Desktops

Console administration utilities

Two new commands have been added in Release 7.1. vtblank(1) activates and configures a console screen saver. vtwait(1) deactivates switching to an X session during start-up, allowing immediate typing on the console.

Graphical environment updates

Various X packages have been updated:

X server (xserver and basex)

Bug fixes and enhancements to:

• the base X server

• the VESA device driver, which operates VBE (VESA BIOS Extension) compliant graphics devices in high-resolution mode using device-independent logic. The VESA driver now supports modes with greater than 256 colors.

• the Video Configuration Manager

This release also provides:

• UTF-8/Unicode support

• improved support for multi-console devices, such as those offered by Maxpeed

• Xnest(X1M), a nested X server

• Xvfb(X1M), a virtual framebuffer X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. This is useful for server and client testing.

X Clients (xclients)

bug fixes

These packages are installed from the second (Updates) CD-ROM during initial system load or system upgrade.

SCOhelp

The following changes have been made to SCOhelp in this release:

• The SCOhelp browser is now Netscape Communicator 4.08.

• The browser plugin has been removed to eliminate the SCOhelp dependency on the browser.

• Display frames for context-sensitive help now allow you to browse help. Previously, you could only view a single static help file per context.

• SCOhelp http server scripts have been further internationalized.

• All XENIX documentation has been removed from the Release 7.1 documentation set. (XENIX software was removed from an earlier release). See the dos(1) manual page for how to obtain the mtools package provided in the Skunkware media, which provides similar functionality.

UnixWare 7 Webtop with Tarantella technology

The UnixWare 7 Webtop utilizes Tarantella technology and web-based HTML/CGI technology to allow users to access any server-side application on a UnixWare 7 server from a Web browser. The Webtop also provides several key system administration advantages.

The webtop package is installed from the Updates CD-ROM (disk 2) during initial system load or system upgrade.