Photon with Intel 845

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Hi,

Recently tried an QNX 4.25 and Photon 1.14 installation on a computer
with Intel 845 chipset. Could install QNX but was unable to configure Photon
for the same system. Photon did not even start in safe mode. What could be
the problem?

I could observe Photon based installer function during installation of
QNX and hence expected Photon to work without showing problems. Does
installer also not use crttrap query internally?

Thanks,
Krupa

2

Hi Krupa,

This graphics chipset is currently not supported with Photon 1.1X, perhaps
in the future support for this adapter will be added, howeve that will
depend on demand.

If you need support for this adapter then you can either contact sales
1-800-363-9001 and talk to them about getting a custom engineering job
done for this adapter, or you should be able to use the flat driver.

Best regards,

Erick

Krupa <seto@vsnl.com> wrote:

Hi,

Recently tried an QNX 4.25 and Photon 1.14 installation on a computer
with Intel 845 chipset. Could install QNX but was unable to configure Photon
for the same system. Photon did not even start in safe mode. What could be
the problem?

I could observe Photon based installer function during installation of
QNX and hence expected Photon to work without showing problems. Does
installer also not use crttrap query internally?

Thanks,
Krupa

3

You may be able to get some of the generic drivers to work by running
them in real mode. To do this try the following:

Edit /qnx4/graphics/trappers/crttrap.list

Add a -r to the following lines:

vesabios.trap
svgabios.trap
Hydra.ms -T

These lines should now be:

vesabios.trap -r
svgabios.trap -r
Hydra.ms -T -r

Now save this file and re-trap using ‘crttrap clear’ then ‘crttrap trap’

Hopefully this will give you some modes, if not then you will have to
follow the info given below to get support.



Hardware Support Account <hw@qnx.com> wrote:
: Hi Krupa,

: This graphics chipset is currently not supported with Photon 1.1X, perhaps
: in the future support for this adapter will be added, howeve that will
: depend on demand.

: If you need support for this adapter then you can either contact sales
: 1-800-363-9001 and talk to them about getting a custom engineering job
: done for this adapter, or you should be able to use the flat driver.

: Best regards,

: Erick

: Krupa <seto@vsnl.com> wrote:
:> Hi,

:> Recently tried an QNX 4.25 and Photon 1.14 installation on a computer
:> with Intel 845 chipset. Could install QNX but was unable to configure Photon
:> for the same system. Photon did not even start in safe mode. What could be
:> the problem?

:> I could observe Photon based installer function during installation of
:> QNX and hence expected Photon to work without showing problems. Does
:> installer also not use crttrap query internally?

:> Thanks,
:> Krupa