Video Driver Update 3 Guide for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition)

Video Driver Update Release Notes

This section describes the diskette images in this Video Driver Update and known problems in this release.

The Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition Video Driver Update is distributed as DOS diskette images. This allows the required diskettes to be created on non Solaris systems as well as on Solaris systems. This release consists of five diskette images. Each diskette image is for a specific set of video devices or notebooks. The images in Video Driver Update 3 and their corresponding devices are:

`du3vnbk`	Updated video support for notebooks
`du3vati`	Updated video support for video cards and motherboards using video chips from ATI Technologies
`du3vma`t	Updated video support for video cards and motherboards using video chips from Matrox Graphics
`du3vs3`	Updated video support for video cards and motherboards using video chips from S3
`du3vcir`	Updated video support for video cards and motherboards using video chips from Cirrus Logic

You only need to install the images for the video devices you intend to use, although you may install all the images if you want. They can be installed in any order.

Known Problems

(4076832) On boards using the Cirrus Logic GD5480 at 1280x1024 resolution with 24-bit color depth, moving windows aound may cause the X Server to crash.

Workaround: Select a different resolution..
(4033255) Boards using S3 ViRGE/VX (86C988) chips are not able to switch from 24-bit color depth resolutions to 8-bit color depth resolutions without rebooting.
(4023063) The display at resolution 800x600 on the Intel TMI/IPG system is not correct. In a window system environment, the right edge of the screen appears to have synchronization problems.
(4023057) XSun core dumps when attempting to display raster files. Using Image Tool to display raster files on the Intel TMI/IPG system using the WD9031A-based video adapter fails.

Workaround: Use the program xv.
(1250528) Onboard mouse configuration for the Dell Latitude XPi 75D notebook computer will fail due to interrupt conflicts with the pcic driver.

Workaround: Edit /kernel/drv/pcic.conf and remove IRQ 12 from the res-irq line as shown below. Change:
```
res-irq=3,5,9,11,12,15
```
to:
```
res-irq=3,5,9,11,15
```
Run kdmconfig to reconfigure the mouse.
(1192967) Due to hardware conflicts on some VESA local bus (VLB) systems, the Diamond Viper Pro VLB card may not function when configured at the default memory address (0xA0000000). If you see a blank screen and your system appears hung after starting window system software, do the following:

Reboot your system.

Run the kdmconfig program and choose a different memory address from the Memory Address screen. The three possible choices are: 0x20000000, 0x80000000, or 0xA0000000.

Restart the window system software.

Follow these steps for each address until your system works correctly.

(1179340) Using the Intel Professional GX High Resolution system in 1280x1024 with 256 colors mode and an 80-kHz monitor causes problems when returning to text mode after exiting the window system. The foreground color is set to purple; the background color is set to blue.

Workaround: Select either a different resolution or a different monitor frequency when configuring the window system.
(1179339) The ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB video card with a Mach32 graphics chip, a TI68875 BFN RAMDAC, and 2 Mbytes of DRAM may not work properly if the "ATI Graphic Ultra Pro (2MB)" entry is selected when configuring the window system. Vertical bars get displayed on the screen.

Workaround: If you have this version of the card, choose the "ATI Graphic Ultra Pro (1MB)" entry when configuring the window system, but note that you will not be able to use a resolution of 1280x1024. Note also that the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB video card with VRAM does not have this problem.
(1173773) After running xlock, there may be a white border around the screen on systems with video cards that use the Tseng Labs W32p chipset. This border disappears after the screen is unlocked.
(1176285) Programs that use the Solaris^TM PEX^TM extension may fail if a user's XGLHOME variable is set incorrectly. If the XGLHOME shell environment variable points to a nonexistent path (or one that doesn't contain the XGL^TM runtime binaries), then any program that uses the Solaris PEX extension (including XGL programs on most display adapters) will cause the server to abort.

Workaround: Before you start the window system, make sure your XGLHOME environment variable is not set or that it points to a valid path for the system you are using.
(1161494) Under the Solaris operating environment, the Diamond Viper video card based on the P9000 chipset is not compatible with a motherboard that has a Symphony chipset. This combination may cause the system to panic or reboot. If the Symphony chipset is present on the motherboard, do not use the Diamond Viper video card.
The VLB versions of the Diamond Viper and Diamond Viper Pro adapters do not work on some systems that have both PCI and VESA local bus support on the motherboard. The window system will fail with an error message when you attempt to start it. The Solaris software expects a PCI version of the Diamond Viper boards if the system supports PCI.

Workaround: Use a PCI version of the Diamond Viper adapters on those systems that support both bus types.
The VLB version of the Diamond Viper SE adapter is not supported in this release.
Some versions of the Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB video card have memory addressing limitations that may cause problems if your system contains 32 Mbytes or more of RAM. A newer revision of this board addresses these problems. Unfortunately, there is no distinction made between revisions of this card. If your system has 32 Mbytes or more of RAM and you observe symptoms such as a fuzzy display or random vertical lines when using the window system, contact Orchid Technology to request a newer version of this card.
The Number Nine Imagine 128, the #9GXE64, and #9GXE64 Pro video cards do not support interlaced mode. Configuring the window system using a monitor type of "MultiFrequency-38kHz (up to 1024x768 interlaced)" or "MultiFrequency-56kHz (up to 1280x1024 interlaced)" will cause the window system to fail.

Workaround: Use a monitor that can support 1024x768 or 1280x1024 in non-interlaced mode.

The following problems apply only to 24-bit depth color:

(1174561) The STB LIGHTSPEED VL video card used in 800x600 resolution, 24-bit color mode, does not work properly with the Sony CPD 1604S monitor.

Workaround: Do not use this particular monitor type at that resolution and color depth.
(1173985) Icon Editor dies when saving a 24-bit image to a file.
The IslandPaint application does not work properly under 24-bit mode. All of the button icons on the left side of the window are either missing images or display incorrect ones.