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5. Become superuser. Create a device file for your second frame buffer as
shown in the following example. (The second frame buffer is assumed to
be cgsix1.)
See the Preface, “When You Need Help with UNIX,” for references to
documentation that contains the procedure on how to become a superuser.
This creates a device file for the second frame buffer.
6. Verify the newly created file by typing:
The system will display a message similar to the following message
indicating that the device file has been successfully created:
7. Exit the superuser mode.
8. Start the system using the
-dev
command-line option to
openwin
to
specify the frame buffers for your monitors. For example:
example# cd /dev
example# MAKEDEV cgsix1
example# ls -l /dev/cgsix1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root 67, 0 Jan 10 1991 /dev/cgsix1
example
%
openwin -dev /dev/fb -dev /dev/cgsix1