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Hi all!

I am new with UNIX-like systems, and thus cannot find all things needed…
sorry if these are FAQs…

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

second, my graphic card is not detected… it’s a Riva TNT, so it should be
supported. Do I have to tweak manually the /etc/system/config/* stuff? seems
like a tough job…
if I start the driver manually, there is no change - except that QNX
will not boot anymore…

third, is there any overview of this driver configuration stuff? all I found
is some man pages, but for example nothing about /etc/system/config/*
(except here on the forum)…

please let me know what info is needed, and I will post it when I get home

thanks in advance
Vlad

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In message <8r1m01$s8a$1@inn.qnx.com>, “Vlad Dumitrescu” wrote:

Hi all!

I am new with UNIX-like systems, and thus cannot find all things needed…
sorry if these are FAQs…

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

second, my graphic card is not detected… it’s a Riva TNT, so it should be
supported. Do I have to tweak manually the /etc/system/config/* stuff? seems
like a tough job…
if I start the driver manually, there is no change - except that QNX
will not boot anymore…

third, is there any overview of this driver configuration stuff? all I found
is some man pages, but for example nothing about /etc/system/config/*
(except here on the forum)…

please let me know what info is needed, and I will post it when I get home

thanks in advance
Vlad

I get the same problem on my TNT too. crttrap trap displays
a alloc mem failed error message. This seems to be
a genuine bug.

3

Hello Vlad,

hang in there. once you come to grips with the structural concepts, Unix
like operating systems are far more flexible than Windows. I too come from
a primarily Windows oriented background, and after feeling rather lost for a
long time inside Linux, it has started to come together. Much of the Linux
knowledge and concepts is translatable to QNX.

I believe that man doesn’t work because the help viewer contains all the
documentation in HTML format. If you can’t find the documentation in the
help viewer then examine the duplicate documentation on the QNX site.

Unless you are really averse to learning about the gritty insides of qnx,
trying to diagnose and fix your video card problem is probably a good place
to start learning. You never learn quicker than when you have a problem to
solve. A good place to start is to read through the “utilities”
documentation in the help viewer and read the functional summary of each of
the utilities. You’ll find one there called crttrap (i think), which
detects and starts up your video card. Use the pidin or ps commands to have
a look at what processes are running on your system. One of these processes
will be the video card driver and you can also see the command line
parameters that it was launched with, which should help you to understand
and diagnose the problems with your card. I’m using a tnt2 in my machine
and it works fine.

cheers

andrew

“Vlad Dumitrescu” <vladdu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8r1m01$s8a$1@inn.qnx.com…

Hi all!

I am new with UNIX-like systems, and thus cannot find all things needed…
sorry if these are FAQs…

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

second, my graphic card is not detected… it’s a Riva TNT, so it should
be
supported. Do I have to tweak manually the /etc/system/config/* stuff?
seems
like a tough job…
if I start the driver manually, there is no change - except that QNX
will not boot anymore…

third, is there any overview of this driver configuration stuff? all I
found
is some man pages, but for example nothing about /etc/system/config/*
(except here on the forum)…

please let me know what info is needed, and I will post it when I get home

thanks in advance
Vlad

–

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Can you post the following info:

  1. The output of: pci -v
  2. The output of: /usr/photon/bin/show_vesa
  3. The contents of: /etc/system/config/graphics-traplist
  4. The contents of: /etc/system/config/graphics-modelist


    Vlad Dumitrescu <vladdu@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi all!

I am new with UNIX-like systems, and thus cannot find all things needed…
sorry if these are FAQs…

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

second, my graphic card is not detected… it’s a Riva TNT, so it should be
supported. Do I have to tweak manually the /etc/system/config/* stuff? seems
like a tough job…
if I start the driver manually, there is no change - except that QNX
will not boot anymore…

third, is there any overview of this driver configuration stuff? all I found
is some man pages, but for example nothing about /etc/system/config/*
(except here on the forum)…

please let me know what info is needed, and I will post it when I get home

thanks in advance
Vlad

–

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Here comes the data… One note: when running “crttrap trap”, it says

devgt-iographics -dldevg-tnt.so -I0 -d0x10de,0x0020
Alloc mem failed
mode switcher init: Invalid argument

I am appreciating any help! thanks
Vlad

  1. The output of: pci -v
    PCI version = 2.10

Class = Bridge (Host/PCI)
Vendor ID = 8086h, Intel Corporation
Device ID = 7190h, 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX AGPset Host Bridge
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 060000h
Revision ID = 3h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 0
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 2210h
Command Reg = 106h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 40h
Cache Line Size= 0h
Max Lat = 0ns
Min Gnt = 0ns
PCI Int Pin = NC
Interrupt line = 0
Capabilities Pointer = a0h
Capability ID = 2h
Capabilities = 10h - 1f000203h

Class = Bridge (PCI/PCI)
Vendor ID = 8086h, Intel Corporation
Device ID = 7191h, 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX AGPset PCI-to-PCI bridge
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 060400h
Revision ID = 3h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 1
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 220h
Command Reg = 11fh
Header type = 1h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 80h
Cache Line Size= 0h
Primary Bus Number = 0h
Secondary Bus Number = 1h
Subordinate Bus Number = 1h
Secondary Latency Timer = 40h
I/O Base = f0h
I/O Limit = 0h
Secondary Status = 22a0h
Memory Base = f500h
Memory Limit = f5f0h
Prefetchable Memory Base = fc00h
Prefetchable Memory Limit= fcf0h
Prefetchable Base Upper 32 Bits = 0h
Prefetchable Limit Upper 32 Bits = 0h
I/O Base Upper 16 Bits = 0h
I/O Limit Upper 16 Bits = 0h
Bridge Control = 140ns
PCI Int Pin = NC
Interrupt line = 0

Class = Bridge (PCI/ISA)
Vendor ID = 8086h, Intel Corporation
Device ID = 7110h, 82371AB PIIX4 ISA Bridge
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 060100h
Revision ID = 2h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 7
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 280h
Command Reg = fh
Header type = 0h Multi-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 0h
Cache Line Size= 0h
Max Lat = 0ns
Min Gnt = 0ns
PCI Int Pin = NC
Interrupt line = 0

Class = Mass Storage (IDE)
Vendor ID = 8086h, Intel Corporation
Device ID = 7111h, 82371AB PIIX4 IDE Controller
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 010180h
Revision ID = 1h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 7
Function num = 1
Status Reg = 280h
Command Reg = 5h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 40h
Cache Line Size= 0h
IO Address = 1420h length 16 enabled
Max Lat = 0ns
Min Gnt = 0ns
PCI Int Pin = NC
Interrupt line = 0

Class = Serial Bus (Universal Serial Bus)
Vendor ID = 8086h, Intel Corporation
Device ID = 7112h, 82371AB PIIX4 USB Interface
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 0c0300h
Revision ID = 1h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 7
Function num = 2
Status Reg = 280h
Command Reg = 5h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 40h
Cache Line Size= 0h
IO Address = 1400h length 32 enabled
Max Lat = 0ns
Min Gnt = 0ns
PCI Int Pin = INT D
Interrupt line = 9

Class = Bridge (Unknown)
Vendor ID = 8086h, Intel Corporation
Device ID = 7113h, 82371AB PIIX4 Power Management Controller
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 068000h
Revision ID = 2h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 7
Function num = 3
Status Reg = 280h
Command Reg = 3h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 0h
Cache Line Size= 0h
Max Lat = 0ns
Min Gnt = 0ns
PCI Int Pin = NC
Interrupt line = 0

Class = Multimedia (Unknown)
Vendor ID = 123fh, C-Cube Microsystems
Device ID = 8888h, Unknown Unknown
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 048000h
Revision ID = 1h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 14
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 210h
Command Reg = 5h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 40h
Cache Line Size= 0h
IO Address = 1000h length 256 enabled
Subsystem Vendor ID = 1328h
Subsystem ID = 1h
Max Lat = 128ns
Min Gnt = 4ns
PCI Int Pin = INT A
Interrupt line = 10
Capabilities Pointer = 60h
Capability ID = 1h
Capabilities = 1h - 0h

Class = Multimedia (Audio)
Vendor ID = 12ebh, Aureal Semiconductor
Device ID = 2h, Vortex 2 Digital Audio Processor
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 040100h
Revision ID = feh
Bus number = 0
Device number = 15
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 290h
Command Reg = 107h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 40h
Cache Line Size= 8h un-cacheable
Mem Address = f4000000h 32bit length 262144 enabled
IO Address = 1438h length 8 enabled
IO Address = 1430h length 8 enabled
Subsystem Vendor ID = 5053h
Subsystem ID = 3356h
Max Lat = 12ns
Min Gnt = 4ns
PCI Int Pin = INT A
Interrupt line = 3
Capabilities Pointer = dch
Capability ID = 1h
Capabilities = 421h - 0h

Class = Communication (Unknown)
Vendor ID = 12b9h, US Robotics
Device ID = 1006h, Unknown Unknown
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 078000h
Revision ID = 0h
Bus number = 0
Device number = 16
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 290h
Command Reg = 102h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 0h
Cache Line Size= 0h
Mem Address = f4258000h prefetchable 32bit length 64 enabled
Mem Address = f4240000h prefetchable 32bit length 65536 enabled
Mem Address = f4250000h prefetchable 32bit length 32768 enabled
CardBus CIS Pointer = 48h
Subsystem Vendor ID = 12b9h
Subsystem ID = 7bh
Max Lat = 0ns
Min Gnt = 0ns
PCI Int Pin = INT A
Interrupt line = 9
Capabilities Pointer = 40h
Capability ID = 1h
Capabilities = ec22h - 400cc00h

Class = Display (VGA)
Vendor ID = 10deh, Nvidia Corporation
Device ID = 20h, Riva TNT AGP
PCI index = 0h
Class Codes = 030000h
Revision ID = 4h
Bus number = 1
Device number = 0
Function num = 0
Status Reg = 2b0h
Command Reg = 7h
Header type = 0h Single-function
BIST = 0h Build-in-self-test not supported
Latency Timer = 40h
Cache Line Size= 0h
Mem Address = f5000000h 32bit length 16777216 enabled
Mem Address = fc000000h prefetchable 32bit length 16777216 enabled
Subsystem Vendor ID = 10b4h
Subsystem ID = 2749h
Max Lat = 1ns
Min Gnt = 5ns
PCI Int Pin = INT A
Interrupt line = 11
Capabilities Pointer = 60h
Capability ID = 1h
Capabilities = 1h - 0h
Capability ID = 2h
Capabilities = 10h - f000203h


  1. The output of: /usr/photon/bin/show_vesa
    VESA Info Block

VESA Signature : VESA
VESA Version : 0300
OEM String Ptr : 0080:0100
OEM String : STB Systems, Inc.
Capabilities : 00000001
DAC width switchable to 8 bits per primary color
Controller VGA compatible
Normal RAMDAC operation
No Hardware Stereoscopic Signaling support
Stereo Signaling supported via external VESA stereo
connector
Video Mode Ptr : 0080:0022
Total Memory : FF0000 (16711680)
VBE Software Revision : 010A
OEM Vendor Name Ptr : 0080:0112
OEM Vendor Name String : STB Systems, Inc.
OEM Product Name Ptr : 0080:0124
OEM Product Name String : STB nVIDIA TNT
OEM Product Rev Ptr : 0080:0134
OEM Revision String : 210-0348-00X
OEM Data : STB Systems, Inc.

DPMS Services available
Virtual Screen Services available

Total Number Of Video Modes found : 42

Mode : 0x0100 information

Mode Attributes : 039F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
Linear Frame Buffer Available
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0280 (640)
X Resolution : 0280 (640)
Y Resolution : 0190 (400)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 01 (1)
Bits Per Pixel : 08 (8)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 04 - Packed Pixel
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 3E (62)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : FC000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0280 (640)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 3E (62)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 3E (62)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 0DADE460 (229500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0101 information

Mode Attributes : 039F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
Linear Frame Buffer Available
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0280 (640)
X Resolution : 0280 (640)
Y Resolution : 01E0 (480)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 01 (1)
Bits Per Pixel : 08 (8)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 04 - Packed Pixel
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 32 (50)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : FC000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0280 (640)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 32 (50)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 32 (50)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 0DADE460 (229500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0102 information

Mode Attributes : 031F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
No Linear Frame Buffer
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0064 (100)
X Resolution : 0320 (800)
Y Resolution : 0258 (600)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 04 (4)
Bits Per Pixel : 04 (4)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 03 - Planar
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 3E (62)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : 00000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0064 (100)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 3E (62)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 3E (62)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 06779420 (108500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0103 information

Mode Attributes : 039F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
Linear Frame Buffer Available
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0320 (800)
X Resolution : 0320 (800)
Y Resolution : 0258 (600)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 01 (1)
Bits Per Pixel : 08 (8)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 04 - Packed Pixel
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 1E (30)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : FC000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0320 (800)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 1E (30)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 1E (30)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 0DADE460 (229500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0104 information

Mode Attributes : 031F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
No Linear Frame Buffer
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0080 (128)
X Resolution : 0400 (1024)
Y Resolution : 0300 (768)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 04 (4)
Bits Per Pixel : 04 (4)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 03 - Planar
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 27 (39)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : 00000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0080 (128)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 27 (39)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 27 (39)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 06779420 (108500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0105 information

Mode Attributes : 039F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
Linear Frame Buffer Available
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0400 (1024)
X Resolution : 0400 (1024)
Y Resolution : 0300 (768)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 01 (1)
Bits Per Pixel : 08 (8)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 04 - Packed Pixel
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 14 (20)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : FC000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0400 (1024)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 14 (20)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 14 (20)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 0DADE460 (229500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0106 information

Mode Attributes : 031F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
No Linear Frame Buffer
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 00A0 (160)
X Resolution : 0500 (1280)
Y Resolution : 0400 (1024)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 04 (4)
Bits Per Pixel : 04 (4)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 03 - Planar
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 17 (23)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : 00000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 00A0 (160)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 17 (23)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 17 (23)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 06779420 (108500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0107 information

Mode Attributes : 039F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
Graphics Mode
VGA compatible
VGA windowed compatible
Linear Frame Buffer Available
Double Scan Mode Available
Interlaced Mode Available
No Hardware Triple Buffer Support
No Hardware Stereoscopic Support
No Dual Display Start Address Support
Window A Attributes : 07
Relocatable Window(s)
Window is Readable
Window is Writeable
Window B Attributes : 00
Single-Non Relocatable Window
Window is Not Readable
Window is Not Writeable
Window Granularity : 0040
Window Size : 0040
Window A Start Segment : A000
Window B Start Segment : 0000
Window Function Pointer: C000:6FE5
Bytes Per Scanline : 0500 (1280)
X Resolution : 0500 (1280)
Y Resolution : 0400 (1024)
X Char Size : 08 (8)
Y Char Size : 10 (16)
Number Of Planes : 01 (1)
Bits Per Pixel : 08 (8)
Number Of Banks : 01 (1)
Memory Model : 04 - Packed Pixel
Bank Size : 00
Number Of Image Pages : 0B (11)
Reserved : 01
Flat Frame Buffer Addr : FC000000
Bytes Per Scan Line (Linear) : 0500 (1280)
Number of Images for Banked Modes : 0B (11)
Number of Images for Linear Modes : 0B (11)
Red Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Red Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Green Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Blue Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Mask Size (Linear) : 00 (0)
Reserved Field Position (Linear) : 00 (0)
Maximum Pixel Clock : 0DADE460 (229500000Hz)

Mode : 0x0109 information

Mode Attributes : 038F
Mode Supported in Hardware
TTY Output functions supported by BIOS
Color Mode
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6

Rayiner wrote:

In message <8r1m01$s8a$> 1@inn.qnx.com> >, “Vlad Dumitrescu” wrote:
Hi all!

I am new with UNIX-like systems, and thus cannot find all things needed…
sorry if these are FAQs…

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

In QNX it is ‘use’.

second, my graphic card is not detected… it’s a Riva TNT, so it should be
supported. Do I have to tweak manually the /etc/system/config/* stuff? seems
like a tough job…
if I start the driver manually, there is no change - except that QNX
will not boot anymore…

third, is there any overview of this driver configuration stuff? all I found
is some man pages, but for example nothing about /etc/system/config/*
(except here on the forum)…

please let me know what info is needed, and I will post it when I get home

thanks in advance
Vlad

I get the same problem on my TNT too. crttrap trap displays
a alloc mem failed error message. This seems to be
a genuine bug.

7

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

In QNX it is ‘use’.

But ‘man’ exists too… it works at least for ‘man man’ :slight_smile:

why the difference?

Vlad

8

‘man’ is a viewer for manpages. They are stored in a group of
directories reserved for that purpose. ‘use’ extracts data from the
program file itself. The data displayed by ‘use’ can be embedded into
files by using another utility. For details, try use use (I think?)

‘man’ will not work for the standard applications distributed with QNX
unless someone writes the ‘man’ pages and puts them onto the file
system themselves. ‘use’ data is already embedded into most of these
files. However, cross-platform software generally would not have the
‘use’ data embedded into them. You could either embed it yourself (in
which case you already know how to use the software, ne?), or simply
use the port of ‘man’ to view the manpages which are installed by
default for many unices.

So use ‘use’ when necessary and ‘man’ when necessary. Or, if you use
‘use’ exclusively, symlink it so you can call it as ‘man’ if you like
(but I wouldn’t, since they aren’t the same at all).

-Jeremy Goodwin

“Vlad Dumitrescu” <vladdu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8r4fd8$ksi$2@inn.qnx.com…

first, why doesn’t man work for most of the commands? (using an
out-of-the-box installation)

In QNX it is ‘use’.

But ‘man’ exists too… it works at least for ‘man man’ :slight_smile:

why the difference?

Vlad

9

Jeremy Goodwin <falcom@gamebox.net> wrote:

‘man’ is a viewer for manpages. They are stored in a group of
directories reserved for that purpose. ‘use’ extracts data from the
program file itself. The data displayed by ‘use’ can be embedded into
files by using another utility. For details, try use use (I think?)

usemsg is the utility for embedding use messages in a program.
They can also be included in scripts – take a look at the ph script
for an example of putting a use message in a script.

-David