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by **Adrienne Kotz** » Sat, 18 Nov 2000 04:00:00

Hi there,

I installed a PGX32 graphics card in 220R, the problem
is that the X is incredibly slow (Xsun uses a lot of CPU -
got that from running the 'top' utility).

With bootup, I get the following:

Is this normal, and if so, what could be the problem ?

-Adrienne

by **Tom Hamilto** » Sat, 18 Nov 2000 04:00:00

> Hi there,

> I installed a PGX32 graphics card in 220R, the problem
> is that the X is incredibly slow (Xsun uses a lot of CPU -
> got that from running the 'top' utility).

> With bootup, I get the following:

> Is this normal, and if so, what could be the problem ?

> -Adrienne

If you have a large (21") monitor, you can set the resolution to
1600x1200, check out the pgx manual or use pgxconfig (i think)

by **Linda Pilt** » Sun, 19 Nov 2000 05:00:57

This is normal at bootup for this card.

> Hi there,

> I installed a PGX32 graphics card in 220R, the problem
> is that the X is incredibly slow (Xsun uses a lot of CPU -
> got that from running the 'top' utility).

> With bootup, I get the following:

> Is this normal, and if so, what could be the problem ?

> -Adrienne

by **Ben Batte** » Fri, 24 Nov 2000 04:00:00

It looks like the device is being picked-up correctly. I use that card
in several other Sun systems. I didn't see a 220R specifically under
the system requirements for the card. This is a really dumb question,
but did you check for the compatibility? It's probably fine, but double
check.

X seems to be trying to compensate for some defficiency.

Use "pgxconfig" and set various things like "-res" and "-depth" with the
"-try"option ("try" will let you set or refuse the settings). There
are more options, see the man page before running this.

24-bit color should be OK at that resolution, but it may run slow. Try
lowering your resolution to 1024x768x<refresh-rate> (check your monitor
to see what refresh rates it can handle at the various resolutions) and
see if things improve.

Apart from that try docs.sun.com:

Subject Categories -> Hardware -> Graphics Cards -> Sun PGX32 PCI
Graphics Card Installation Guide

See the notes section first and then the install guide.

The card might not be compatible. You may just need a patch or you may
need to tweak/adjust the settings (or both).

Hope it helps--

Ben

> Hi there,

> I installed a PGX32 graphics card in 220R, the problem
> is that the X is incredibly slow (Xsun uses a lot of CPU -
> got that from running the 'top' utility).

> With bootup, I get the following:

> Is this normal, and if so, what could be the problem ?

> -Adrienne

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by **Stuart Bigga** » Fri, 24 Nov 2000 04:00:00

> Hi there,

> I installed a PGX32 graphics card in 220R, the problem
> is that the X is incredibly slow (Xsun uses a lot of CPU -
> got that from running the 'top' utility).

> With bootup, I get the following:

> Is this normal, and if so, what could be the problem ?

> -Adrienne

Adrienne,

We have a PGX in a 220R - it works OK (slow compared to
a creator but it works). You probably want to install
the latest pgx patch. The following from the Readme:

(from 107716-08)
4329407 Xsun process eats up a large percentage of the CPU cycles

I think the current rev is -10.

Stuart