Themis TGA-7000 PMC User manual

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TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card
Installation Guide
Version 1.0— December 2005

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TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card Installation Guide, Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
1. TGA-7000 Overview ..................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 Features .................................................................................................................. 1-2
1.2 Video Formats ........................................................................................................ 1-2
1.2.1 Video Display Ports ................................................................................... 1-4
1.3 Technical Support .................................................................................................. 1-4
2. Hardware and Software Installation ........................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Hardware Installation ............................................................................................. 2-1
2.2 Software Installation .............................................................................................. 2-3
2.2.1 TGA-7000 Software Packages ................................................................... 2-3
2.2.1.1 Software Package Locations ....................................................... 2-3
2.2.1.2 Software Package Names ............................................................ 2-4
2.2.2 Solaris Operating System Patches ............................................................. 2-4
2.2.3 Sun OpenGL for Solaris Software ............................................................. 2-4
2.2.3.1 Sun OpenGL 1.3 for Solaris Patches .......................................... 2-5
2.3 Avoiding Colormap Flash ...................................................................................... 2-6
2.3.1 Using the -depth 24 Option ........................................................................ 2-6
2.3.2 Using the -fake8 Option ............................................................................. 2-6
2.4 TGA-7000 Default Console Display .................................................................... 2-7
2.5 Man Pages .............................................................................................................. 2-8
3. Configuring Multiple Frame Buffers .......................................................................... 3-1
3.1 Configuring Multiple Frame Buffers Through the Xservers File .......................... 3-1
3.2 Xinerama ................................................................................................................ 3-3
3.2.1 Using Xinerama ......................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.2 Restrictions When Using Xinerama .......................................................... 3-4
4. Using TGA-7000 Graphics Accelerator Features ...................................................... 4-1
4.1 Video Output Methods ........................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Setting Up Video Output Methods ........................................................................ 4-1

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4.2.1 Setting Up Single Video Output (Default) ................................................ 4-1
4.2.2 Setting Up Two Video Outputs Over One Large Frame Buffer ................ 4-2
4.2.3 Setting Up Two Independent Video Outputs ............................................. 4-3
4.2.4 Default Color Depth ................................................................................... 4-4
4.3 Checking Device Configuration ............................................................................ 4-4
A. TGA-7000 I/O Connector Pinouts .............................................................................. A-1
A.1 I/O Port Specifications .......................................................................................... A-1
A.2 HD15 Video Output Port ...................................................................................... A-2
A.3 DVI Video Output Port ......................................................................................... A-3
Index .............................................................................................................................. Index-1
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card ...................................................................... 1-1
Figure 2-1 Host System Board (USPIIe-USB) for the TGA-7000.................................... 2-2
Figure 2-2 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card ...................................................................... 2-2
Figure A-1 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card I/O Ports..................................................... A-1
Figure A-2 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card HD15 Connector Pinout ............................ A-2
Figure A-3 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card DVI Connector Pinout ............................... A-3
List of Tables
Table 1-1 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card HD15 Video Formats................................... 1-3
Table 1-2 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card Video Formats ............................................. 1-3
(DVI-A, DVI-D, and HD15)
Table 2-1 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card CD Directories............................................. 2-3
Table 2-2 Location of TGA-7000 Software Packages ..................................................... 2-3
Table 2-3 Solaris 8 and 9 Software Package Names........................................................ 2-4
Table 2-4 TGA-7000 for Solaris Software Patches ......................................................... 2-4
Table 2-5 Sun OpenGL 1.3 for Solaris Software Patches................................................ 2-5
Table A-1 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card HD15 Signal Descriptions .......................... A-2
Table A-2 TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card DVI Signal Descriptions............................. A-3

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TGA-7000 Overview
The Themis TGA-7000 2D/3D graphics accelerator card (see Figure 1-1) is a 24-bit
high-resolution graphics frame buffer that is installed and runs on PMC-based sys-
tem platforms such as the Themis TA64 and TP32 single-board computers. It can
plug into either a +5-volt or a +3.3-volt PMC site.
HD15 Video Port
DVI Video Port
PMC Connectors (32 bit)
5V key
3.3V key
Figure 1-1. TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card
Introductory
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1.1 Features
The TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card offers the following features:
• 24-bit color 2D/3D graphics
• Flexible 8- and 24-bit color application support
• ATI Radeon 7000 graphics engine
• 24-bit color, high resolution for multihead displays in supported systems
• 16-MB or 32-MB DDR SDRAM
• 32-bit, 33/66-MHz performance
• Triple 8-bit palette DAC supports pixel rates up to 350 MHz
• Dual-monitor support
• HD15 and DVI connector ports for a wide range of monitors (see Figure 1-1)
• Solaris 8 & 9 support
• 3D support through the software
1.2 Video Formats
Table 1-1 and Table 1-2 on page 1-3 list the monitor video formats supported by the
TGA-7000 PMC Graphics Card.
• To get a list of available screen resolutions for your display device, type:
host% fbconfig -res \?
If you have selected a resolution where support for this resolution cannot be verified,
fbconfig displays the following output:
SUNWpfb_config: Cannot verify that selected resolution is a
supported video resolution for this monitor
Note: The maximum supported screen resolution for the DVI port is 1280x1024.