Page 2 - Legal Notices
Legal Notices Copyright Notices. © Copyright 2004-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products ...
Page 3 - Contents; ii
Contents 1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 1 ...
Page 4 - ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide
Contents ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Default Visual Information ....................................................................................................................... 18 Configuring Graphics Resolution or Vertical Refresh Rate for HP-UX ..................
Page 5 - Preface; Intended Audience; system functionality.; Text that you type exactly as shown; iv
Preface This preface contains the following sections: • Intended Audience • Document Structure • Notational Conventions • Reader Comments and Feedback • Related Information • Printing History Intended Audience This manual is for managers and operators of HP AlphaServer systems with ATI RADEON 7500 P...
Page 6 - Reader Comments and Feedback
Preface ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Example: “Enter the ls -l filename command” means you must replace filename with your own text. • Keyboard keys and graphical interface items (such as buttons, tabs, and menu items) are represented using this font . Examples: The Con...
Page 7 - Diagnostics and Event Monitoring: Hardware Support Tools; Books about HP-UX Published by Prentice Hall; Printing History; vi
Preface ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Diagnostics and Event Monitoring: Hardware Support Tools Complete information about HP’s hardware support tools, including online and offline diagnostics and event monitoring tools, is at the http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag/ Web site. T...
Page 8 - Overview; Introduction; Option Numbers; Chapter 1
1 Overview Introduction This chapter provides a brief overview of the ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller. Module Description The ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller/accelerator module is a single expansion-slot 32 bit, 66/33 MHz Universal PCI option that provides 2D and 3D graphics accelera...
Page 9 - ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller; DVI-I to VGA Connector Adaptor
Overview ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Figure 1-1 ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller S-VIDOUT R CR T 27300 DV I MR0494 2 1 5 4 3 X ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller Y DVI-I VGA connector adaptor Z S-Video connector [ DVI-I connector \ Standard 15-pin VGA conne...
Page 10 - Connector Pinouts; Standard 15-Pin VGA Connector Pinout
Overview ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Connector Pinouts Table 1-2 contains a listing of the pins and signals found on the standard 15-pin VGA connector and the DVI-I to VGA adaptor (part number 209815-001 not included in kit). Table 1-2 Standard 15-Pin VGA Connector Pin...
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Overview ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide This Page Intentionally Left Blank 4 Chapter 1
Page 12 - Installation; Qty Description; Installation Procedure; Chapter 2
2 Installation Introduction This chapter provides information on unpacking the graphic controller and installing the ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller module in a supported HP product. Unpacking The graphics option hardware is packaged in a single carton that contains one graphic controller an...
Page 14 - Video Resolutions Supported; Supported Video Modes – OpenVMS; Chapter 3
3 HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation and Customization This chapter provides information for installing and modifying the software required to support 2D and 3D graphics with the ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller under the HP OpenVMS I64 operating system. The ATI RADEON 7500 PCI g...
Page 15 - Restrictions, Limitations and Defaults; Minimum Console Revision
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Restrictions, Limitations and Defaults This section of the document contains limitations, restrictions and defaults for the ATI RADEON 7500 hardware and software. Minimum Co...
Page 16 - Single Pixel Depth (No Mixed Depth Windows)
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Multiple Colormaps (8 Bits Per Pixel) Multiple colormaps are not supported by the hardware. The ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controllers support only one installed colormap ...
Page 17 - Transformation, Clipping and Lighting Support; Multiple Graphics Cards Support; Multi-Screen Versus XINERAMA
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide the libraries provide support for the ATI RADEON 7500 TCL hardware, hardware alpha and stencil planes, 3D multi-texturing, and 3D cube map textures. The RADEON 7500 Mesa3D s...
Page 18 - Screen Order and Forcing Single Headed Operation; Modifying the Graphics Configuration; ATI RADEON 7500 Default Graphics Settings
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Screen Order and Forcing Single Headed Operation Screen order is determined by the bus ordering of devices, and will vary across platforms. The DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM...
Page 19 - Server Startup and Configuration Messages
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide To override the default settings, follow these steps: 1. Copy or rename the SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE file to create a new command (.com) file called DE...
Page 20 - Troubleshooting; Troubleshooting Criteria; Problem Description Solution
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide More extensive logging of server events can be enabled by modifying the DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM DCL procedure and setting: $ DECW$SERVER_AUDIT_LEVEL == “n” Where n is ...
Page 22 - Configuration; Verification of Software Installation; Chapter 4
4 HP-UX Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the ATI RADEON 7500 graphics controller in a system running the HP-UX operating system. NOTE: Chapter 4 pertains to the HP-UX operating system only; if you are running the OpenVMS operating system, see Chapter 3 The examples in this manua...
Page 23 - Changing the Boot Console
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Changing the Boot Console When an ATI RADEON 7500 is installed in the system, the only supported console is the serial console. Use the following instructions to switch the console to the serial device. NOTE: Before switc...
Page 24 - Verification of Hardware Installation; ATI RADEON 7500 as Default Xserver Device
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Verification of Hardware Installation After the ATI RADEON 7500 graphics controller has been installed and the system has rebooted, verify the graphics card was correctly installed and identify which device file correspon...
Page 25 - Resolutions; Standard Supported Video Modes – HP-UX; Restrictions and Limitations; No Accelerated 3D Support; Default Visual Information
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Resolutions ATI RADEON 7500 graphics controllers can support various graphics resolutions and refresh rates as shown in Table 4-1. In addition to these standard resolutions and refresh rates, the ATI RADEON 7500 graphics ...
Page 26 - Current Graphics Resolution; NOTE: See Table 4-1 for supported resolutions and refresh rates.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Section “Screen” Identifier “Screen 0” DefaultDepth 24 […] SubSection “Display” Depth 24 […] EndSubSection SubSection “Display” Depth 8 […] EndSubSection EndSection The following lines will select an 8-bit default depth v...
Page 27 - Multihead Support; XF86Config Changes
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Multihead Support Multihead support is provided through changes to the Xserver’s configuration file which is located at /etc/X11/XF86Config. In order to do this correctly, you will need to know which device files to use. ...
Page 29 - Messages
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide Messages Xserver messages are typically logged to /var/X11/Xserver/logs. The two files that contain the messages are: /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.*.log /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xstartup.*.log Where * is the display instance o...
