Preface

This guide describes how to install the Sun trademark XVR-1200 graphics accelerator in your Sun computer system.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator product and includes features and supported screen resolutions.

Chapter 2 describes how to install the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator software.

Chapter 3 describes how to install the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator hardware in Sun Blade trademark 2000 and Sun Fire 6800/6900 systems.

Chapter 4 describes how to modify the Xservers configuration file for running more than one frame buffer and how to use Xinerama to configure multiple frame buffers.

Chapter 5 provides information on using Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator features, including dynamic multisample antialiasing.

Chapter 6 describes framelocking multiple Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerators.

Appendix A describe how to set the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator as the default monitor console display.

Appendix B provides I/O port specifications for the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator.

Appendix C lists the Sun OpenGL for Solaris graphics library extensions for the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls` -`a` to list all files. `% You have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `suPassword:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

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