Hi All,

Having a rough time getting my Raptor GFX cards to work . I have set
this up many times before but on Ultra 5's and 10's with no problem; and
I figured a Sun Blade 100 shouldnt be too much different.

Currently I have two GFX cards, from boot:

Aug 4 18:49:54 system3 gfxp: TSI: gfxp1 is GFX8P @ 1280x1024
Aug 4 18:49:56 system3 gfxp: TSI: gfxp2 is GFX8P @ 1280x1024

I *just* built the solaris 9 box with all the packages and the pgxconfig
is there. Oddly, when i do the following:

=========================================
system3:~# GFXconfig -prconf
Searching for TSI devices .......

--- Hardware Configuration for gfxp1 ---
Type: GFX8P
Board: TSI GFX 8P
PROM Information: 1.10 99/03/15 TSI
DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31
RAM: 8MB
EDID Data:
Standard Timing : 1152x864x75, 1280x1024x60
Established Timing: 640x480x60, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x75,
1024x768x60, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75
Monitor Sense ID: 1
Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x76
Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24
Current depth: 8
=========================================


Only one of the cards is shown... yet on my machine at work (an old
ultra 5) with 2 Raptor GFX cards I get:

=========================================
work1:~$pgxconfig -prconf -dev all

--- Hardware Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp0 ---
Type: GFX8P
Board: TSI Raptor GFX 8P
PROM Information: 1.11 99/07/06 TSI
DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31
RAM: 8MB
EDID Data: 1280x1024x76, 1152x921x76, 1280x1024x75, 1280x1024x67,
1152x921x66, 1024x768x75, 1600x1200x75, 1280x1024x112, 640x480x60,
640x480x67, 640x480x72, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x72, 800x600x75,
1024x768x60, 1024x768x70, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75
Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x76
Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24
Current depth: 24


--- Hardware Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp1 ---
Type: GFX8P
Board: TSI Raptor GFX 8P
PROM Information: 1.11 99/07/06 TSI
DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31
RAM: 8MB
EDID Data: 1280x1024x76, 1152x921x76, 1280x1024x75, 1280x1024x67,
1152x921x66, 1024x768x75, 1600x1200x75, 1280x1024x112, 640x480x60,
640x480x67, 640x480x72, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x72, 800x600x75,
1024x768x60, 1024x768x70, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75
Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x76
Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24
Current depth: 24
=========================================


So I am wondering "What is up with that?" Something wrong? even if i
do a -dev all still nothing.





As well, my resolution is garbage - I cant up it anything better, what
it is set to know is:

=========================================
system3:~# pgxconfig -propt -dev all
Searching for TSI devices .......

--- OpenWindows Configuration for gfxp1 ---
OWconfig: /usr/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig
Video Mode: 1280x1024x76
Depth: 8
=========================================


Converesely my older sun ultra 5 has:

=========================================
work:~$pgxconfig -propt -dev all

--- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp0 ---
OWconfig: system
Video Mode: 1280x1024x76
Depth: 24


--- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp1 ---
OWconfig: system
Video Mode: 1280x1024x76
Depth: 24
=========================================

*both* of them show up again. Bad GFX card? but it is running
right now...


I have tried different pci slots, or reconfiguring to different
resolutions, still nothing! I have 3 monitors I can use from, 1
new sun 21" flat screen, one old sun 21" and a dell flat panel. the
Suns can easily go to 1600x1200 but 1280x1024x76 is fine, the flat panel
can go to 1280x1024x60. Even if I set my GFX res's to the appropriate,
the picture just gets worse.

My desktop manager is a light weight one, Blackbox - whose entire look
is terrible due to the resolution.

My /etc/dt/config/Xservers looks like:

:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun -nobanner -dev /dev/fbs/gfxp1 -dev /dev/fbs/gfxp2 right

I went through the directions for instsalling a gfx card to make sure I
did it correctly and I did... There is nothing in any of my logfiles
either indicating a video card problem.

Oddly though, if I run gkrellm, or gaim or konsole or rxvt, the picture
is very clear and looks perfect, yet the surrounding desktop manager and
say contents of Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape looks terrible.


Can anybody point me in the right direction or has an idea of what the
problem is?

Thanks for any help! You can reply directly to post AT apdtech DOT com
if you want to.

Anthony

ah nevermind! figured it out - forgot

-24only true

when configuring. turns out it doesnt like 8+24bit OR 8bit supposedly
it is suppose to do 8 & 24 bit visuals so old apps which want 8bit visual
psuedocolor work.



On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 post.nospam@nospam.apdtech.nospam.com wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Having a rough time getting my Raptor GFX cards to work . I have set
> this up many times before but on Ultra 5's and 10's with no problem; and
> I figured a Sun Blade 100 shouldnt be too much different.
>
> Currently I have two GFX cards, from boot:
>
> Aug 4 18:49:54 system3 gfxp: TSI: gfxp1 is GFX8P @ 1280x1024
> Aug 4 18:49:56 system3 gfxp: TSI: gfxp2 is GFX8P @ 1280x1024
>
> I *just* built the solaris 9 box with all the packages and the pgxconfig
> is there. Oddly, when i do the following:
>
> =========================================
> system3:~# GFXconfig -prconf
> Searching for TSI devices .......
>
> --- Hardware Configuration for gfxp1 ---
> Type: GFX8P
> Board: TSI GFX 8P
> PROM Information: 1.10 99/03/15 TSI
> DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31
> RAM: 8MB
> EDID Data:
> Standard Timing : 1152x864x75, 1280x1024x60
> Established Timing: 640x480x60, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x75,
> 1024x768x60, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75
> Monitor Sense ID: 1
> Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x76
> Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24
> Current depth: 8
> =========================================
>
>
> Only one of the cards is shown... yet on my machine at work (an old
> ultra 5) with 2 Raptor GFX cards I get:
>
> =========================================
> work1:~$pgxconfig -prconf -dev all
>
> --- Hardware Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp0 ---
> Type: GFX8P
> Board: TSI Raptor GFX 8P
> PROM Information: 1.11 99/07/06 TSI
> DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31
> RAM: 8MB
> EDID Data: 1280x1024x76, 1152x921x76, 1280x1024x75, 1280x1024x67,
> 1152x921x66, 1024x768x75, 1600x1200x75, 1280x1024x112, 640x480x60,
> 640x480x67, 640x480x72, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x72, 800x600x75,
> 1024x768x60, 1024x768x70, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75
> Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x76
> Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24
> Current depth: 24
>
>
> --- Hardware Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp1 ---
> Type: GFX8P
> Board: TSI Raptor GFX 8P
> PROM Information: 1.11 99/07/06 TSI
> DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31
> RAM: 8MB
> EDID Data: 1280x1024x76, 1152x921x76, 1280x1024x75, 1280x1024x67,
> 1152x921x66, 1024x768x75, 1600x1200x75, 1280x1024x112, 640x480x60,
> 640x480x67, 640x480x72, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x72, 800x600x75,
> 1024x768x60, 1024x768x70, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75
> Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x76
> Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24
> Current depth: 24
> =========================================
>
>
> So I am wondering "What is up with that?" Something wrong? even if i
> do a -dev all still nothing.
>
>
>
>
>
> As well, my resolution is garbage - I cant up it anything better, what
> it is set to know is:
>
> =========================================
> system3:~# pgxconfig -propt -dev all
> Searching for TSI devices .......
>
> --- OpenWindows Configuration for gfxp1 ---
> OWconfig: /usr/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig
> Video Mode: 1280x1024x76
> Depth: 8
> =========================================
>
>
> Converesely my older sun ultra 5 has:
>
> =========================================
> work:~$pgxconfig -propt -dev all
>
> --- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp0 ---
> OWconfig: system
> Video Mode: 1280x1024x76
> Depth: 24
>
>
> --- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp1 ---
> OWconfig: system
> Video Mode: 1280x1024x76
> Depth: 24
> =========================================
>
> *both* of them show up again. Bad GFX card? but it is running
> right now...
>
>
> I have tried different pci slots, or reconfiguring to different
> resolutions, still nothing! I have 3 monitors I can use from, 1
> new sun 21" flat screen, one old sun 21" and a dell flat panel. the
> Suns can easily go to 1600x1200 but 1280x1024x76 is fine, the flat panel
> can go to 1280x1024x60. Even if I set my GFX res's to the appropriate,
> the picture just gets worse.
>
> My desktop manager is a light weight one, Blackbox - whose entire look
> is terrible due to the resolution.
>
> My /etc/dt/config/Xservers looks like:
>
> :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun -nobanner -dev
> /dev/fbs/gfxp1 -dev /dev/fbs/gfxp2 right
>
> I went through the directions for instsalling a gfx card to make sure I
> did it correctly and I did... There is nothing in any of my logfiles
> either indicating a video card problem.
>
> Oddly though, if I run gkrellm, or gaim or konsole or rxvt, the picture
> is very clear and looks perfect, yet the surrounding desktop manager and
> say contents of Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape looks terrible.
>
>
> Can anybody point me in the right direction or has an idea of what the
> problem is?
>
> Thanks for any help! You can reply directly to post AT apdtech DOT com
> if you want to.
>
> Anthony
>
>