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Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual

3-4

NOTE: You must install the MOX package if you plan on running
the cards in MOX mode. The MOX package is common to both
I-Class and T-Class cards.

3.4 New

Device


One new device name is created in the

/dev

directory for each

Raptor card. It is denoted by

raptor#

for the Raptor 2000 and

rapqfp#

for the Raptor 2500, where

#

represents an instance

number assigned by the operating system. For example,

/dev/raptor0

is the first Raptor card seen by the system.

/dev/raptor1

will be the second card seen by the system and

so on.

3.5 Changing Resolution


The resolution of the Raptor 2000 is fixed at 2048x2048 for the
Sony DDM 2800 monitor. The resolution of the Raptor 2500 is
fixed at 2560x2048.

3.6 Configuring XFree86 Server for PC

Graphics Hardware

This section assumes that the

XF86Config

file was configured

to work properly with your existing VGA/SVGA cards. For
documentation on how to install and configure your VGA/SVGA
card, please refer to the XFree86 documentation.


After installing the Raptor drivers, three sections will be added to
the

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4

file for each type of card,

provided that the file exists in the system. Otherwise,

/etc/X11/XF86Config

will be used. If you are using another

config file, the three sections can be imported from:

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