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Raptor DL-Lite X11R6.1 for AIX

Installation and Reference

Manual

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2005 Tech Source Inc.

442 S. North Lake Blvd.

Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

(407) 262-7100

Publication #65-0261-03

Rev A

February 22, 2005

Summary of Contents for RAPTOR DL-LITE - X11R6.1 FOR AIX INSTALLATION-REFERENCE

Page 1: ...aptor DL Lite X11R6 1 for AIX Installation and Reference Manual Copyright 2005 Tech Source Inc 442 S North Lake Blvd Altamonte Springs FL 32701 407 262 7100 Publication 65 0261 03 Rev A February 22 2005 ...

Page 2: ...e and Tech Source Raptor are trademarks of Tech Source Inc X Window System is a trademark and product of X org All other products or services mentioned in this document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations Tech Source Inc disclaims any responsibility for any references to those trademarks herein ...

Page 3: ...E This publication documents the Tech Source Raptor X11R6 1 for AIX Installation for use with the Tech Source Inc Raptor DL Lite card This manual is intended for users who incorporate the Tech Source Raptor cards into IBM RS 6000 workstations running AIX operating systems This is a guide to the installation of the Raptor software All systems vary to a degree Knowledge of the features of your syste...

Page 4: ...rce Inc hardware software product is the sole responsibility of the customer Tech Source Inc offers a continuing hardware software support program that provides telephone consultation and any required hardware repair after the expiration of the warranty period This is a billable annual maintenance contract Contact Tech Source Inc for the available maintenance plans Customers will be charged an hou...

Page 5: ...allation 3 1 3 3 Configuring the Raptor as LFT Display 3 3 3 4 Supported Resolutions 3 4 INVOKING X11R6 1 4 1 4 1 Overview 4 1 4 2 xinit 4 1 4 3 Setting Bit Depth and Resolution 4 3 4 3 1 Setting Bit Depth 4 3 4 3 1 1 STARSMODE Variable 4 4 4 3 1 2 Config File 4 4 4 3 2 Setting the Resolution 4 5 4 4 Enabling MOX Extension During X11R6 1 Server Startup 4 5 4 5 xdm 4 5 4 5 1 MOX Mode Using xdm 4 6 ...

Page 6: ...G RAPTOR DL Lite X11R6 1 FOR AIX 5 1 5 1 Uninstall Using SMIT 5 1 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 6 1 6 1 Who to Call For Help 6 1 6 2 Email Address 6 1 6 3 Website 6 2 APPENDIX A CARD SPECIFICATIONS A 1 A 1 Raptor DL Lite Specifications A 1 ...

Page 7: ...installation tool will be useful during this installation The AIX versions currently supported are AIX 4 3 3 AIX 5 1 and AIX 5 2 From this point forward Tech Source Inc will be referred to as Tech Source or TSI The software is provided on a CD ROM and consists of the following Tech Source Raptor DL Lite device drivers for AIX X11R6 1 binary distribution clients libraries fonts etc X11R6 1 server f...

Page 8: ...ions throughout Whenever a variable name command name directory or filename is used in a paragraph they will appear in a mono spaced font At times the reader will be instructed to enter commands at a prompt In this case a transcript of a sample session will be provided where a prompt similar to one the reader might see will be followed by the commands the reader is to enter The entire transcript w...

Page 9: ...tems currently tested on Raptor cards are 43P 44P IntelliStation Power 275 This chapter discusses the installation of Raptor cards in one of these machines Please contact Tech Source if you have installation issues on a different machine 2 2 Installation Instructions The Raptor card installation is simple and consists of a few easy steps These installation instructions presume that you are familia...

Page 10: ...etal part on the case Step 2 Install the Raptor card firmly into the PCI Local Bus slot Take care to press it evenly and snugly into the slot Once you are certain the card is installed properly in the slot secure it with the bracket screw Step 3 Secure the system s cover attach any previously removed cables Step 4 Connect the Dual Link DVI cable from the Apple HD panel to the Raptor DL Lite card T...

Page 11: ...r One or more of the cards listed in Section 1 1 is presently installed in the workstation 3 2 CD ROM Installation Installation of Raptor software can be done through SMIT The following are the step by step instructions for installing Raptor DL Lite X11R6 1 for AIX software from CD ROM 1 Install a Raptor card in the computer as described in Chapter 2 2 Login as root on the target install machine 3...

Page 12: ...e Directory to Mount box select cdrom In the Type of File System box select cdrfs In the Mount as READ ONLY file system box select yes 6 Install the software To do this using SMIT perform the following steps Select Software Installation and Maintenance Install and Update Software Install Software In the Input Device Directory for Software box select the appropriate directory below based on the typ...

Page 13: ...eturn an entry like Note The Raptor cards are identified by the operating system as follows Raptor DL Lite rapdlt Where is an instance number assigned by the operating system 3 3 Configuring the Raptor as LFT Display In order to use the Raptor card as the LFT display use the chdisp command to change the current display device to the Raptor device For Raptor DL Lite type the following prompt chdisp...

Page 14: ...ntil the next reboot or p to make a permanent change of display If the Raptor card is the only graphics device in the system it will automatically be configured as the default LFT console device 3 4 Supported Resolutions The resolution for Raptor DL Lite is fixed at 2560x1600 for the Apple LCD panel ...

Page 15: ...cshrc file prompt setenv X11R6HOME usr X11R6 1 prompt setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH X11R6HOME lib prompt set path X11R6HOME bin path The Xtsi server is provided in the X11R6HOME bin directory The examples used in this chapter refer to the device rapdlt0 Your actual device name will vary according to the Raptor card type and the instance number 4 2 xinit The xinit program can be directly used to start the...

Page 16: ...script to start up the server If no such file exists xinit will use the following as a default X 0 Note that this assumes that there is a program named X in the current search path The X11R6 1 server in this software is called Xtsi and is in the directory X11R6HOME bin A symbolic link has been made from X to Xtsi To startup the server using xinit type prompt xinit X11R6HOME bin Xtsi P11 rapdlt0 Yo...

Page 17: ...o 8 bit only 8 24 bit 24 bit mox16 mox24 or mox32 see Table 2 Mode Bit Depth Description of Mode 8 bit 8 bit PseudoColor visual 8 24 mode One 8 bit visual One 24 bit visual simultaneous 24 bit 24 bit TrueColor visual only mox16 mox mode w 16 planes mox24 mox mode w 24 planes mox32 mox mode w 32 planes Table 2 An explanation of different MOX modes can be found in Section 4 4 There are two ways to s...

Page 18: ...e depth of the Raptor DL Lite card can be set using the usr X11R6 1 etc TSIScreenConfig file Each row in the file corresponds to a specific Raptor DL Lite card that is identified by its device name The fields in each row are separated by spaces In the sample config file shown below the bit depth of the Raptor DL Lite rapdlt0 card is set to 8 24 The cached pixmap field is used for debugging purpose...

Page 19: ...cumentation These MOX modes are available on Raptor DL Lite cards mox16 MOX 8 bit Normal 13 bit Group 5 bit Absolute mox24 MOX 8 bit Normal 21 bit Group 13 bit Absolute mox32 MOX 8 bit Normal 29 bit Group 21 bit Absolute To enable MOX on a Raptor card set the bit depth to one of the MOX modes Please refer to Section 4 3 1 for details 4 5 xdm The X Display Manager xdm program is used for running mu...

Page 20: ...gin screen 0 Local local uid console root usr X11R6 1 bin Xtsi 0 P11 rapdlt0 You may also add any other command line arguments to the end of the line For more information on xdm refer to the xdm man pages 4 5 1 MOX Mode Using xdm In order to enable MOX under xdm you must make use of the StartWin script installed in usr X11R6 1 etc The Xservers file should be modified as follows 0 local usr X11R6 1...

Page 21: ...prompt usr dt bin dtlogin 4 6 1 MOX Mode Using CDE In order to enable MOX when using CDE you must make use of the StartWin script installed in usr X11R6 1 etc The Xservers file should be modified as follows 0 local usr X11R6 1 bin StartWin 0 Additional command line options can be appended at the end of this line The following example StartWin script will start up the X Server in mox24 mode bin sh ...

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Page 23: ...lled Software Remove Software Products In the Software Name box select the installed Raptor software products Click the button to complete the uninstallation The following are installed Raptor packages raptor srv raptor x11r61 raptor xmox devices pci 27123900 rte devices pci 27123900 msg en_US rte Note Be sure that the Preview Only option is set to no prior to uninstalling or else the uninstallati...

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Page 25: ... card s available when contacting Tech Source in order to expedite support Please make a note of this information in the area below DETAILS OF YOUR CARD S P N _________________________________ Model Name ___________________________ Serial Number s ____________________ 6 2 Email Address Our email address is hotline techsource com International customers should use email or our fax line at 407 339 2...

Page 26: ...Raptor DL Lite X11R6 1 for AIX Installation Manual 6 2 6 3 Website Detailed product information and Frequently Asked Questions FAQs are available on our website located at http www techsource com ...

Page 27: ...Cursor Up to 3 cursors Color Lookup Primary color map with 2048 Tables entries and two auxiliary color maps with 256 entries each PCI Interface 33 66 MHz 32 64 bit Universal Signaling Video Connector DVI Dual Link Temperature 10 0 to 50 0 C operating Rating 10 0 to 70 0 C non operating Humidity Rating 5 to 90 non condensing Power Rating 5V 5 Amps Dimensions 312mm x 107mm 12 28 x 4 2 ...

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