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- Page 1 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation and Reference Manual Copyright 2005 Tech Source Inc. 442 S. North Lake Blvd. Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 (407) 262-7100 Publication #65-0261-03 Rev A February 22, 2005...
- Page 2 Addendum Information Date Released February 22, 2005 Changes made to: REVISION CHANGES DATE NUMBER Initial Release 02-22-05 The Tech Source logo, Tech Source and Tech Source Raptor are trademarks of Tech Source, Inc. X Window System is a trademark and product of X.org. All other products or services mentioned in this document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.
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- Page 4 Freight charges associated with the repair or replacement of components under warranty are to be shared by Tech Source, Inc. and the customer. All customers, domestic and international, shall bear the freight charges for the product return. Tech Source, Inc. shall bear the outbound freight charges up to $13.00 (USD) per returned product, whether domestic or international.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview 1.2 MOX Extension Support 1.3 Conventions HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Hardware Configurations Supported 2.2 Installation Instructions SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 Requirements 3.2 CD-ROM Installation 3.3 Configuring the Raptor as LFT Display 3.4 Supported Resolutions INVOKING X11R6.1 4.1 Overview 4.2 xinit 4.3 Setting Bit-Depth and Resolution... - Page 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS UNINSTALLING RAPTOR DL-Lite X11R6.1 FOR AIX 5.1 Uninstall Using SMIT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 6.1 Who to Call For Help 6.2 Email Address 6.3 Website APPENDIX A - CARD SPECIFICATIONS A.1 Raptor DL-Lite Specifications...
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Page 7: Introduction
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview This manual describes the installation for Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX. This software supports the following cards: • Raptor DL-Lite In this manual, the Raptor DL-Lite card will be referred to as the “Raptor” card. Knowledge of the AIX operating system and the SMIT installation tool will be useful during this installation. -
Page 8: Mox Extension Support
Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual Note: Before installing this software, you must uninstall any previous versions of the software. 1.2 MOX Extension Support Tech Source supports an X-server extension called MOX (Multiple Overlay eXtension) on the Raptor graphics cards. The underlying software (available as a server extension and a client library) needed for MOX support has been included as a part of this Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX software product. -
Page 9: Hardware Installation
Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Hardware Configurations Supported The software has been tested on and currently supports IBM RS/6000 systems (with PCI slots), running in single and multi- screen configurations. The RS/6000 systems currently tested on Raptor cards are: • •... - Page 10 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual NOTE: Remember which cables go to which connectors. You may want to label the cables and connectors before disconnecting them. Step 1: Shutdown the system and turn the power OFF. Remove the system’s cover, find an available PCI Local Bus slot, and remove the bracket and screw.
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Page 11: Software Installation
Chapter 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 Requirements The following are prerequisites for installing Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Software: • The system is running AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5.1, AIX 5.2 • Any previous version of TSI software has already been uninstalled. (Please refer to the manual that accompanied that software for the appropriate uninstall procedure). - Page 12 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual Insert the CD-ROM labeled “Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX" into the CD-ROM drive. Mount the CD-ROM drive. To do this using SMIT, perform the following steps: • Select System Storage Management | File Systems | Mount a File System •...
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Page 13: Configuring The Raptor As Lft Display
Chapter 3 – Software Installation After installing the drivers, reboot the machine. Turn on the machine and the AIX should now recognize the Raptor correctly. You can verify this by entering the following command: prompt% lsdisp If a Raptor DL-Lite card is present in the system, this command should return an entry like: DEV_NAME SLOT... -
Page 14: Supported Resolutions
Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual Note: Use “-d” for temporary change of display until the next reboot, or “-p” to make a permanent change of display If the Raptor card is the only graphics device in the system, it will automatically be configured as the default LFT (console) device. -
Page 15: Invoking X11R6.1
Chapter 4 INVOKING X11R6.1 Overview There are several ways to invoke X11R6.1 on your system: • xinit • • Common desktop Environment (CDE) • All of the above with MOX extension enabled Important: For all these methods, there are some environment variables that must be set. - Page 16 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual If no specific client program is given on the command line, xinit will look for a file in the user's home directory called .xinitrc to run as a shell script to start up client programs. If no such file exists, xinit will use the following as a default: xterm -geometry +1+1 -n login -display :0 If no specific server program is given on the command line, xinit...
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Page 17: Setting Bit-Depth And Resolution
Chapter 4 - Invoking X11R6.1 Setting Bit-Depth and Resolution 4.3.1 Setting Bit-Depth Raptor cards support various bit-depths and overlay configurations. This section describes required settings these configurations. The default bit-depth for all Raptor cards is 8-bit. The bit-depth of the Raptor DL-Lite can be set to 8-bit only, 8+24- bit, 24-bit, mox16, mox24 or mox32 (see Table 2.) Mode/Bit-Depth Description of Mode... -
Page 18: Starsmode Variable
Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual 4.3.1.1 STARSMODE Variable The bit-depth of the Raptor DL-Lite card can be set using the STARSMODE environment variable. This variable should be set before starting up the X server. For example, set the bit-depth of the Raptor DL-Lite card to 8+24 prompt% setenv STARSMODE +8+24 To set the bit-depth of the Raptor DL-Lite card to mox16... -
Page 19: Setting The Resolution
Chapter 4 - Invoking X11R6.1 #xinit -- $X11R6HOME/bin/Xtsi –Pll rapdlt0 –cc 4 NOTE: This method of setting the default visual has an effect only in the 8+24-bit mode. 4.3.2 Setting the Resolution The resolution of the Raptor DL-Lite cards is fixed at 2560x1600. Enabling Extension During... -
Page 20: Mox Mode Using Xdm
Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual directory $X11R6HOME/lib/X11/xdm. The configuration file xdm-config contains references to the other files and is used to specify other configuration parameters of xdm. The Xservers file specifies the users (displays) that must get a login window. The Xservers file will have individual lines to represent the X- server startup on each of the display device on which an xdm login screen is desired. -
Page 21: Common Desktop Environment (Cde)
Chapter 4 - Invoking X11R6.1 4.6 Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is available with AIX and is independent of the Raptor software. In order to use CDE, you need to configure only /usr/dt/config/Xservers file. The example below shows how to modify Xservers file to start CDE on a Raptor DL-Lite. - Page 22 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual This page intentionally left blank.
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Page 23: Uninstalling Raptor Dl-Lite X11R6.1 For Aix
Chapter 5 UNINSTALLING RAPTOR DL-Lite X11R6.1 FOR AIX 5.1 Uninstall Using SMIT To uninstall Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX using SMIT, perform the following steps: • Select Software Installation and Maintenance | Maintain Installed Software | Remove Software Products • In the Software Name box, select the installed Raptor software products. - Page 24 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual This page intentionally left blank.
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Page 25: Technical Assistance
Chapter 6 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: Website
Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual Website Detailed product information and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), are available on our website located at: http://www.techsource.com... -
Page 27: Appendix A - Card Specifications
Appendix A CARD SPECIFICATIONS A.1 Raptor DL-Lite Specifications Frame Buffer: 64MB SGRAM MOX Hardware: Tech Source MOX ASIC; 32 layer Priority Management, 2 blending layers Hardware Cursor: Up to 3 cursors Color Lookup Primary color map with 2048 Tables: entries and two auxiliary color maps with 256 entries each PCI Interface: 33/66 MHz, 32/64-bit... - Page 28 Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX Installation Manual This page intentionally left blank.
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