Installation/Verification Instructions

Is Your System Software Preloaded with Instant Ignition?

Your workstation is preloaded with software, which may include HP PEX, if it was ordered with the Instant Ignition option. A yellow label attached to the workstation in its shipping carton confirms the workstation is preloaded:

Verify HP PEXlib on Your Workstation

To verify that PEX in installed correctly on your system, execute the program 〈pex〉/demos/verify_install to run the verification program (make sure that verify_install's path^[3] is in your PATH variable first):

verify_install Return

This program draws a cube with letter-shaped holes drilled through it: one shaped like a "P", one like an "E", and one like an "X", one letter for each of the three dimensions. You can iconify, maximize, and resize the window at will. Close the window to terminate the program.

You can also verify that PEX is installed and learn quite a lot about your particular system and the various extensions enabled on your workstation, such as the MBX and CGE extensions, with /usr/contrib/bin/X11/xdpyinfo (see also Appendix A “Sample Output from xdpyinfo and pexdpyinfo ”).

	NOTE: Depending upon your hardware and colormap settings, you may experience "color flashing," something that is described in “Using SB_X_SHARED_CMAP ”. If there are other problems running this test graphic, subsequent error messages will point you to a solution.

If HP PEXlib is not preloaded for you, skip to the section “Color ”, and the instructions "To Load HP PEX" in this chapter.