c200 fx graphics status?

Hi list!

I just subscribed here. I'm on debian-hppa but that doesn't seem to get much traffic, so I'll repost my question here.

I have previous experience with parisc-linux in that I had it installed and working ( with X ) on a 715/80. Thinking to move on to bigger things, I sold it on Ebay and rolled my profits into a C200 with some unspecified FX graphics board.

Now, from what I have gleaned, this machine only works in serial console mode? Do any graphics cards work with it for X yet? I do have a HP7000/60 dumb terminal, but of course I want to run X if I can.

I'm an accomplished kernel recompiler if that means anything.

(Nervously gnawing fingernails waiting for reply's)

The answer is it depends upon the graphics card. I have a C200+ that I use at work that I have been self-hosting on at work with a GSC video card:

5. Coral SGC Graphics (10) at 0xfa000000 [8/4], versions 0x4, 0x0, 0x77

using framebuffers and X. I also have a C200+ at home with a PCI video card

Dec  5 22:11:05 vega kernel: STI device: HPA4552A

in which STI is supported, but not the framebuffer device (ie. no X).

Sorry I can't provide much additional advice, that is just works and does not work for me.

thanks,

- Ryan

Thanks for the info. Here's my comments and reply.

Is the Coral an HCRX-24? I'm curious as to which boards will work in a C200. I'll try and get a different card for it if need be.

Well that is better than dumb terminal mode at least. I wish I was like Brian Paul and could bang out Mesa/DRI support for these FX boards, I'd like to see QuakeForge running on a hppa box in OpenGL mode someday :-)

Yeah - parisc-linux is a more appropriate place for the question anyway.

Not supported since HP hasn't published the docs for it. Almost all the older gfx cards are supported including the Vis-EG (PCI or GSC) that you mentioned in you posting to debian-hppa.

grant

Well, my Ebay special C200 "raven" arrived today... and it works! I plugged in an extra 256Mb RAM and an old 4X scsi cdrom drive, hooked ye olde dumbe terminal, and pushed yonder button.

I'm impressed, it came with a completely unconfigured HP/UX B11.11 so I got to set up my root password, network, etc. The dang thing has internet connectivity already!

Now I am in somewhat of a dilemma. I got this bohemoth to be a parisc-linux box, but one hates to wipe a pristine HP/UX which one got for free :-)

So now it would appear that I am in need of a new hard drive. My 23GB Seagate Elite will definately not fit inside the case, and I'm using it on the X86 machine anyways. Back to Ebay...

I can still test out the latest 0.9.3 cdrom image which I will burn one this weekend. I don't have an EVC adapter yet so I can't test the STI / X11 yet.

This machine seems to have been mis-advertised and actually contains an EG board rather than a FX. I am disappointed yet happy because the EG will run X in linux right?

Thx,

- Doug

Well, my Ebay special C200 "raven" arrived today... and it works! I plugged in an extra 256Mb RAM and an old 4X scsi cdrom drive, hooked ye olde dumbe terminal, and pushed yonder button.

I'm impressed, it came with a completely unconfigured HP/UX B11.11 so I got to set up my root password, network, etc. The dang thing has internet connectivity already!

Now I am in somewhat of a dilemma. I got this bohemoth to be a parisc-linux box, but one hates to wipe a pristine HP/UX which one got for free :-)

So now it would appear that I am in need of a new hard drive. My 23GB Seagate Elite will definately not fit inside the case, and I'm using it on the X86 machine anyways. Back to Ebay...

I can still test out the latest 0.9.3 cdrom image which I will burn one this weekend. I don't have an EVC adapter yet so I can't test the STI / X11 yet.

This machine seems to have been mis-advertised and actually contains an EG board rather than a FX. I am disappointed yet happy because the EG will run X in linux right?

Thx,

- Doug