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Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual Copyright © 2005 Tech Source, Inc. 442 S. North Lake Blvd. Altamonte Sp

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2-1 Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Hardware Configurations Supported The Raptor card and software accompanying this manual have been tested o

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 2-2 Step 2: Install the Raptor graphics card firmly into the PCI slot. Take care to pre

Chapter 2 – Hardware Installation 2-3Figure 2-1 – 2500 FPS Digital Flat Panel Subsystem 2.4 Installation of the Raptor 2100 FPS The Raptor 2100

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 2-4 The Raptor 2500T card has one connector on the front bracket. One side of the provid

3-1 Chapter 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR I-CLASS CARDS 3.1 Overview This installation chapter describes how to install and configure the drivers for

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 3-2 The software has been fully tested under Red Hat 7.3, Red Hat 8.0, Red Hat 9.0, Red H

Chapter 3 – Software Installation for I-Class Cards 3-3 prompt# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom prompt# cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/i-class 5. The packages

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 3-4 NOTE: You must install the MOX package if you plan on running the cards in MOX mode.

Chapter 3 – Software Installation for I-Class Cards 3-5 /etc/X11/XF86Config.raptor or /etc/X11/XF86Config.rapqfp The sections for Raptor 2000

Addendum Information Date Released January 5, 2005 Changes made to: REVISION NUMBER CHANGES DATE A Initial Release 07-27-01 B Raptor 2500 Support

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 3-6 3.6.1 Monitor Section This section for Raptor cards should remain unchanged. 3.6.2

Chapter 3 – Software Installation for I-Class Cards 3-7 Option "Device": This field specifies the device name of the Raptor card. The firs

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 3-8 3.6.4 ServerLayout Section This is the section which specifies the server layout for

4-1 Chapter 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR T-CLASS CARDS 4.1 Overview This installation chapter describes how to install and configure the drivers fo

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 4-2 The software has been fully tested under Red Hat 7.3, Red Hat 8.0, Red Hat 9.0, Red Ha

Chapter 4 – Software Installation for T-Class Cards 4-3 4. If the CD-ROM is not already mounted, type: prompt# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom pr

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 4-4 8. To install the MOX package, type: prompt# cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/moxlib prompt# r

Chapter 4 – Software Installation for T-Class Cards 4-5 4.6 Configuring XFree86 Server for PC Graphics Hardware This section assumes that the XF86

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 4-6 Section "Device" Identifier "Raptor2.1KT" Driver &q

Chapter 4 – Software Installation for T-Class Cards 4-7 BusID: Depending on the machine and the slot the card is in, it might receive a unique Bus

This is a guide to the installation of the Raptor Drivers for Linux software. All systems vary to a degree. Knowledge of the features of your system

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 4-8 Option This boolean field is useful when monitors of “ScaleCursPos”: different scree

Chapter 4 – Software Installation for T-Class Cards 4-9 Monitor: This field should remain unchanged for the Raptor 2100T, Raptor 3840T and the Rapt

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 4-10 If multiple Raptor cards are installed, additional Screen sections should be created

5-1 Chapter 5 INVOKING THE X SERVER 5.1 Overview There are several ways to invoke the X server on your system: • startx script provided in /usr/X

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 5-2 5.2 startx This is the easiest way to start up the X server. The startx script is pr

Chapter 5 – Invoking The X Server 5-3 To start up the server using xinit, type: prompt% xinit -- $X11R6HOME/bin/X You may also add any other s

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 5-4 5.5 Starting the X Server in Multi-Screen Mode The XF86Config file determines wheth

Chapter 5 – Invoking The X Server 5-5 Section "Device" Identifier "Raptor1.1KT" Driver "rapt" Card

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 5-6 Section "Screen" Identifier "Raptor1100T-1" Device &q

Chapter 5 – Invoking The X Server 5-7 5.6.2 Setting Bit-Depth on T-Class Cards The T-Class cards support the 8-bit, 24-bit, 8+24-bit, 8+8, mox16,

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Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 5-8 To run X server in 8+24-bit mode with the 24-bit TrueColor visual as default, set the

Chapter 5 – Invoking The X Server 5-9 Other bit-depths can be selected in a similar manner. 5.6.3 MOX Modes MOX (Multiple Overlay Extension) provi

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 5-10 If you need to support a resolution or refresh rate that is not listed, please conta

Chapter 5 – Invoking The X Server 5-11 5.7.2 Setting Resolution and Refresh Rate To select both a specific resolution and a specific refresh rate,

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6-1 Chapter 6 UNINSTALLING RAPTOR SOFTWARE 6.1 Uninstalling the Software To uninstall the software, type: prompt# rpm -e raptor (for I-Class dri

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7-1Chapter 7 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 7.1 Who to Call for Help If you need help, please call our Technical Support Team at (800) 330-8301, or directly

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 7-2 7.3 Website Detailed product information and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), a

A-1 Appendix A CARD SPECIFICATIONS A.1 I-Class Products A.1.1 Raptor 2000 Specifications A.1.1.1 Raptor 2000-24M Specifications Frame Buff

i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1-1 1.1 Overview 1-1 1.2 MOX Extension Support 1-2 1.3 Conventions 1-2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-1 2.1 Hardware

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual A-2 A.1.1.2 Raptor 2000-12M Specifications Frame Buffer: 8-bit single or double bu

Appendix A – Card Specifications A-3 A.1.2 Raptor 2500 Specifications Frame Buffer: 24 MB VRAM MOX Hardware: Tech Source MOX 32 ASIC; 24

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual A-4 A.2 T-Class Products A.2.1 Raptor 2100T Specifications Frame Buffer: 64MB SGRA

Appendix A – Card Specifications A-5 A.2.2 Raptor 1100T Specifications Frame Buffer: 32MB SGRAM; 100 MHz MOX Hardware: Tech Source MOX ASIC;

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual A-6 A.2.3 Raptor 2500T Specifications Frame Buffer: 64MB SGRAM MOX Hardware: Tec

Appendix A – Card Specifications A-7 A.2.4 Raptor 3840T Specifications Frame Buffer: 256MB SDRAM Hardware Cursor: Up to 3 cursors PCI Inte

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B-1 Appendix B LIST OF RESOLUTIONS B.1 List of Resolutions for Raptor 1100T VESA640x480x60 VESA640x480x72 VESA640x480x75 VESA640x480x85 VESA800x60

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

C-1 Appendix C X Windows System Screen Dump Utility C.1 Overview C.1.1 TSI Screen Capture Utility tsiwd is a utility that dumps the contents of po

ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) INVOKING THE X SERVER 5-1 5.1 Overview 5-1 5.2 startx 5-2 5.3 xinit 5-2 5.4 xdm 5-3 5.5 Starting the X Server in M

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation & Reference Manual C-2 The utility has two basic modes of operation: • window capture • region capture

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1-1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview Thank you for purchasing a Tech Source Raptor graphics card for use with your x86 PC workstation/server. Thi

Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual 1-2 From this point forward, Tech Source, Inc. will be referred to as Tech Source or TSI.

Chapter 1 – Introduction 1-3 Whenever a variable name, command name, directory, or filename is used in a paragraph it will appear in a mono-spaced f