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Contents Preface 1. v What’s New in Video Driver Update 3 1 New Video Display Device Support 1 New Updated Video Support 2. 1 Video Driver Update 3 for Solaris 2.
iv Video Driver Update 3 Guide for Solaris 2.
Preface This document provides information about x86 video display devices that are now supported in the SolarisTM 2.6 computing environment. For information about support for other devices—SCSI host bus adapters or network adapters, for example—refer to Driver Update Guide for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition), supplied with Driver Update 3 for Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition. Typically, as new or updated video drivers become available, they are released as Video Driver Update diskette images.
How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 describes what is new in this release. Chapter 2 provides information about supported devices, release notes, known problems, diskette image creation procedures, and installation instructions for this Video Driver Update. Ordering Sun Documents The SunDocsSM program provides over 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the U.S., Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.
CHAPTER 1 What’s New in Video Driver Update 3 Video Driver Update 3 adds new support for Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition video devices. It must be used with Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition. This chapter provides a brief description of what has been added since the previous Video Driver Update.
4 Support for new Siemens Nixdorf monitors has been added: MCM 1703 NTD, MCM 1704 NTD, MCM 1753 ND, MCM 1755 NTD, MCM 2103 ND, MCM 2105 NTD, MCM 2106 NTD, MCM 2107 NTD, MCM 2108 NTD, MCM 2109 NTD, MCM 2110 NTD. 2 Video Driver Update 3 Guide for Solaris 2.
CHAPTER 2 Video Driver Update 3 for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) This chapter contains a brief description of the video and notebook support included in this Video Driver Update, followed by release notes, known problems, diskette image creation procedures, and installation instructions. Read the entire chapter once before installing the Video Driver Update. Note that this Video Driver Update is cumulative so this update includes all previous Solaris 2.6 Video Driver Updates.
TABLE 2–1 Video Display Devices Supported in This Video Driver Update Resolution and Color Depth 800x600 Vendor Model Bus ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV PCI ATI 3D RAGE II+ 3D RAGE II+2 — ATI 3D RAGE II+ 3D RAGE PRO2 — ATI 3D RAGE PRO All-inWonder PCI ATI 3D RAGE II+ XPERT@Play PCI/ AGP ATI 3D RAGE PRO XPERT@Work PCI/ AGP ATI 3D RAGE PRO 54802 — Cirrus Logic GD5480 Diamond Stealth 3D 2000/Pro PCI S3 ViRGE/DX (86C375) Matrox Millennium 220 PCI Millennium II Cirrus Logic S3 4 Vide
TABLE 2–1 Video Display Devices Supported in This Video Driver Update (continued) Resolution and Color Depth 800x600 Video Chip1 Vendor Model Bus STB Nitro 3D PCI S3 ViRGE/GX (86C385) Nitro 64 Video PCI Cirrus Logic GD5446 PowerGraph 64 3D PCI S3 ViRGE (86C325) 1. 2.
TABLE 2–2 Notebook Displays Supported in This Video Driver Update Notebook Display Video Support Resolution and Color Depth E=With External Monitor I=With Internal Monitor 640x480 8 24 800x600 8 24 1024x768 1280x1024 8 8 Vendor Model Video Chip 24 Toshiba Satellite 200CDS Chips & Technology 65550 E,I E E Satellite 220CDS Chips & Technology 65554 E,I E E Tecra 520CDT Chips & Technology 65555 E,I E E Tecra 530CDT Chips & Technology 65555 E,I E 24 Note - When running a Solari
4 Support for ATI Mach64VT chips has been enhanced to eliminate some screen noise. 4 Support for S3 ViRGE chips (86C325) has been enhanced to prevent screen corruption. 4 Support for Cirrus Logic 542x chips has been updated to eliminate some screen noise. 4 Support for notebooks using Chips and Technology 65555 chips has been updated to eliminate text distortion and vertical line problems. 4 Support has been added for monitor refresh rates up to 115kHz horizontal and 120Hz vertical.
du3vs3 Updated video support for video cards and motherboards using video chips from S3 du3vcir Updated video support for video cards and motherboards using video chips from Cirrus Logic You only need to install the images for the video devices you intend to use, although you may install all the images if you want. They can be installed in any order.
2. Run the kdmconfig program and choose a different memory address from the Memory Address screen. The three possible choices are: 0x20000000, 0x80000000, or 0xA0000000. 3. Restart the window system software. Follow these steps for each address until your system works correctly. 4 (1179340) Using the Intel Professional GX High Resolution system in 1280x1024 with 256 colors mode and an 80-kHz monitor causes problems when returning to text mode after exiting the window system.
Workaround: Use a PCI version of the Diamond Viper adapters on those systems that support both bus types. 4 The VLB version of the Diamond Viper SE adapter is not supported in this release. 4 Some versions of the Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB video card have memory addressing limitations that may cause problems if your system contains 32 Mbytes or more of RAM. A newer revision of this board addresses these problems. Unfortunately, there is no distinction made between revisions of this card.
where du3vxxx is the name of the uncompressed diskette image. Note - If you use Netscape to download a .Z file, it may remove the .Z suffix but not uncompress it. If this happens, rename the file before you uncompress it. # mv du3vxxx du3vxxx.Z 4 To unzip a zipped (.zip) file, follow the instructions that are appropriate for your unzip program. When you are done, you should have files of size 1474560 bytes.
Note - If you are installing Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition software on a system that contains one of the video devices listed in Table 2-1, or on a notebook listed in Table 2-2, your video device or notebook will not be supported during the installation. When you get to the point in the Solaris installation when the kdmconfig - Introduction screen appears, press F4_Bypass to skip the window system configuration at this time.
Note - You only need to install the images for the video devices you intend to use. 6. Label the Solaris 2.6 Video Diver Update 3 diskette and insert it into the diskette drive. 7. Mount the diskette at the /mnt mount point: # mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /mnt Note - You must mount the diskette at this point in the file structure to update your system successfully. 8. Execute the install script on the diskette by typing: # /mnt/DU/sol_26/i86pc/Tools/install.sh -i The install.
11. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive. Repeat Steps 5 through 11 for any additional Video Driver Update diskettes. 12. If Volume Management was turned off in Step 4 on page 12, you may turn it on again: # /etc/init.d/volmgt start 13. After the Video Driver Update software has been installed, reconfigure the window system by typing: # kdmconfig kdmconfig attempts to identify your video device, monitor, keyboard, and pointing device.
