Software Installation; Installation Preparation And Information - ATI Technologies 100-432001 - RADEON 7500 Multi-monitor Graphics Card Installation Manual

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A monitor must be attached to the DVI-I connector at the time the system is powered on;
otherwise there will be no display output to that port.
3D is supported in dual-screen mode so long as DMA is enabled and the resolution of
neither screen is greater than 1280x1024.
OpenGL 3D
The ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics Support kit supports OpenGL V1.2 and GLX V1.2.
Among other features, the kit contains support for the ATI RADEON 7500 TCL hardware,
hardware alpha and stencil planes, 3D multitexturing, and 3D cube map textures.
3.5

Software Installation

This section describes the installation of the ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics Support kit for
the hp Tru64 UNIX operating system. This software is required for multihead, dual-screen,
or 3D graphics support.
This software may be safely installed on a cluster, so long as the ATI RADEON 7500 is the
only type of 3D device in the cluster.
3.5.1

Installation Preparation and Information

Required License (3D operation only)
ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics Support software requires an Open3D Product Authorization
Key (PAK) for OpenGL server operation. This PAK should be registered using the License
Management Facility (LMF) before you install ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics Support. If
you do not register the PAK before starting the software, the server will run in 2D mode
only (without OpenGL server support).
If your ATI RADEON 7500 graphics controller hardware and software came pre-installed,
the PAK will already be registered.
For complete information on using the hp Tru64 UNIX License Management Facility, see
the Software License Management guide or the
Prerequisite Software
You can install ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics Support only on systems that are running hp
Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1B or later. hp Tru64 UNIX V5.1B must have Patch Kit 1 or later
patch kits installed before installing the ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics Support software.
The OpenGL graphics support libraries require that the OpenGL Runtime component
(OSFOPENGL540) of the hp Tru64 UNIX V5.1B operating system be installed.
lmf(8)
reference page.
hp Tru64 UNIX Configuration 3-7

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