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TITLE: OpenVMS VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0400 Alpha V7.1-2 JIB Card Support ECO Summary

Modification Date: 25-JAN-2001
Modification Type: Updated Kit Supersedes 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 1999. 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     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VMS712_GRAPHICS-V0300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: 48208 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:

          <cometGCMakeCurrent: illegal depth of 4>

          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

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