co-Pilot

POSIX threads
Problems Running Multithreaded Applications

problems
Troubleshooting

pthreads
Problems Running Multithreaded Applications

Reality Center facilities
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides

rectSplit configuration option
Resource Descriptions

release notes
General Installation
Troubleshooting

renderer statistics
Renderer Data

rendering modes
Master Rendering Modes

resources (See configuration options.)
Setting Other Configuration Options

rpm utility
General Installation

s-bit applications
Set-User-ID (“s-bit”) Applications

scheduling statistics
Scheduling Information

session manager process (ompmgr)
The Session Manager Process (ompmgr)

set-user-ID applications
Set-User-ID (“s-bit”) Applications

SGI ProPack software
Supported Platforms
General Installation

SGI Reality Center facilities
What OpenGL Multipipe Provides

SGI Scalable Graphics Compositor hardware
Using SGI Scalable Graphics Hardware with OpenGL Multipipe
Viewport Clipping

SGIOMP_META_DISPLAY environment variable
Applications Do Not Behave Correctly in Aware Mode

SGIOMP_PRINT_CONFIG environment variable
The Resource Search Path
Setting OpenGL Multipipe Resources Has No Effect

shared memory
failure
Shared Memory Failure
size
Resource Descriptions

shmQueueSize configuration option
Resource Descriptions

Silicon Graphics Prism visualization servers
Supported Platforms
General Installation

single-pipe applications
Running OpenGL Single-Pipe Applications

slave renderer processes
The 3D (Master) Proxy Render Library
3D (Slave) Render Servers

slave statistics
Renderer Data

slaveCPUs configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Scheduling Information

Swap Ready cables
Resource Descriptions
Improperly Wired Genlock or Swap Ready Cables

swapSyncMode configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Buffer Swap Synchronization

syncOnFlushMode configuration option
Resource Descriptions

texShm configuration option
Resource Descriptions

time-based composition
Using Time-Based Compositing

timing statistics
Timing Information

troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

unaware mode
Running Applications with OpenGL Multipipe

useTmpfs configuration option
Resource Descriptions

useTmpfs.shmPlacement configuration option
Resource Descriptions

vertex array objects (VAOs)
Monitoring Performance

vertex buffer objects (VBOs)
Monitoring Performance

vertSplit configuration option
Resource Descriptions

video formats
Specifying Static Composited Regions with ompstartdmx

viewportClippingMode configuration option
Resource Descriptions
Using Time-Based Compositing
Viewport Clipping

visual attributes
Problems Starting DMX

website
General Installation

window managers
Initializing DMX
Managing Windows for Aware Applications
Starting an Aware Window Manager

window size constraints
OpenGL Window Size Constraints

X extensions
X Extensions
X Application Uses Unsupported X Extension

X proxy layer (See DMX.)
Architecture of OpenGL Multipipe

X11 resources
Setting Other Configuration Options

XAUTHORITY environment variable
Shared Memory Failure

xinetd service
General Installation