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- Page 1 Raptor 4000/4000e Drivers Installation and Reference Solaris Manual Copyright © 2008 Tech Source, Inc. 442 Northlake Blvd. Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 (407) 262-7100 Publication: 65-0270-01 Rev. B March 25, 2008...
- Page 2 Addendum Information Date Released March 25, 2008 Changes made to: REVISION CHANGES DATE NUMBER Initial Release 9-12-07 Added support for dual head 3-25-08 The Tech Source logo and Tech Source Raptor are trademarks of Tech Source, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Sun Ultra, Sun Enterprise, Sun Blade, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Page 3 The product described in this manual may be protected by one or more U.S. patents, foreign patents, and/or pending patent applications. PREFACE This publication documents the Tech Source, Inc. Raptor 4000/4000e series cards. This manual is intended for users who incorporate the Tech Source, Inc.
- Page 4 Customers will be charged an hourly rate plus materials ($350.00 USD minimum) for repairs and/or maintenance performed by Tech Source, Inc. that are not covered by a Tech Source, Inc. warranty or maintenance contract. DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED “AS IS” EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT TO THE...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 Conventions Hardware Installation 2.1 Hardware Configurations Supported 2.2 Installation Instructions Software Installation 3.1 Overview 3.2 Requirements 3.3 Installing Raptor 4000/4000e Card Driver Software 3.4 Changing Resolution and Bit-Depths 3.4.1 Resolution 3.5 atcconfig Utility 3.5.1 Interactive Configuration 3.6 Setting Raptor 4000/4000e as the Console (Optional) Starting X... - Page 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont'd) Appendix B: Using Nvedit B.1 NVRAM Edit Commands Appendix C: Card Specifications C.1 Raptor 4000 Specifications...
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Page 7: Introduction
Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for purchasing a Tech Source, Inc. Raptor graphics card for use with your Sun PCI/PCI Express desktop/server. This manual describes the installation and configuration of the Raptor graphics card and the accompanying software. All systems vary somewhat, therefore some knowledge of the features of your system and a basic understanding of UNIX shell commands are helpful during the software installation process. -
Page 8: Conventions
1.2 Conventions This manual will follow certain conventions throughout. Whenever a variable name, command name, directory, or filename is used in a paragraph it will appear in a mono-spaced font. At times the reader will be instructed to enter commands at a prompt. -
Page 9: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation Hardware Configurations Supported The Raptor cards have been tested on and currently support the following Sun Microsystems workstations: • Ultra 25 • Ultra 45 NOTE: If your Sun hardware (workstation) is not listed here, please contact Tech Source for compatibility verification. Installation Instructions Installing a Raptor card is simple and consists of a few easy steps. - Page 10 NOTE: Installation of Raptor4000/4000e driver software is discussed in Section 3.3 NOTE: If the system is currently using a secondary TSI graphics device, refer to Appendix A for configuring one of the cards as the console. The console device is the screen on which the boot up messages will appear.
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Page 11: Software Installation
3 Software Installation Overview This Chapter describes how to install and configure the Raptor 4000/4000/4000e cards. The software called “Raptor 4000/4000e Drivers (Solaris)” currently supports the following cards: • Raptor 4000 (PCI card) • Raptor 4000e (PCI Express card) NOTE: This software must be installed on your system prior to running X Windows on these cards. -
Page 12: Installing Raptor 4000/4000E Card Driver Software
• The system is running Solaris 9 or higher. • At least 2MB of disk space is available in /usr and /. • One or more of the cards listed in Section 4.1 are presently installed in the system. Installing Raptor 4000/4000e Card Driver Software The following are step-by-step instructions for installing the “Raptor 4000/4000e Drivers (Solaris)”... - Page 13 prompt# cd /cdrom/ To install the software, type: prompt# ./install_all This script will ask you a number of yes-or-no questions (generated by Sun's pkgadd installation program). Answer these questions appropriately. To install the MOX module and libraries type: prompt# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/mox prompt# cd /cdrom/mox [if the CD-ROM was mounted as outlined in Step 5 above] prompt# pkgadd –d .
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Page 14: Changing Resolution And Bit-Depths
Changing Resolution and Bit-Depths The default resolution can be determined using the Auto-Detect feature if you are using a monitor that supports DDC2B/EDID protocol. Connection to the monitor must occur during the boot process for the DDC/EDID protocol to be effective. For more information about the functionality of the DDC2B/EDID protocol with your Raptor card, please refer to Appendix A. -
Page 15: Atcconfig Utility
The following bit-depths are supported: 8-bit Pseudo Color Simultaneous 8-bit PsuedoColor and 24-bit 8+24 True Color 24-bit True Color Two 8-bit Normal 13-bit Group 5-bit Absolute MOX, 8-bit Normal, 21-bit Group, 13-bit mox24 Absolute MOX, 8-bit Normal, 24-bit Group, 21-bit mox32 Absolute atcconfig Utility... - Page 16 Figure 3.1 - atcconfig A description of the commands in the utility is as follows: selects the desired graphics device to Up/Down Arrow modify selects the parameter to modify (e.g. Left/Right Arrow resolution, bit-depth, or sync) modifies the parameter for the selected graphics Space Bar device (will bring up a menu when applicable)
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Page 17: Setting Raptor 4000/4000E As The Console (Optional)
Setting Raptor 4000/4000e as the Console (Optional) Refer to Appendix A for instructions on how to configure the Raptor 4000/4000e card as the console framebuffer. ©2008 Tech Source Inc. Part #65-270-01... - Page 18 This page intentionally left blank.
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Page 19: Starting
Starting X Overview This section describes how to start up X Windows on the Raptor 4000/4000e cards. The examples in this chapter use rapafp0 as the device name. Note: The device number corresponding to rapafp# of your card is assigned by the operating system and could vary for each head. The following table lists the different Raptor cards and their device name locations. -
Page 20: Xinit
prompt# /usr/openwin/bin/X –dev /dev/fbs/rapafp0 This will start the Xserver only on the first head. If you want to start the Xserver in multiscreen configuration on both heads, both device names should be specified on the command line. For example: prompt# /usr/openwin/bin/X –dev /dev/fbs/rapafp0 \ –dev /dev/fbs/rapafp1 4.1.2 xinit The xinit program can be directly used to start the X Window... -
Page 21: Raptor As The Secondary Framebuffer
You may also add any other command line arguments to the end of the line. For additional information on the use of xinit, refer to the man page for xinit. 4.1.3 Raptor as the Secondary Framebuffer The Raptor 4000/4000e card can work with other cards to display in multi-screen mode. -
Page 22: Setting Bit-Depth On 4000/4000E Cards
/usr/dt/config/Xservers file to include the following line: :0 Local local-uid@console root \ /usr/openwin/bin/X :0 -dev /dev/fbs/rapafp0 You may add any other command line arguments to the end of the line. In addition, since the graphics devices are dynamically allocated during each reconfiguration boot, you should check your /dev/fbs directory for the name of your Raptor device (e.g. -
Page 23: Uninstalling Software
Uninstalling Software Uninstalling Raptor Software To remove the Raptor 4000/4000e software packages type: prompt# pkgrm TSIafp TSIafpw To uninstall the Mox package, type: prompt# pkgrm TSImox WARNING: This uninstall procedure is not for use with older versions of the Raptor software. It is important to use the procedure, which was provided with the previous release to uninstall a previous release. - Page 24 This page intentionally left blank.
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Page 25: Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance Who to Call for Help If you need help, please call our Technical Support Team at (800) 330-8301, or directly at (407) 262-7100 between the hours of 9:30am - 5:30pm EST Monday through Friday. Please have the software part number, version, and serial number for your Raptor card(s) available when contacting Tech Source in order to expedite support. - Page 26 This page intentionally left blank.
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Page 27: Appendix A: Console Resolution
Appendix A: Console Resolution A.1 Overview The Raptor 4000 series cards can be configured to be the console in a typical SPARC desktop/server. The card has a default console resolution and default depth as shown in the following table: Board Resolution Refresh Bits/Pixels... - Page 28 • If the monitor does not "sync up" at the default console resolution, it may be necessary to choose a different console resolution. A.1.2 EDID Auto-Detect Feature If you are using a monitor with DDC2B/EDID protocol the default resolution will be determined using the Auto-Detect feature. With this protocol, the Raptor 4000/4000e card first checks the Detailed Timing and Established Timing Identifiers (taking the first one supported) and then tries to match the Standard Timings.
- Page 29 Connect your cable to the appropriate connector on your monitor and Raptor 4000/4000e card. At the prompt type: ok show-displays This command will list the installed graphics devices and a prompt to enter a selection. Type the letter that corresponds to the Raptor card that you want to use as the console device.
- Page 30 NOTE: To restore the default graphics device as the console when using the output-device setting, set the output- device variable back to its default value of screen by typing the following command: ok setenv output-device screen ok reset-all A.3 Video-Mode Method For systems with multiple displays, configurations made with the video-mode method provide a process to specify which device should be used as the console.
- Page 31 ok nvedit 0: devalias screen1 \ /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@3/pci@0/TSI,rapafp@0 NOTE: Replace # with the digit representing your Raptor’s PCI slot number. Type <Control-C> to exit the nvedit mode. To store your new settings type: nvstore The variable use-nvramrc? must also be set to true in order for the configuration in nvram to take effect.
- Page 32 A.4 Video-Timing Method If all of the previously described methods fail for your configuration, it is possible to specify the exact timing numbers for a particular resolution. The last method for setting the console resolution also uses nvedit. This method is more involved and requires knowledge of all timing parameters for the desired resolution, and is only meant for monitors whose resolutions are not available in the video-mode method.
- Page 33 A.5 Priority Scheme for the Console Problem Solution Used the A priority scheme is used to determine the boot method console resolution. The Raptor 4000/4000e described in the firmware checks the various methods in the Appendix to order of priority discussed below. If it finds the configure the resolution from the current method, it uses it;...
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Page 35: B.1 Nvram Edit Commands
Appendix B: Using Nvedit NVRAM Edit Commands This section discusses the use of NVRAM. The NVRAM is used for setting resolution in the Video-Mode and Video-Timing methods. To edit the NVRAM, type nvedit at the ok prompt. There are several commands that you must use to edit the variables in NVRAM: <Backspace>... - Page 36 This page intentionally left blank.
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Page 37: Appendix C: Card Specifications
Appendix C: Card Specifications C.1 Raptor 4000 Specifications Frame Buffer: 256 MB MOX Hardware: Tech Source MOX 32 ASIC; 24 Layer Management Color Lookup Table: 2048 entries from a palette of 16 million colors + 2 AUX 256entry maps Bits per Pixel: 8, 16, 24 or 32 (software configurable) Dynamic Color... - Page 38 C.2 Raptor 4000e Specifications Frame Buffer: 256 MB MOX Hardware: Tech Source MOX 32 ASIC; 24 Layer Management Color Lookup Table: 2048 entries from a palette of 16 million colors + 2 AUX 256entry maps Bits per Pixel: 8, 16, 24 or 32 (software configurable) Dynamic Color Plane Groups:...
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