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
>
>