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Raptor Drivers for Linux 

Installation and Reference 

Manual 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Copyright © 2005 Tech Source, Inc. 

442 S. North Lake Blvd. 

Altamonte Springs, FL  32701 

(407) 262-7100 

Publication #65-0230-01 

Rev G 

January 5, 2005 

Содержание RAPTOR 2100T - RAPTOR DRIVERS FOR LINUX INSTALLATION AND

Страница 1: ...Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual Copyright 2005 Tech Source Inc 442 S North Lake Blvd Altamonte Springs FL 32701 407 262 7100 Publication 65 0230 01 Rev G January 5 2005 ...

Страница 2: ...or organizations Tech Source Inc disclaims any responsibility for any references to those trademarks herein All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission of the copyright owner RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to restrictions of FAR 52 227 14 g 2 6 87 and FAR 52 227 19 6...

Страница 3: ...irst with any questions you may have about the product Unlimited technical support via telephone facsimile email is provided for one 1 year from date of shipment The installation of any Tech Source 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 hardw...

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Страница 5: ...s 3 1 3 3 CD ROM Installation 3 2 3 4 New Device 3 4 3 5 Changing Resolution 3 4 3 6 Configuring XFree86 Server for PC Graphics Hardware 3 4 3 6 1 Monitor Section 3 6 3 6 2 Device Section 3 6 3 6 3 Screen Section 3 7 3 6 4 ServerLayout Section 3 8 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR T CLASS CARDS 4 1 4 1 Overview 4 1 4 2 Requirements 4 1 4 3 CD ROM Installation 4 2 4 4 New Device 4 4 4 5 Changing Resolution...

Страница 6: ...6 1 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 7 1 7 1 Who to Call for Help 7 1 7 2 Email Address 7 1 7 3 Website 7 2 CARD SPECIFICATIONS A 1 A 1 I Class Products A 1 A 1 1 Raptor 2000 Specifications A 1 A 1 1 1 Raptor 2000 24M Specifications A 1 A 1 1 2 Raptor 2000 12M Specifications A 2 A 1 2 Raptor 2500 Specifications A 3 A 2 T Class Products A 4 A 2 1 Raptor 2100T Specifications A 4 A 2 2 Raptor 1100T Specification...

Страница 7: ...upported on Linux are Raptor 1100T Raptor 2100T Raptor 2500T and Raptor 3840T This manual contains two different software installation chapters corresponding to the two different classes of graphics cards Please be sure to read the chapter corresponding to the graphics card that you are installing Read the label on your Raptor graphics card to determine the model of card that you have Alternativel...

Страница 8: ... eXtension on all supported Raptor cards Software support for MOX is provided by a server extension and a client library which are included with this product Installation of MOX software is discussed in Chapters 3 and 4 The MOX software must be installed only once The same MOX software works for both I Class and T Class products For more information about MOX please contact Tech Source for a techn...

Страница 9: ...will be provided where a prompt will be followed by the commands the reader is to enter The entire transcript will be in a mono spaced font with the prompt in a normal weight and the user s entries in bold The prompt used in a transcript varies depending on the circumstances The following are some common prompts and when they are used prompt used when the user is required to have root privileges p...

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Страница 11: ...se cards under XFree86 NOTE The Raptor graphics cards cannot be used as a console in a PC You must install a VGA SVGA PC video card from another manufacturer for this purpose 2 2 Installation Instructions The Raptor graphics card installation is simple and consists of a few easy steps Raptor 2100 FPS and Raptor 2500 FPS have several cable connections and are therefore discussed separately in Secti...

Страница 12: ...x software 2 3 Installation of the Raptor 2500 FPS The Raptor 2500 FPS Digital Flat Panel subsystem is comprised of the Raptor 2500T graphics card configured for 2560x2048 resolution the Tech Source 2500 FPS digital flat panel along with associated cables and software The Raptor 2500T graphics card is connected to the Tech Source 2500 FPS digital flat panel using a cable as shown in Figure 2 1 The...

Страница 13: ...tor 2100 FPS The Raptor 2100 FPS is comprised of the Raptor 2500T graphics card configured for 2048x2048 resolution and the Tech Source 2100 FPS digital flat panel along with associated cables and software The subsystem is connected together as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 2100 FPS Digital Flat Panel Subsystem ...

Страница 14: ...d The cable splits into two with MDR26 connectors on the opposite end These two connectors marked A B get connected to the appropriately marked connectors on the back of the digital flat panel They are shown in Figure 2 2 On some models of the digital flat panel the connectors may be recessed In this instance please remove the back panel plug the cables into the two marked connectors and restore t...

Страница 15: ...requisites for installing the Raptor Drivers for Linux Software At least 2MB of disk space available in root directory and usr for drivers A Raptor card is presently installed in the workstation server See Chapter 2 for instructions on installing a Raptor graphics card Linux kernel v2 2 x or v2 4 x installed XFree86 v4 0 or later installed and configured for the current console graphics card RPM v...

Страница 16: ...the Raptor 2500 tsi_drv o XFree86 DDX module libMOX a MOX extension module 3 3 CD ROM Installation The following are step by step instructions for installing the Raptor Drivers for Linux from a CD ROM 1 Login as root on the target system using bin sh as your shell 2 Insert the CD ROM labeled Raptor Drivers for Linux into the drive 3 If the drive is already mounted type prompt cd mnt cdrom linux i ...

Страница 17: ... older than v2 0 the older version must be removed before installing the new version Refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on removing the package To install the driver package type prompt rpm Uvh raptor rpm 6 Reboot the system to make sure the drivers will be reloaded 7 To verify that the device drivers were loaded correctly type prompt cat proc modules grep rap It should show the entry for the Rap...

Страница 18: ...y the system and so on 3 5 Changing Resolution The resolution of the Raptor 2000 is fixed at 2048x2048 for the Sony DDM 2800 monitor The resolution of the Raptor 2500 is fixed at 2560x2048 3 6 Configuring XFree86 Server for PC Graphics Hardware This section assumes that the XF86Config file was configured to work properly with your existing VGA SVGA cards For documentation on how to install and con...

Страница 19: ...orizSync 31 5 150 0 VertRefresh 50 90 ModeLine 2048x2048 357 18 2048 2088 2408 2816 2048 2051 2054 2114 DisplaySize 498 498 EndSection Section Device Identifier Raptor0 Driver tsi BusID PCI 0 10 0 ChipSet i128v2 Card TSI Raptor 2000 Option Device dev raptor0 Option MOX24 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Raptor2000 Device Raptor0 Monitor Sony DDM Rap2k DefaultDepth 8 SubSection Display Depth 8 ...

Страница 20: ...ption below for details BusID Depending on the machine and the slot the card is in it might receive a unique BusID When the driver attaches it will print out the device name and BusID To check the BusID type dmesg grep rap The output should look similar to the following TSI rapqfp0 BusID 0 9 0 is Raptor 2500 2560x2048 TSI raptor0 BusID 0 10 0 is Raptor 2000 2048x2048 In the example above the Rapto...

Страница 21: ...is line is commented out in the example given See Section 5 6 for more details on configuring MOX If more than one Raptor 2000 or Raptor 2500 card is installed a separate Device section must be created for each card Each Device section should have a unique Identifier BusID and Device option fields Other fields should remain unchanged For more information please refer to Section 5 5 3 6 3 Screen Se...

Страница 22: ...Screen0 is the console card the following example shows the ServerLayout section with the Raptor card as the second screen Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 LeftOf Raptor2000 Screen 1 Raptor2000 RightOf Screen0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection NOTE The ServerLayout section should already exist in your XF86Config file It ...

Страница 23: ... following are prerequisites for installing the Raptor Drivers for Linux Software At least 2MB of disk space available in and usr for drivers A Raptor card is presently installed in the workstation server See Chapter 2 for instructions on installing a Raptor graphics card Linux Kernel v2 2 x or v2 4 x installed XFree86 v4 0 or later installed and configured for the current console graphics card RP...

Страница 24: ...00T rap2kt o Kernel driver for the Raptor 2100T rapifp o Kernel driver for the Raptor 3840T rapt_drv o XFree86 DDX module libMOX a MOX extension module 4 3 CD ROM Installation The following are step by step instructions for installing the Raptor Drivers for Linux from a CD ROM 1 Login as root on the target system using bin sh as your shell 2 Insert the CD ROM labeled Raptor Drivers for Linux into ...

Страница 25: ...ion of the Raptor Drivers for Linux software is older than v2 0 the older version must be removed before installing the new version Refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on removing the package To install the driver package type prompt rpm Uvh rapft rpm 6 Reboot the system to make sure the drivers will be reloaded 7 To verify that the device drivers were loaded correctly type prompt cat proc modules...

Страница 26: ...ber assigned by the operating system For example dev rap2kt0 is the first Raptor 2100T card seen by the system dev rap2kt1 will be the second Raptor 2100T card seen by the system and so on 4 5 Changing Resolution The resolutions for Raptor 2100T and Raptor 2500T are fixed They are shown in the table below The resolution of the 1100T and Raptor 3840T can be changed by changing the value of the Mode...

Страница 27: ... you are using another config file the three sections can be imported from etc X11 XF86Config rap2kt or etc X11 XF86Config rap1kt or etc X11 XF86Config raptfp or etc X11 XF86Config rapifp The sections for a Raptor 2100T are listed below The Device and Screen sections for the other cards are similar The required modifications are explained in the following subsections TSI Raptor 2100T XFree86 Confi...

Страница 28: ...des 2048x2048 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 2048x2048 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 2048x2048 EndSubSection EndSection TSI Raptor 2100T XFree86 Configuration Sections 4 6 1 Monitor Section This section contains configuration information for the Sony DDM monitor and should remain unchanged 4 6 2 Device Section Identifier Each instance of Raptor card should have a...

Страница 29: ...name of the Raptor card The first Raptor card seen by the system will be dev rap2kt0 and the second will be dev rap2kt1 and so on The device name and the BusID specified earlier in this section must correspond to the same card Option Mode This field specifies pixel modes It can be one of the following 8 8 bit PsuedoColor 8 24 Simultaneous 8 bit PsuedoColor and 24 bit True Color 24 24 bit True Colo...

Страница 30: ...olor of the overlay If an application is mistakenly using the transparent color the value of the color can be changed so that the application no longer uses it The default value is 0x0A3246 If more than one Raptor card is installed another Device section needs to be created with unique entries in the Identifier BusID and Device Option fields that correspond to this additional card For more informa...

Страница 31: ...t visual desired This is used when 24 bit visuals will be used on the screen otherwise this field should be set to 8 Modes This field should remain unchanged for the Raptor 2100T Raptor 3840T and the Raptor 2500T It may be modified to change the resolution of a Raptor 1100T card The following sample screen section shows the 1100T configured for 1280x1024 Section Screen Identifier Raptor1100T Devic...

Страница 32: ...le shows the ServerLayout Section for a single screen configuration on the Raptor device Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Raptor2100T 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Assuming Screen0 is the console card the following example shows the ServerLayout section with the Raptor card as the second screen Section ServerLayout Ident...

Страница 33: ...r X11R6 prompt setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH X11R6HOME lib prompt set path X11R6HOME bin path All of the options specific to the Tech Source Raptor graphics accelerators are set through the option field in the Device section of the XF86Config file No command line options are necessary when using startx xinit or xdm to start the X server Please refer to Chapters 3 and 4 for information on how to configure...

Страница 34: ...n the command line xinit will look for a file in the user s home directory called xinitrc to run as a shell script to start up client programs If no such file exists xinit will use the following as a default xterm geometry 1 1 n login display 0 If no specific server program is given on the command line xinit will look for a file in the user s home directory called Xserverrc to run as a shell scrip...

Страница 35: ... provided in the directory etc X11 xdm depending on the distribution on your system the path to these files might be different The configuration file xdmconfig contains references to the other files and is used to specify other configuration parameters of xdm The Xservers file specifies the users displays that must get a login window The Xservers file will have individual lines to represent the X ...

Страница 36: ...s to be modified as shown Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 Screen 0 Raptor1100T LeftOf Raptor1100T 1 Screen 1 Raptor1100T 1 RightOf Raptor1100T InputDevice Mouse 1 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard 0 CoreKeyboard EndSection The Device and the Screen sections in the config file need to be copied and modified Each Raptor card has its own Device and Screen sectio...

Страница 37: ...fier Raptor1100T Device Raptor1 1KT Monitor CustomMonitor DefaultDepth 8 SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection EndSection Section Device Identifier Raptor1 1KT 1 Driver rapt Card TSI Raptor 1100T BusID PCI 0 12 0 Option Device dev rap1kt1 Option Mode 8 Option Scale...

Страница 38: ... 5 6 Selecting Bit Depths 5 6 1 Setting Bit Depth on I Class Cards I Class cards support 8 bit mox16 and mox24 modes By default windows comes up in 8 bit mode on these cards For an explanation of the various MOX modes please see Section 5 6 3 The following example shows the Device Section of the Raptor 2500 with mox24 mode enabled Section Device Identifier Rapqfp0 Driver tsi BusID PCI 0 10 0 ChipS...

Страница 39: ...he Mode option in the Device section needs to be set to 8 and the other values should remain unchanged To set bit depth to 24 the Mode option needs to be set to 24 as shown Section Device Identifier Raptor1 1KT Driver rapt Card TSI Raptor 1100T BusID PCI 0 12 0 Option Device dev rap1kt0 Option Mode 24 Option ScaleCursPos on EndSection To select 8 24 bit mode the Mode option should be set to 8 24 a...

Страница 40: ...aptor1100T Device Raptor1 1KT Monitor CustomMonitor DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection End Section To select 8 8 bit mode the option Mode option should be set to 8 8 The following example shows the mox16 mode being selected for a Raptor 1100T car...

Страница 41: ...bsolute The following additional MOX mode applies to the Raptor 1100T Raptor 2100T and the Raptor 2500T cards mox32 MOX 8 bit Normal 32 bit Group 24 bit Absolute Radar Scan capable versions of T Class cards support the following radar scan modes as well mox16radar MOX16 Radar Scan Input mox32radar MOX32 Radar Scan Input 8radar no MOX 8 bit Radar Scan Input 5 7 Setting Resolution on Raptor 1100T an...

Страница 42: ...ows how to set the resolution to 1600x1200 in 8 bit mode In this case the X server will automatically select the highest possible refresh rate for the monitor Section Screen Identifier Raptor1100T Device Raptor1 1KT Monitor CustomMonitor DefaultDepth 8 SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1600x1200 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Mode...

Страница 43: ...20 ModeLine VESA1152x900x85 121 1152 1216 1344 1568 900 901 904 947 HSYNC VSYNC In addition the option Modes in the Screen section should be changed to match the name of the resolution in the ModeLine field of the Monitor section as shown below Please ensure that in the Monitor section the HorzSync and VertRefresh fields are set to values that are supported by the monitor and correspond to the des...

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Страница 45: ...ALLING RAPTOR SOFTWARE 6 1 Uninstalling the Software To uninstall the software type prompt rpm e raptor for I Class driver software prompt rpm e tsimox or prompt rpm e rapft for T Class driver software prompt rpm e tsimox ...

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Страница 47: ...r 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 ____________________ 7 2 Email Address Our email address is hotline techsource com International customers may use email or our fax line at 407 339 255...

Страница 48: ...aptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 7 2 7 3 Website Detailed product information and Frequently Asked Questions FAQs are available on our website located at http www techsource com ...

Страница 49: ... layer Priority Management Hardware Cursor 3 color 64 x 64 bitmap Color Lookup Table s 1024 entries PCI Interface 33 MHz 32 bit Video Interface Red Green Blue at RS 343 50 ohms Video Sync Separate sync at TTL levels 75 ohms Video Connector DB 5W5 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 4 Amps 12V 100mA Dimensio...

Страница 50: ...ty Management Hardware Cursor 3 color 64 x 64 bitmap Color Lookup Table s 1024 entries PCI Interface 33 MHz 32 bit Video Interface Red Green Blue at RS 343 50 ohms Video Sync Separate sync at TTL levels 75 ohms Video Connector DB 5W5 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 4 Amps 12V 100mA Dimensions 312mm x 10...

Страница 51: ...or 3 color 64 x 64 bitmap Color Lookup Primary color map with 2048 Tables entries and two auxiliary color maps with 256 entries each PCI Interface 33 MHz 32 bit Universal Video Connector Dual MDR 26 2 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 ...

Страница 52: ...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 Interface Red Green Blue at RS 343 50 ohm Video Sync Separate sync at TTL levels 75 ohm Video Connector DB 5W5 Temperature 10 0 to 50 0 C operating Rating 10 0 to 70 0 C non operating Humidity Rating 5 to 90 non condensing Po...

Страница 53: ...r 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 Interface Red Green Blue at RS 343A 75 ohm Video Sync Separate or composite syncs at TTL levels 75 ohm Video Connector DB 13W3 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 A...

Страница 54: ... 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 One Low Force Helix 60 pin LFH60 connector all digital interface 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 3...

Страница 55: ...nterface 33 66 MHz 32 64 bit Universal Signaling Video Interface Quad Head DVI Video Connector One Low Force Helix 60 pin LFH60 connector all digital interface 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 2 5 Amps Dimensions 312mm x 107mm 12 28 x 4 2 ...

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Страница 57: ...x600x75 VESA800x600x85 VESA1024x768x60 VESA1024x768x70 VESA1024x768x75 VESA1024x768x85 VESA1152x900x60 VESA1152x900x70 VESA1152x900x75 VESA1152x900x85 VESA1280x1024x60 VESA1280x1024x75 VESA1280x1024x76 VESA1280x1024x85 VESA1600x1200x60 VESA1600x1200x65 VESA1600x1200x70 VESA1600x1200x75 HD1280x800x76 HD1440x900x76 HD1600x1000x66 HD1600x1000x76 HD1920x1080x60 HD1920x1200x60 ...

Страница 58: ...Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual B 2 B 2 List of Resolutions for Raptor 3840T 1600x1200x60 1920x1200x41 3840x2400x41 ...

Страница 59: ... in usr X11R6 bin directory C 2 Usage The following is a description of the utility and its use prompt tsiwd debug nodisplay geometry x y width height dev path pcmap ppm bmp imgfile filename The tsiwd utility saves the contents of an X Window or another region and displays it on the screen If the command line argument imgfile and the file name are provided the captured content is saved into a file...

Страница 60: ...n can capture an exact region of the screen For example prompt tsiwd geometry 0 0 100 150 imagefile The x and y specify the upper left hand corner of the region which along with width and height describes the rectangular area to capture When the captured image is saved by default the image file is in PNG format The PNG format provides lossless compression 24 bit color and may be viewed with a vari...

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