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VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 PowerStorm 300/350 Graphics ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2001,2002. All rights reserved.
New Kit Date: 14-JUN-2002
Modification Date: Not Applicable
Modification Type: NEW KIT
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: Graphics
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500--4.PCSI
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VMS721_VX1-V0100
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 55264 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.2-1
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Yes
Installation Rating: INSTALL_2
2 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed version(s) of OpenVMS and
using the following feature(s):
One of the following graphics controllers:
o ELSA Gloria Synergy (SN-PBXGK-BB)
o JIB graphics controller (3X-DEPVD-AA)
o Trifecta (3X-DEPVZ-AA)
o PowerStorm 3D30 (SN-PBXGB-AA)
o PowerStorm 4D20 (SN-PBXGB-CA)
o 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 (SN-PBXGF-AB)
o PowerStorm 300 (SN-PBXGD-AD)
o PowerStorm 350 (SN-PBXGD-AE)
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s), or later, must be installed BEFORE
installation of this, or any required kit:
VMS721_UPDATE-V0300
VMS721_PCSI-V0100
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for PowerStorm 300/350 Graphics Controller support on
OpenVMS Alpha V7.2-1.
NEW FUNCTIONALITY ADDED IN THE VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 KIT:
o PowerStorm 300/350 OpenVMS Graphics Support
This document contains the release notes for PowerStorm 300/350
Graphics Support Version 2.0 for OpenVMS. Specific information
about this support can be found in the P300_350_V2_README file.
This file is available in the following formats:
File Format
------------------- ------------------
P300_350_V2_README.TXT Text
P300_350_V2_README.PDF Acrobat Reader
P300_350_V2_README.HTML HTML
P300_350_V2_README_CONTENTS.HTML HTML
These files can be found at SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]
o New ELSA GLoria Synergy DDX image
A new device dependent X server image is provided to improve
performance on EV6 (21264) based platforms containing ELSA GLoria
Synergy graphics modules. A new procedure,
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_P2.COM, is executed automatically
during DECwindows startup. The new procedure will, on appropriate
platforms, define a logical name that will redirect the server to
use the new P2 device dependent X code, DECW$SERVER_DDX_P2.EXE.
DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE will continue to be used on older platforms
containing ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics modules.
Image(s) Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_P2.EXE
GENERAL GRAPHICS PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 KIT:
o Attempts to use the MIT-SHM Shared Memory Extension fail with
the following error:
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private
resource denied)
Major opcode of failed request: 131 (MIT-SHM)
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)
Serial number of failed request: 11
Current serial number in output stream: 12
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE
o In OpenVMS V7.3, the default decwindows transport can be
specified via the logical name
DECW$SETDISPLAY_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT. However, any SET DISPLAY
commands will now change the transport to the default
transport, not the transport previously specified. For
example,
$ show display
Device: WSA24: [super]
Node: NODE1
Transport: DECNET
Server: 0
Screen: 0
$ show log DECW$SETDISPLAY_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT
"DECW$SETDISPLAY_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT" =
"tcpip" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
$ set displ/node=NODE2
$ show display
Device: WSA24: [super]
Node: NODE2
Transport: tcpip
Server: 0
Screen: 0
$ set display/screen=1
$ show display
Device: WSA24: [super]
Node: NODE1
Transport: tcpip
Server: 0
Screen: 1
The DECW$SETDISPLAY_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT default transport
setting should only be used with the "$set display/create"
qualifier.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]DECW$SETSHODIS.EXE
o Under some circumstances the DECwindows server can abort
during startup. The SYS$MANAGER:DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG file
contains the error message "failed to initialize core
devices".
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE
o When drawing connected line segments with the line width set
to 1, the pixel at the join point between two line segments is
not drawn in some cases.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE
o The system may crash with an SSRVEXCEPT or PGFIPLHI bugcheck
on SMP systems when terminating client processes which are
connected using the local transport.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$TRANSPORT_LOCAL.EXE
ELSA PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 KIT:
o When an X/Motif application issues an XDrawRectangle or
XDrawRectangles request with a negative x coordinate, the
coordinate is incorrectly treated as a large positive number,
resulting in spurious lines being drawn on the screen.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o If the DECwindows server is started with the pixel depth
(DECW$SERVER_PIXEL_DEPTH logical name) set to 16, the server
will crash. This problem is seen with the ELSA Gloria Synergy
graphics controller (SN-PBXGK-BB), only when using the older
DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE server image.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o When using the ELSA Gloria Synergy graphics controller
(SN-PBXGK-BB) in 8 bit mode, the DECwindows server can crash
when copying data from the screen to a pixmap. This is most
often seen when performing a drag-and-drop operation. The
server can crash in several different locations depending on
the timing of the operation. Another symptom of the same
problem is that the server can return spurious BadAlloc errors
(server resources exhausted).
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o There are screen corruption problems when using the ELSA
Gloria Synergy graphics controller (SN-PBXGK-BB):
o Spurious horizontal lines are displayed when drawing
diagonal lines in 8 bit mode.
o When dragging a window on the screen with "display window
contents during move" enabled and the screen backdrop set
to Background, remnants of the window are left behind on
the backdrop.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_P2.EXE
o When using the ELSA Gloria Synergy graphics controller
(SN-PBXGK-BB) and running applications which write a lot of
data to the screen (such as rapidly scrolling text in a
DECterm window), the system clock loses time.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE
[SYS$LDR]SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE
o User messages enabled in the console variable BOOT_OSFLAGS
(bit<17> = 1) or on the console BOOT command line (e.g., >>> B
-FL 0,20000) may cause a system crash or hang while booting
with an ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics controller (SN-PBXGK-BB),
a JIB graphics controller (3X-DEPVD-AA), or a Trifecta
graphics controller (3X-DEPVZ-AA), especially on an SMP system
with the console variable CONSOLE set to SERIAL.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE
[SYS$LDR]SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE
o Some monitors like the Compaq P75 & P700, fail to synchronize
when the Trifecta graphics controller (3X-DEPVZ-AA) or the JIB
graphics controller (3X-DEPVD-AA) attempts to put the screen
into standby mode. The problem manifests itself with the
screen going partly black; you may see a partial display and
the screen may blink and/or click.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE
[SYS$LDR]SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE
TGA2 (POWERSTORM 4D20/3D30) PROBLEMS IN THE VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 KIT:
o When booting with a PowerStorm 3D30 (SN-PBXGB-AA) or a
PowerStorm 4D20 (SN-PBXGB-CA) graphics controller and the
SYSGEN parameter POOLCHECK enabled, the system may crash with
an ACCVIO bugcheck.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GYCDRIVER.EXE
o The following screen corruption problems occur when using the
3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 graphics controller (SN-PBXGF-AB):
o Video corruption is produced when dragging certain icons
around the CDE desktop. For example, after moving an icon
from the Application Manager window to the desktop, each
subsequent move of the icon on the desktop (backdrop
required), leaves behind unintended pixels.
o With selected backdrops, video corruption is produced when
dragging objects around the CDE desktop. For example,
when dragging a window around the desktop with the "GRAY"
backdrop selected, remnants of the left and right window
borders are left behind on the desktop in the form of
spurious vertical lines.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_P3.EXE
o With the 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 graphics controller (SN-PBXGF-AB)
and either 8 or 16 bits per pixel selected, extra pixels may
be drawn around the edges of objects.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_P3.EXE
o With the 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 graphics controller (SN-PBXGF-AB),
the Monitor utility may show excessive time in "Interrupt
State" when the screen saver is active.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GFDRIVER.EXE
P350 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 KIT:
o Occasionally the DECwindows server would crash when an
application did extensive creation and deletion of 3D contexts
interspersed with extensive 2D drawing, including window
creation and destruction.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE
o Running the Viewperf 6.1.2 MedMCAD test causes an application
crash when using LOCAL transport or a server crash when using
network transport.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_RIDDGL.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE
o When 3D contexts using a network connection are destroyed,
their buffers are not being properly deallocated. The result
is that, as applications create and delete 3D contexts, over
time the server's virtual memory undergoes unconstrained
growth.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GB.EXE
o Certain OpenGL viewing transformations result in incorrect
placement of primitives drawn.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_RIDDGL.EXE
o The following problems are corrected:
- Repeated calls to glXMakeCurrent with a network connection
caused a slow but steady increase in the server's virtual
memory space.
- Drawing polygons or triangles in GL_LINE mode along the
bottom or right edge of the OpenGL viewport resulted in
extra lines being drawn along the edge of the viewport.
- When a single OpenGL context was used to render to two
different windows, sometimes the display in one window was
corrupted.
- Stippled line strips with sub-pixel segments were not
rendered by OpenGL.
- In some instances, the DECwindows server would hang when
rendering certain horizontal lines as filled rectangles.
- In some instances, the DECwindows server would hang when
rendering certain polygons.
- Drop-down menu items became blank when the mouse was moved
over a menu tear-off line.
- In some instances, pixel corruption would occur when a
window was moved over a highlighted item.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLSHR_V11.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGL_PROTOCOL_V11.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GB.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_RIDDGL.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$SVEXT_GLX_P350.EXE
o Some programs using GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit) -
specifically the glutIdleFunc function - would loop infinitely
and/or ignore keyboard/mouse input.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLUTSHR.EXE
o XFillRectangle calls with extremely out-of-range coordinates
sometimes resulted in erroneous drawing artifacts outside the
window.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GB.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_RIDDGL.EXE
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS721_VX1-V0100 KIT:
o The issues addressed by the VMS721_VX1-V0100 ECO kit can be found
in the file:
SYS$COMMON:[000000.SYSHLP]VMS721_VX1-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the functionality listed above may exist
in the OPENVMS database(s). To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following search
strings: 'VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500' or 'VMS721_GRAPHICS'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.
If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS cluster, they must also be
rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
rolling re-boot may be performed.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Install this kit with the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
by logging into the SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the
DCL prompt:
PRODUCT INSTALL VMS721_GRAPHICS /SOURCE=[location of Kit]
The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that
contains the kit.
Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing
HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt
SPECIAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
o BAP SYSGEN Parameter Settings
Note that the graphics system will fail to initialize unless
certain SYSGEN parameters are set.
If buffer addressable pool (BAP) space has not been previously
created, or there is insufficient BAP on the system, then
SYS$GBDRIVER will fail to come online. The driver will
register its BAP requirements with the system so that AUTOGEN
will create the BAP region or adjust the BAP region to meet
the new requirements.
If you run AUTOGEN with the usual parameters:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARAMS REBOOT
and the system has not been up for at least 24 hours then
AUTOGEN will fail.
In order to set the BAP parameters properly you must run
AUTOGEN a second time by issuing the following command:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GENPARAMS REBOOT FEEDBACK
The user should inspect SYS$SYSTEM:AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT to
ensure that the SYSGEN parameters are suitable before
re-running AUTOGEN. If any parameter is not suitable then
that parameter should be adjusted in MODPARAMS.DAT and AUTOGEN
should be run again:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARAMS REBOOT
o Scripting of Answers to Installation Questions
During installation, this kit will ask and require user
response to several questions. If you wish to automate the
installation of this kit and avoid having to provide responses
to these questions, you must create a DCL command procedure
that includes the following definitions and commands:
- $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE
- $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE
- Add the following qualifiers to the PRODUCT INSTALL
command and add that command to the DCL procedure.
/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V5.0
- De-assign the logicals assigned
For example, a sample command file to install the
VMS721_GRAPHICS-V0500 kit would be:
$
$ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE
$ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE
$!
$ PROD INSTALL VMS721_GRAPHICS/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V5.0
$!
$ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP
$ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT
$!
$ exit
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE | 07DBA691 | V1.0 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 13:13:47.79 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$OPENGLSHR_V11.EXE | DDE6E853 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:48:01.56 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$OPENGLUSHR_V11.EXE | FC08DB19 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:48:22.30 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$OPENGLUTSHR.EXE | 03FC3103 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:48:50.26 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$OPENGLWIDGETSHR_V11.EXE| B39B6EA1 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:48:43.79 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$OPENGL_PROTOCOL_V11.EXE| CA9150BE | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:48:06.40 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_DDX_GB.EXE | FAAF6851 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 13:12:57.48 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE | AE367ABF | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:07:44.79 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_DDX_P2.EXE | 6183A77A | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:07:47.11 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_DDX_P3.EXE | 241C0EA5 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:07:47.51 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE | DBE7C704 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:47:49.98 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_RIDDGL.EXE | 0D2410E0 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 13:13:33.62 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SERVER_SISWDDGL.EXE | C66D9CDA | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:53:55.73 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SETSHODIS.EXE | 4FDC3BCE | DW T6.2-020507 | 7-MAY-2002 |
| | | 15:44:12.35 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SVEXT_DEC_PEER_GLX.EXE| B39B8941 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 13:14:14.25 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$SVEXT_GLX_P350.EXE | 5E4F36C0 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:53:21.26 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON.EXE | 70F39D3D | DW T6.2-020507 | 7-MAY-2002 |
| | | 15:43:15.38 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$TRANSPORT_DECNET.EXE | 6CF0AB5A | DW T6.2-020507 | 7-MAY-2002 |
| | | 15:43:31.20 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$TRANSPORT_LOCAL.EXE | 02E0E889 | DW T6.2-020507 | 7-MAY-2002 |
| | | 15:43:47.41 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$TRANSPORT_TCPIP.EXE | F78F55EF | DW T6.2-020507 | 7-MAY-2002 |
| | | 15:43:48.55 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DECW$XFS.EXE | 21A4F744 | V1.0 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:33:19.68 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| FSINFO.EXE | FE19B9A6 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:37:53.36 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| FSLSFONTS.EXE | 0952A402 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 10:37:51.85 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE | C0765C0D | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:07:58.04 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GFDRIVER.EXE | A09569DE | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:07:53.17 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GYCDRIVER.EXE | 68D5BD89 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:08:27.19 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE | 09C54D82 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:09:25.27 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE | 09C54D82 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:09:28.93 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$INDRIVER.EXE | 1661CFD5 | DW V7.2-020508 | 8-MAY-2002 |
| | | 11:09:42.38 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$WSDRIVER.EXE | 35D62DD3 | DW T6.2-020507 | 7-MAY-2002 |
| | | 15:44:15.13 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
