*OpenVMS] VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400 Alpha V7.1-2 JIB Card Support ECO Summary
TITLE: *OpenVMS] VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400 Alpha V7.1-2 JIB Card Support ECO Summary
New Kit: 24-JAN-2001
Modification Date: 27-FEB-2001
Modification Type: Deleting VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0300
NOTE: An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
For OpenVMS savesets, the name of the compressed saveset
file will be kit_name.a-dcx_vaxexe for OpenVMS VAX or
kit_name.a-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha. Once the OpenVMS
saveset is copied to your system, expand the compressed
saveset by typing RUN kitname.dcx_vaxexe or kitname.dcx_alpexe.
For PCSI files, once the PCSI file is copied to your system,
rename the PCSI file to kitname-dcx_axpexe.pcsi, then it can
be expanded by typing RUN kitname-dcx_axpexe.pcsi. The resultant
file will be the PCSI installation file which can be used to install
the ECO.
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2000, 2001. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: GRAPHICS
JIB Card Support
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400--4.PCSI
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0300
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 48,208 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2
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):
PBXGK-BB (ELSA GLoria Synergy-8)
PBXGB-AA/CA (PowerStorm 3D30/4D40)
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
installation of this kit:
VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0200
VMS712_UPDATE-V0300
VMS712_CPU2208-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 JIB Card Support and graphics fixes on
OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2. This kit addresses the following
problems:
NEW FUNCTIONALITY ADDRESSED IN VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400 KIT
o PowerStorm 300/350 OpenVMS Graphics Support
This kit provides support for the PowerStorm 300/350 Graphics
adapter. Specific informaton about this support can be found in
the P300_350_README file. This file is available in the following
formats:
o Text : P300_350_README.TXT
o Acrobat Reader : P300_350_README.PDF
o HTML : P300_350_README.HTML
These files can be found at SYS$COMMON:[000000.SYSHLP]
o New ELSA GLoria Synergy DDX image
A new device dependent X server image is provided to improve
performance on EV6 (21264) based platforms containing ELSA GLoria
Synergy graphics modules. A new procedure,
SYS$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
o Elsa Gloria Synergy Support for Digital Personal Workstations
Support for Digital Personal Workstations has been added to Elsa
Gloria Synergy functionality.
P350 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400 KIT
o With PowerStorm 300/350 graphics adapter(s), XGetImage on
8-plane visuals returned incorrect image data if the specified
width was not a multiple of eight.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GB.EXE
o On systems containing PowerStorm 300/350 graphics adapter(s),
under certain conditions of 3D-application load, the address
space of the DECwindows server would grow without limit,
eventually exhausting the supply of page table entries (PTEs)
resulting in a "not enough core" message being displayed.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE
o Failure to create a 3D rendering context (e.g. due to
resource exhaustion) is no longer a fatal server error with
PowerStorm 300/350 adapter(s).
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$OPENGLPEERRI.EXE
[SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GB.EXE
o PowerStorm 300/350 multi-head initialization problems on
systems running at 667 MHz or faster have been solved.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE
o With PowerStorm 300/350 adapter(s), the Store Colors operation
on 8-plane PseudoColor windows could result in incorrect
colors if the array of color values did not denote a
consecutive range of pixel values.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE
o The 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz video mode now works with PowerStorm
300/350 adapter(s).
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE
o With PowerStorm 300/350 adapter(s), fast systems (667 MHz and
above) with large memory were sometimes observed to crash when
graphics operations were attempted while the system was
already handling a heavy load of non-graphics I/O.
This problem has been fixed. However, please note for OpenVMS
V7.1-2: if you attempt to install a VMS V7.2-1 (or later)
driver (SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE) on OpenVMS V7.1-2, the driver will
fail to initialize and will cause a message to appear on the
console stating that the wrong version of the driver is
installed. To avoid this problem, make sure you install the
correct remedial kit for your version of the operating system.
Note also for OpenVMS V7.1-2: the new driver requires memory
in the Buffer Addressable Pool (BAP). If BAP has not been
present on your system before, the driver will not come up and
a message will appear on the console advising you to run
AUTOGEN.
(See section 1.15 of the P300_350_README files (included in
this kit) for critical information on BAP.)
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE
o A system crash due to a page fault with the IPL set too high
has been fixed in the PowerStorm 300/350 driver.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GBDRIVER.EXE
o Xserver on Elsa Gloria Synergy crashes with the following
message in DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG:
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_P2.EXE
o Clipped text was incorrectly displayed with ELSA GLoria
Synergy graphics modules. This occurred when scrolling
horizontally within a text box (e.g., using Netscape). When
enough text is typed into a text box to cause the field to
scroll to the left, the text is corrupted or not displayed.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o GZ devices to appear UNAVAILABLE with SHOW DEVICE.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE
o A 3rd party middleware product called GMS has missing text on
the ELSA card.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o Digital Personal Workstations with ELSA cards sometimes crash
on warm a reboot, even with console BOOT_RESET set to ON.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o Systems with ELSA Gloria Synergy Graphics card(s) installed
may crash with an invalid exception ("INVEXCEPTN, Exception
while above ASTDEL") bugcheck while booting.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE
[SYS$LDR]SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE
o During startup, DECwindows prints an error saying that
decw$fs-errors.log cannot be purged from SYS$SYSTEM.
Images Affected: None.
o A memory leak in the SYS$WSDRIVER (the pseudo display device
driver) has been fixed.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$WSDRIVER.EXE
o The server crashed when no TCP/IP license was available.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$TRANSPORT_TCPIP.EXE
o Multiple network interfaces are now supported.
Images Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$TRANSPORT_TCPIP.EXE
o The following font server problems have been fixed:
o The X11 server crashed with %SYSTEM-F-ASTFLT if given an
unavailable Multiple network interfaces are now
supported.server node.
o The X11 server would hang if the font server aborted or
restarted, or if there were significant network delays
enroute to/from the font server.
o The X11 server crashed if a client with an active font
server request terminated.
o Font server connection problems were not reported in the
X11 server log.
o The font server sometimes stopped accepting connections.
o The font server crashed when clients using DHCP made
requests.
o Font server clients experienced problems if the font
server was idle for approximately ten minutes or longer.
o The font server could not be restarted until five minutes
after it had terminated; it would report "address in use"
for the TCP/IP socket.
Images Affected: SYS$LIBRARY:DECW$SERVER_DIX.EXE
SYS$SYSTEM:DECW$XFS.EXE
SYS$SYSTEM:FSLSFONTS.EXE
SYS$SYSTEM:FSINFO.EXE
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0300 KIT
o The PowerStorm 4D10T card displays video "noise". This noise
is most visible on certain backgrounds, such as the root weave
pattern that is drawn on secondary heads.
Image(s) Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZDRIVER.EXE
[SYS$LDR]SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE
o A number of problems have been reported on the TGA2:
1. The cursor would occasionally not display on any
head beyond the second screen when using 24-planes,
and moving the cursor between screens.
2. When switching screens, a stale cursor occasionally
was left behind on the last screen.
3. A warm restart after a halt or crash would bugcheck in
GYCDRIVER.
4. When switching screens quickly, the cursor would
occasionally be mis-positioned on the wrong screen.
5. DMA was not disabled for systems with > 1GB or when
behind a bridge.
Image(s) Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$GZVDRIVER.EXE
[SYS$LDR]SYS$INDRIVER.EX
o When using text editing (DECW$NOTEPAD as an example), the
I-bar text cursor would corrupt text when moved with the
cursor keys.
Image(s) Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
o When using a large window, the screen can become corrupted,
especially when moving large windows.
Image(s) Affected: [SYSLIB]DECW$SERVER_DDX_GZ.EXE
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted. If there are other nodes in the VMScluster, 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 VMS712_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
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
Files on this server are as follows:
dec-axpvms-vms712_graphics-v0400--4.README
dec-axpvms-vms712_graphics-v0400--4.CHKSUM
dec-axpvms-vms712_graphics-v0400--4.pcsi-dcx_axpexe
vms712_graphics-v0400.CVRLET_TXT
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