newport(4) - Linux man page

Name

newport - Newport video driver

Synopsis

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Description

newport is an Xorg driver for the SGI Indy's and Indigo2's newport video cards.

Supported Hardware

The newport driver supports the Newport (also called XL) cards found in SGI Indys and Indigo2s. It supports both the 8bit and 24bit versions of the Newport.

Configuration Details

Please refer to xorg.conf(5x) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

The following driver options are supported:

Option bitplanes integer
number of bitplanes of the board (8 or 24) Default: auto-detected.
Option HWCursor boolean
Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: on.
Option BusID integer
Set to 1 for the Indigo2 XL. Default: 0

See Also

Xorg(1x), xorg.conf(5x), xorgconfig(1x), Xserver(1x), X(7x)

Authors

Authors: Guido GÜnther agx@sigxcpu.org