Support for Graphics Cards with Kyro Chipsets

Support knowledgebase (wessels_kyro2)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.3
Kernel: Version 2.4.10

Situation

You want to install the drivers for Kyro graphics cards.

Procedure

The following lines describe the compilation of the source driver. You can find the driver for SuSE Linux 8.0 at powervr's homepage. As for the rest of versions, you have to compile the driver yourself.

The drivers are powervr's own development. For this reason, problems with these drivers are not covered by our free-of-charge installation support. However, you are welcome to contact our Advanced Supprot Hotline for problems or queries concerning this subject.

Packages Download

The drivers for Kyro graphics cards can be downloaded at:


http://www.powervr.com/Downloads.asp

When doing this, select the file source RPM or source TGZ.

A list of the available mirror servers for download purposes can be found at:


http://www.pvrdev.com/driver/index.htm

Driver Source Installation

*.tgz

The driver sources can be found at:

http://www.pvrdev.com/driver/index.htm

Make sure that the packages autoconf, automake, and kernel-source are installed on your system in order to compile this source.

Unpack the package with the following command as described in the article "Installing Applications under SuSE Linux 8.0" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_packageinst.html)


tar xvfz package_name

Then change as root user to the newly-created directory and execute the command


make install

Finally, start SaX2 to configure X.

*.src.rpm

To compile the source rpm, proceed as follows:

  1. rpm --rebuild powervr*.src.rpm
  2. rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/powervr*.rpm

X Configuration

Start SaX2 to configure X. For further information on the driver compilation, refer to the corresponding README at:

http://www.powervr.com/Drivers/Linux/README.txt

Starting SaX2

Start SaX2 with the following options:


sax2 -b /var/opt/sax/profile/kyro -m 0=powervr

If the screen remains black and the system hangs when starting SaX2 under SuSE Linux 7.3, please refer to the following article from our support database:


http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_noapic.html


See also:
o X Server Configuration with SaX2
o Setting up Unsupported Graphics Cards with the Framebuffer Device
o The System Hangs During Installation or in Operation

Keywords: KYRO2, GRAPHICS CARD, SUPPORT, X11, SAX2, SETUP

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