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    3D labs OXYGEN VX1 PCI Graphics Contro ller Installation Guide Or der N um ber : EK-VX 1GC-IG . A01 Thi s guide d escri bes the in stall ati on of t he 3Dl abs OXYGE N VX1 PCI g raph ics contro l ler on suppo rted Co m pa q produc ts .[...]

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    © 2000 Com paq Com puter Cor poration Compaq, the Compaq l ogo, C o mpaq Insi ght M anager, Al phaServer, StorageW orks, and T ruClust er Regist ered in U.S . Patent and Trademark Of fice. O p enVMS and T ru64 are tr ademarks of Compaq I nformat ion T echnologi es Group, L.P . in t he Unit ed Stat es and other count ries. Li nux is a regis tered t[...]

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    iii Contents Prefac e ............................................................................................................................v Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introd uctio n ........................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Modul e Des cript io n .........................................[...]

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    iv Chapter 4 Compaq OpenVMS Software Installation and Customization 4.1 Insta lla tion Prep a rati on........................................................................ 4 -1 4.2 Insta lla tion ............................................................................................ 4-2 4.2 .1 OpenV MS V ers ion 7 .3 ........................[...]

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    v Prefac e Intended Audience This manual is f or owners installing the 3D labs O XYGEN VX1 PCI graphics cont roll er in s up port ed Com paq prod ucts . Document Structure Th is manu al ha s four ch ap ters . • Chapter 1, O verview , pro vides an ov erview of the 3Dlabs OXYGEN V X1 PCI grap hics cont rolle r. • Ch apter 2 , I nst allat ion , de[...]

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    vi Conventions Used in This Guide In this guide, ever y use of Tru64 UN IX refe r s to Co mpaq ’ s Tru64 UNIX and DIGITAL UNIX op er atin g s y stem s. E v ery u se of OpenVMS ref ers to Compaq ’ s Op enVMS operatin g systems . This guide a lso uses the follo wing co nventions: Conventio n Meaning Not e A note cal ls the reader ’ s a ttention[...]

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    Over view 1-1 Chapter 1 Overvi ew 1. 1 In trodu ction Thi s chapter pro vide s a b rief overv iew of the 3Dlabs OXYGEN VX1 PCI gra phics controller . 1. 2 Mo dul e D es cr ip tion The 3Dla bs OXYGEN VX1 PCI graphics cont roller accel erato r module is a single expansion-sl ot, 32-bit PCI bus graphics o pt ion that provi de s 2D graphi cs acceler a [...]

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    1- 2 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tio n Guide Figure 1 – 1 3Dlabs OXYGEN VX1 PCI Graphics Controller PK3213 The 3Dlabs OXYG E N VX1 PCI graphics c ontroller has a standard 15-p i n VGA c onnector. T here is no VGA switch; VGA functions and multihead suppor t are automatically conf i gured t hrough the console f i rmwar [...]

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    Over view 1-3 1.3 Conne c tor Pino u ts Tab le 1 – 2 con tai ns a listi ng of the pins and signals found on the st anda rd 15-pin VGA connector. Table 1 – 2 Standard 15-Pin V GA Con necto r Pino ut Pin No. Signal 1 RED VIDEO 2 GREEN VIDE O 3 BLUE VIDE O 4 MID2 5 GROUND 6 GROUND 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 +5V SUPPLY 10 GROUND 11 MID0 12 BI - DIRECTI ON[...]

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    1- 4 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tio n Guide 1.4 Speci fic ations Tab le 1 – 3 li sts the spec ificati ons for the 3Dla bs OXYGEN V X1 PCI g ra phics contr oller. Table 1 – 3 3Dlabs OXYG EN VX1 PCI Graphics Controller Sp ecifica tions Max imu m Re solu tio n 1920 x 1200 16-b it @ 70 Hz 1280 x 1024 24 bi t @ 85 Hz Col[...]

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    Insta llatio n 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2. 1 In trodu ction This ch apter descr ibes th e installation of the 3Dlabs OXYG EN VX1 PCI grap hics cont roll er m odule in a sup p orted Com paq prod uct. Topi cs i ncl uded in this c hap ter a re : • Unpack ing • Ha rdwa re ins tal lat ion 2.2 Unpa cking The grap hics opt ion har dwar e is p ack ag[...]

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    2- 2 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tio n Guide 2.3 Installa tion Pro cedur e The following section describes how to in stall the 3Dlabs OXYGEN VX1 PCI gr aphics controller. To install the module, perfor m t he following steps: ____________________________ Note _______________________________ Befor e installing t he module,[...]

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    Insta llatio n 2-3 7. G rasp th e top edg e of t h e g r aphi c s option , carefully i n sert it i nto the sl ot, and se at it fir mly. 8. Secu re the module with the screw. 9. Replac e th e computer cover . 10. En su re that the monito r cable is conn ected to the video ou tput connecto r located o n the b ack of t h e g r aphics option. 11. Re co[...]

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    Com paq T ru64 UNI X Co nfig urati on 3-1 Chapter 3 Compaq Tru64 UNIX Configuration This ch apter de scribes h ow to configur e the 3Dlabs OXYG EN V X1 P CI graphic s con troller in a system running Compaq’ s Tru64 UNI X operating sy stem. 3.1 Re solut ions 3Dlabs O XYGEN VX1 PCI graph ics contr ollers are capable of supp orting vari ous grap hic[...]

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    3- 2 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide 3.2 Re strict ions an d Limita tions This sec tion of the document contains limitation s and restriction s of the OXY GEN V X1 ha rdwa re a nd s oft ware. 3.2.1 Minimum Console Revision The m ini mum Tru6 4 UN IX fi rm wa re ve rsio n fo r 3Dl ab s OX YGEN VX1 PCI gr aphics co[...]

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    Com paq T ru64 UNI X Co nfig urati on 3-3 3.2.4 Backing Store and Save Unders By de fault, backing store an d save under s are enabled. If the default visu al depth is chang ed to 16 or 24 , it is rec ommended that back ing stor e and save un ders be d isabled. To disab le these fea tures, ad d the opt ions "-bs -su " to the argument list[...]

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    3- 4 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide 3.3.3 How to Determine which GUI is in Use 1. Chec k the environ ment var iable XLOGI N defined in th e f ile /etc/rc.co nf ig. Example (s howin g the C DE GUI bei ng used): # /usr/sbin/rcmgr get XLOGIN cde # 1. If t he va riab le is def ine d to be "cd e ," th en t [...]

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    Com paq T ru64 UNI X Co nfig urati on 3-5 ___________________________ Note ____________________________ • Thes e are devi ce de pend en t X serv er opt ions and not ava ilab le for AL L gr aphics options. Please r e fer to Tabl e 3–1 f or support e d Resolut i ons a nd Refresh Rates. • Both th e Wi dth an d H eigh t sho uld be s peci fied in [...]

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    3- 6 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide 4. Edit the f ile /etc/d t/con fig/Xse rvers an d add t h e appropr iate X serv er Optio n, "-scr een 0" and or "-vsync 0" to the line that starts the X server. This line is gen erally the last line in the file X servers. Example li n e fr om the X ser v er[...]

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    Com paq T ru64 UNI X Co nfig urati on 3-7 • Setting th e Screen Reso lution to 1280 x 1024 and the Vertic al Refresh Rate to 75Hz. :0 Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -screen0 1280x1024 -vsync0 75 • Setting th e Screen Reso lution to 1920 x 1080 and the Vertic al Refresh Rate to 70Hz. :0 Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -screen0 1920x[...]

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    3- 8 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide 3.4.2 Matching X Server Primary Screen with VGA Console PCI slot s are not alwa ys probed b y the system in t h e orde r of thei r slot nu mbers. Because of this, the order of X server screens will not necessarily correspond t o the orde r of the s lots in whi c h the 3Dlabs O[...]

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    Com paq Ope nV MS Soft ware Ins tall atio n an d C ust omizat ion 4-1 Chapter 4 Compaq Open VMS Soft ware Installation and Customization This chapter pr ovides i nformation for installing and modifying the O X YGEN VX1 PCI grap hics cont rolle r tw o-dim ensi ona l (2 D) s upp ort so ftwa re o n an OpenVMS s ystem. The met h od us ed to load t he s[...]

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    4- 2 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide Table 4-1 Open VMS Ver sion Su pport in g 3Dlabs OXY GEN VX1 PCI Graphics Controller O p e n VM S Versi on Alpha Pla tf o r m 7.3 Automatic ally lo aded on the system wh en using t h is version for an u pgrade or installation . 7.2-1H 1 7.2-1 7.1-2 Copy the POLYCENTER Sof twar[...]

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    Com paq Ope nV MS Soft ware Ins tall atio n an d C ust omizat ion 4-3 latest GRAP HICS k it, if required. View the Readme files for each kit to deter mine if the UPDATE kit has superse ded the GRAPHICS kit or if the GRAPH ICS kit is newer th an the UPDATE kit. If yo u o rdere d t he 3 Dlabs OXY GEN V X1 P CI gra phi cs co ntroll er s epara tel y, t[...]

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    4- 4 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide 4.4 Def ault Grap hi cs S e tt in gs The default gr aphics reso lution is 1024 x 768. The defaul t refre sh rate is 70 Hz and the defa ult c olor d epth is 8 bits per pixel . 4.5 Determining Current Settings To f ind the current se tting s under Open VMS, issu e t h e fo llowi[...]

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    Com paq Ope nV MS Soft ware Ins tall atio n an d C ust omizat ion 4-5 3. For the change s to take effect immed iately you must r estar t th e X server so that th e new command file an d changed setting s will be used. The comm and t o do thi s is as fo ll ows : $ @SYS$ M ANAGE R:DEC W $STARTU P RESTA RT The new file setting s will now over ride the[...]

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    4- 6 3Dlab s O X YGEN VX1 PCI Gr aphics Con troller Installa tion Gu ide nu mber of slots available and the number of h eads (graph ic s m odu les) qualifie d for ea ch of t he p la tfo rms. Ot her s oftwar e ma y p ut a ddi tiona l rest rict ions o n the nu mber of uni ts sup ported . Other documentat ion s h ipped with y ou r workstation or serve[...]

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    Com paq Ope nV MS Soft ware Ins tall atio n an d C ust omizat ion 4-7 4. 9 POL Y CEN TER Sof t ware Ins tall ati on At the e nd of the OpenVMS P OLYCENTER S oftwar e In stal lati on proced ure, a messag e is disp lay ed that r ecommends a re boot of the sy stem. At the conclu sion of th e installation, the POLYCENTER Sof tware Inst allatio n u tili[...]