Matrox M264, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 5, Installing Your DSX Software for Linux
Installing the Matrox SDK
The Matrox SDK contains all the header and DSX library files required to develop
applications that use the Matrox DSX hardware, and includes available sample
applications. The Matrox SDK (
DSX-TopologySdk.run ) will be installed in
/opt/MatroxVideo/DSX.sdk .
° To install the Matrox SDK:
1
Before installing the Matrox SDK, you must copy the .run file locally to your
computer.
2 After copying the .run file, make sure that the Matrox SDK is executable by
checking that the execute bit is on using your graphical file manager or setting it
on the Terminal (
chmod +x <filename> ).
3
To install the Matrox SDK, run the installer with sudo (for example,
sudo ./DSX-TopologySdk.run
), or run it while logged in as the root user.
¦ Note
In order to update your Matrox SDK to a later version, you must first uninstall
the old version as explained in “Uninstalling the Matrox software .”
Uninstalling the Matrox software
You can uninstall the DSX software as follows:
• To uninstall the DSX-TopologyUtils package, run the shell script at
/opt/MatroxVideo/DSX.utils/uninstall.sh as root user (or with sudo).
• To uninstall the DSX-TopologySdk package, run the shell script at
/opt/MatroxVideo/DSX.sdk/uninstall.sh as root user (or with sudo).
Additional installation information
This section includes supporting information that is related to installing the DSX
software.
Disabling suspend mode
On a Linux operating system, suspend mode can be used as an alternative to a full
shutdown of your system. On a system with Matrox DSX installed, this alternative
shutdown state can cause your system to become unstable and must be disabled.
You can disable Suspend mode in Linux as follows:
1 Add the kernel options “ acpi=off apm=off ” to the
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line in the /etc/default/grub file as root user
or with sudo.
2
In a shell, run the command
update-grub
as root user or with sudo.