Conference bulova::decwindows

5792.0. "AS2000/ATI Mach64/OpenVMS V7.1/DW V1.2-4 = Problem!" by DAVIDF::FOX (David B. Fox -- DTN 285-2091) Tue Mar 04 1997 16:07

    		** Cross posted from MVBLAB::SABLE **
    
    If you are trying to get DECwindows V1.2-4 to work on OpenVMS Alpha
    V7.1 with the ATI Mach64 card (PB2GA-FB), read on... 
    
    If you have used the ECU to set the adapter for generic VGA then you're
    ok and DECwindows should start without any difficulty.
    
    If on the other hand you have used the ECU to set the adapter to be a
    Mach64 (ECU V1.9 or later) then you'll need to do the following.  Upon
    startup, DECwindows probably has said that there is no graphics device
    present.
    
    With Fred Kleinsorge from OpenVMS' help, we figured out the problem. 
    My system is an Alphaserver 2000 4/275.  You'll need to confirm the
    following with your system.
    
    1) Do an $ ANALYZE/SYSTEM and then SDA> CLUE CONFIG.  Find the section
       for the EISA bus.  It should look something like this:
    
     3 EISA        80D4D6C0    0 EISA          
                                       80D4D898          0 System Board
                                       80D4D8D0  IRA:    1 Proteon Token
    							   Ring (PRO6002)
                                       80D4D908  ERA:    2 DEC4250
                                       80D4D940          3 00303034.36415349
                                       80D4D978  ERB:    4 DEC4250
    
    
    	   My Mach64 is in EISA slot 3.
    
    	2) Edit DECW$AUTOCONFIG.DAT in SYS$MANAGER: and add the following
    	   block of code:
    
    		 device 	= "EISA Mach64" ! EISA MAch64
    		 name           = GQ            ! Device name
    		 driver         = sys$gqddriver ! Driver name
    		 adapter        = eisa          ! Adapter
    		 id             = 0x36415349 0x00303034 
    		 flags          = novector      ! Load /NOVECTOR
    		 units          = 1             ! Single unit controller
    
    		 end_device                     ! Cause the entry to be added
    
    
    	   You can put this block of code anywhere in the file.  DON'T put
    	   it in the middle of another device block though!  :-)
    
    	   Notice that the ID field has the numbers from the CLUE CONFIG
    	   listing *REVERSED!*  This is not a mistake.
    
    	3) Exit the editor and you can test this modification with
    
    		$ MCR SYSMAN IO AUTO
    
    	   Your screen should go from the default dumb terminal blue screen
    	   to the OpenVMS operator screen.
    
    	   If you do a $ SHOW DEVICE G you should now see a Gxxx device.
    
    	4) Start DECwindows by typing:
    
    		$ @SYS$STARTUP:DECW$STARTUP
    
    You'll be all set from here!
    
    Good luck!
    
    	David