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GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual Copyright  2005 Tech Source, Inc. 442 S. North Lake Blvd. Altamonte Springs, FL 32

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 2-2 Each port on the GFX 420 and GFX 440 cards supports two displays with a custom splitter cable a

Chapter 2 – Hardware Installation 2-3 2.2 Resolution Settings For monitors that support the DDC2B/EDID (Display Data Channel) protocol, the GFX 40

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3-1 Chapter 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 Overview This chapter describes the software installation method for the “GFX 400 Series Driver Software”.

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-2 • Ultra 10 • Ultra 30 • Ultra 60 • Ultra 80 • Ultra AX • Ultra Axi • Enterprise 250 • En

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-3 2. Boot the computer with the "-r" (reconfiguration) option. To do this on a typical SPARC desktop

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-4 NOTE: Upon reboot, new device names will be created in the /dev/fbs directory, one for each he

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-5 Please see the man page on mkoconfig for a detailed description. The next two sections describe two methods

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-6 ‘t’ puts a test pattern on the entire display (hit any key to return to the main screen) ‘s’

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-7 mkoconfig uses the same conventions as Sun’s m64config or ffbconfig utilities. All of the parameters, which a

Addendum Information Date Released: March 14, 2005 Changes made to: REVISION NUMBER CHANGES DATE A Initial Release 03-14-05 The Tech So

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-8 -cachedpixmap TRUE|FALSE Turn off the off-screen cached pixmap feature. Default is TRUE. -pr

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-9 To set the resolution to 1024x768x60 with a single TrueColor visual (no 8-bit PseudoColor visual): prompt# mk

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-10 DDC From Monitor 0 (DVI Port) DDC From Monitor 1 (VGA Port) Output Resolution Present Prese

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-11 For example, to set the default head to Monitor 1 on non-console devices, add the following to the mko.conf f

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-12 3200x1200@60. In this dual-head mode, only the 24-bit TrueColor visual is supported. In sin

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-13 3.6.1.2 Sun Blade 1000, 1500, 2000, Ultra 30, Ultra 60, Ultra 80 and other systems without any built-in frame

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-14 Enter Selection, q to quit: a /pci@1f,0/SUNW,m64B@13 has been selected Type ^Y ( Control-Y )

Chapter 3 – Software Installation 3-15 Use this entry as the console device for your desired GFX 400 card. For example, if the path to the device

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 3-16 For example, if the GFX 400 device is located in slot 3, and the secondary framebuffer is loca

4-1 Chapter 4 OPENWINDOWS 4.1 Overview This section describes how to start up OpenWindows on a GFX 400 card. The GFX 400 device name will be mko#,

PREFACE This publication documents the Tech Source, Inc. GFX installation and reference. This manual is intended for users who incorporate the Tech

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 4-2 4.1.3 Supporting Multiple GFX 400 Heads GFX 420 and GFX 440 support multiple heads per card, O

Chapter 4 – Openwindows 4-3 If the GFX 400 card is the console device, then there is no need to modify the Xservers file. The sample Xservers.mko

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5-1 Chapter 5 ADVANCED FEATURES 5.1 Overview The GFX 400 card has several advanced features available through the X Server. They are: • 8+24-bit

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 5-2 If it is running at 1024x768 resolution with a depth of 8-bits, 768K is used for on-screen memo

6-1 Chapter 6 REMOVING GFX 400 SERIES DRIVER SOFTWARE 6.1 Overview To find out if any “GFX 400 Series Software” exists on your system, type: prom

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7-1 Chapter 7 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 7.1 Who to Call for Help If you need help, please call our Technical Support Team at (800) 330-8301, or directly

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 7-2 7.3 Website Detailed product information and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are available

A-1 Appendix A CHANGING THE CONSOLE RESOLUTION A.1 Overview The GFX 400 card can be configured to be the console in a typical SPARC desktop/server.

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GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual A-2 • If the monitor does not "sync up" at the default console resolution, it may be nec

Appendix A – Changing the Console Resolution A-3 If the Auto-Detect feature fails the card will default to 1152x900@66Hz. Other methods described i

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual A-4 NOTE: The default console of all video modes is 8 bits. 1 640x480@72 2 640x480@75 3 640x48

Appendix A – Changing the Console Resolution A-5 35 1920X1080X60 36 1920X1080X72* 37 1920X1080X80 38 1920X1200@60 39 1920X1200@70 40 1920X1200

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual A-6 For example, to set the console resolution to 1280x1024@76Hz, type the following: ok nvedit

Appendix A – Changing the Console Resolution A-7 The sync values can be added together to select more than one of the above. NOTE: To obtain the t

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B-1 Appendix B CARD SPECIFICATIONS B.1 GFX 420 Card and Specifications Frame Buffer: 64 Megabytes (32MB/head) Hardware Cursor: 3 color,

GFX 400 Series Installation & Reference Manual B-2 B.2 GFX 440 Card and Specifications Frame Buffer: 128 Megabytes (32MB/head) Har

Appendix B – Card Specifications B-3 B.3 GFX 450 Card and Specifications Frame Buffer: 32 Megabytes Hardware Cursor: 3 color, 64 x 64

i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1-1 1.1 Overview 1-1 1.2 Conventions 1-2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-1 2.1 Installation Instruct

GFX 400 Series Installation & Reference Manual B-4 B.4 GFX 400 Series Cabling B.4.1 GFX 450 GFX 450 has one DVI-I and one HD-15 connector.

Appendix B – Card Specifications B-5 Make sure the other end of each monitor cable is properly connected to its monitor. See your monitor manuals f

GFX 400 Series Installation & Reference Manual B-6 Make sure all connectors are firmly in place. Figure B.2 NOTE: Monitors are nu

Appendix B – Card Specifications B-7 NOTE: Your dual-monitor adapter can only be used with DVI based displays. DVI to VGA adapters are included

GFX 400 Series Installation & Reference Manual B-8 B.5 Special Adapter for Some Sun Monitors The GFX 400 Series have a DVI to VGA adapter fo

C-1 Appendix C USING NVEDIT TO MODIFY NVRAM C.1 NVRAM Edit Commands This section discusses the use of NVRAM. The NVRAM is used to set the resoluti

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ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) ADVANCED FEATURES 5-1 5.1 Overview 5-1 5.2 8+24 Simultaneous Visuals 5-1 5.3 Cached Pixmaps 5-1

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1-1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview Thank you for purchasing a Tech Source GFX 400 Series product(s). The products in this series include: •

GFX 400 Series Installation and Reference Manual 1-2 From this point forward, all GFX 400 series products will collectively be referred to as GFX 4

2-1 Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Installation Instructions The GFX 400 graphics card installation is simple and consists of a few easy steps