InfoDoc ID   Synopsis   Date
17274   The features , limitations and tips for the Sun[TM] PGX64 graphics card   14 Jun 2002

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Description
Features

The m64 PGX graphics card is PCI based and is found on the Ultra[TM] 5's and 
Ultra 10's motherboard. The PGX is a low end card which provides 8-bit 
graphics support and is only meant to handle 2D graphics acceleration.
The current PGX card has 2 megs of memory and to see the supported resolutions
view the man page for m64config.

Limitations

A few of the limitations for the PGX card are it does not support SunPEX[TM] 
(The Phigs Extension) or OpenGLŪ . The PGX card was designed for your basic
X environment. It was not meant to handle 3D graphics applications well.
There is no DGA ( Direct Graphics Access ) or DPA support at this time. 

Troubleshooting Tips

If your third-party application is having graphics problems with the PGX card
then the first thing you should do is apply the PGX graphics patch.

  Solaris[TM] 2.6     105362   PGX m64 driver window config
  Solaris[TM] 2.5.1 Maintenance Update  103792   PGX m64 driver window config

If applying the patch does not resolve the problem then make sure you have the 
latest rev of the board. 

If the above are ok and the graphics problems still exist make sure that
your not trying to get the PGX card to perform functionality it's not 
capable of, see limitations above.

At this point it's time to call SunService and see if Sun tested your third- 
party application against the PGX card. If they did not, then Sun can file
a bug for you on the issue. The best thing to do is to call the third-party
software vendor and have them open a service order directly with Sun. This
way Sun will have access to the third-party application to test it out and 
determine a fix. Also the vendor may sell other graphics software that they
might want to get certified on the Ultra 5's and 10's.      
INTERNAL SUMMARY:
This is internal only. Do NOT send this to the customer.

There is an internal web site maintained by the drivers group in
engineering and it contains information on troubleshooting tips
and bugs currently being worked on, etc.. 

Please see this site:   http://chroma.eng

      
SUBMITTER: Erika Klein APPLIES TO: Hardware/Ultra Workstations ATTACHMENTS:


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