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| README file for GLoria-L
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| ELSA graphics driver disk for Windows NT 4.0 build 1381.
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| Version: 5.35.00.354
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| (c) 1999ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
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| ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
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| D-52070 Aachen
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| ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
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| USA
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| 09/23/1998, Hhockenb
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Additional Configuration Options
4. Known Problems
5. History
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1 Introduction
This file explains how to setup and to configure the ELSA
Windows NT driver software for your graphics board.
1.1 Requirements
This driver software only runs on ELSA PCI-bus graphics
boards.
1.2 Further Information
For more information on configuring installed ELSA graphics
drivers, please refer to the Windows Help or to the help
files to ELSA Utilities.
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2 Installation
NOTE: This driver was designed for full functionality
under Windows NT 4.0 only!
There are several ways to install an ELSA graphics driver:
- Automatic installation by ELSA Setup Utility (2.1)
- Via the Windows dialog "display properties" (2.2)
- During the NT Windows 4.0 installation (2.3)
2.1 Automatic installation by ELSA Setup Utility
First of all, start the Windows NT. To run SETUP.EXE then,
you can either double click on it in the Microsoft Explorer
or choose "Run..." from the "Start" menu.
2.1.1 Further Hints and Configuration
- The Setup version 1.0 -1.9 only supports Windows NT 4.0
build 1381 in the German and English languages with
Service Pack 3.
- If the program is interrupted, for example by user inputs
during a running automatic dialog, it will terminate
itself after a certain period of time. The installation
can be continued manually or the Setup program must be
restarted.
- If open, the Windows dialog "Display Properties" must be
closed before calling the SETUP.EXE.
- The file SETUP.INI(under Setup Options) provides the
following switches:
-"QuietInstall" and "AutoReboot". Both switches are
"OFF" by default. If "QuietInstall=On" is indicated the
SETUP.EXE installs the graphics display driver without
requesting user input. For a complete installation the
computer must be rebooted
- set "AutoReboot=ON". The section [Tools] provides an
"InstallationFiles" key. This provides a list of all the
installation script files additionally installed when
choosing "Install ELSA graphics display drivers and
utilities". These installation script files provide a
[DefaultInstall] and [DefaultUninstall] section, so that
they can be easily uninstalled/installed using
"Add/Remove
Programs, Install/Uninstall under "Software"..." in the
Control Panel.
2.2 Manual Installation
2.2.1 Manual Installation of the graphics driver
NOTE: Please install the Standard-VGA driver first, then
shut down your computer and exchange the graphics board.
Click on the symbol "Control Panel" in the
Startmenu/Settings or on the desktop with the right mouse
button and select "Properties"in the pop-up menu. Select
"Display Type" here (DISPLAY.CPL) and, under the tab
"Settings", click on the key "Change configuration..." to
modify the display settings.
Select the ELSA graphics board by selecting "Change..." in
the following dialog. The dialog box "Change Display"
appears with a selection of available drivers under
"Manufacturer/Display".
Select the key "Have Disk"in the lower right-hand of the
dialog box. The dialog "Install from disk" appears with an
indication of path or floppy drive ("A:\"). Change the
entry to the path where you find the driver files for your
board (e.g."D:\WINNER\2000PROX\WINNT40") and confirm with
"Continue". Now a list of ELSA graphics drivers is
displayed. Select the driver for your board. Confirm the
dialog. The driver is installed after confirming the
warning that a third-party driver will be installed. Close
all display windows.
NOTE: With Windows NT 4.0, graphics drivers cannot be
loaded dynamically. This is a limitation of the
Operating System!
To activate the ELSA driver the computer has to be
restarted. Please press "Yes" in the relevant dialog.
The system will reboot and the initial installation is
finished.
The initial installation of ELSA drivers for Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 installs the driver in a resolution of
640*480 pixel at 256 colors and 60Hz refresh.
NOTE: With the installation of the Windows NT 4.0 driver,
the ELSA OpenGL driver is automatically installed .
2.2.2 Manual Installation of ELSA Utilities
The ELSA utilities can be easily installed from the
Explorer by clicking on the appropriate .INF file with the
right mouse button (see 2) and then selecting "Install...".
NOTE: The utilities can be uninstalled in the Control
Panel under "Software", "Install/Uninstall...".
2.3 Setup During System Installation
NOTE: You will need installation floppy disks (see 2.4).
With a first-time or new installation of Windows NT, the
identification of hardware and software components is
followed by the query if you wish to accept the settings
selected by Windows NT. DO NOT press ENTER!
Move the highlight to "Display:". Choose "Other" here
(requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer). Insert
disk 1 and select the driver for your graphics board.
Continue the installation following all instructions.
After restarting, Windows NT reboots in graphics mode.
NOTE: the ELSA utilities must be subsequently installed
manually (section 3.1). With the installation of the
Windows NT 4.0 driver, the ELSA OpenGL driver is not
automatically installed.
2.4 Making Installation Disks
To create installation disks for the ELSA graphics driver
you will need three empty floppy disks labeled "ELSA
Windows NT 4.0 DISK 1", "ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 2" and
"ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 3".
Please note that maybe not all listed files are required
and some files may have different filename extensions
(e.g. "EGLMXD.dl_" instead of "EGLMXD.dll").
Copy the following files (as available) from CD-ROM to:
- Disk 1 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 1"):
DISK1
ELSA.INF
ELSA.HLP
LIESMICH.TXT
README.TXT
SETUP.EXE
SETUP.INI
TXTSETUP.OEM
I386\EGLLM.SYS
I386\EGLLD.DLL
I386\EMGLLD.DLL
- Disk 2 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 2"):
DISK2
ELSA.INF
TXTSETUP.OEM
I386\EOGLL.DLL
- Disk 3 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 3"):
DISK3
ELSA.INF
TXTSETUP.OEM
I386\GLSET\ELSA.HLP
I386\GLSET\ELSAENG.HLP
I386\GLSET\GLSET.DLL
I386\GLSET\GLSET.INF
I386\GLSET\GLSET.TEX
I386\GLSET\GLSETDEU.HLP
I386\GLSET\GLSETENG.HLP
I386\GLSET\GLSET_DE.DLL
I386\MONCTRL\24H96.TIM
I386\MONCTRL\MONCTDEU.DLL
I386\MONCTRL\MONCTENG.DLL
I386\MONCTRL\MONCTRL.CPL
I386\WINMSUIT\ELSA.HLP
I386\WINMSUIT\ELSAENG.HLP
I386\WINMSUIT\WINMSUIT.INF
I386\WINMSUIT\WINMSUIT.EXE
I386\WINMSUIT\WSUIT_DE.DLL
I386\WINMSUIT\WINMPS.DLL
I386\WINMSUIT\ELSA.HLP
I386\WINMSUIT\ELSAENG.HLP
I386\ELSAINFO\EINFO_DE.DLL
I386\ELSAINFO\EINFOOGL.EXE
I386\ELSAINFO\ELSAINFO.DLL
I386\ELSAINFO\ELSAINFO.INF
2.5 Testing the Installation and Determining the Driver Version
Number
2.5.1 Testing the Installation
Select from the Start menu "Settings" and in the Control
Panel click on "Display". Select the tab "Settings" and
there the key "Change configuration...". The following
dialog gives information of the manufacturer, the version
number and the current driver files.
NOTE: If you see "Version Information missing ", you did
not set US English as the system language. This problem
will appear in all non-American NT installations.
2.5.2 Determining the Version Number of the Driver via the Driver
Files
Use the Explorer to inspect the file properties for one of
the files EG*.SYS, EG*.DLL, or EMG*.DLL. The file EG*.SYS
can be found in the directory System32\Drivers and System32
of your Windows NT, the files EG*.DLL and EMG*.DLL in the
System32\index.
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3 Additional Configuration Options
3.1 How to Install and to Configure the Driver
If necessary, all tools can be manually installed
afterwards. To do this, change to the corresponding tool
subdirectory (e.g. 1386\GLSET), click with the right mouse
button on the ".INF" file and select the entry "Install"
from the context menu. After a restart the tools are fully
installed.
There follows a description of all the possible settings of
the ELSA graphics driver for Windows NT and of the ELSA
utilities.
3.1.1 ELSA WinmanSuite
ELSA WinmanSuite is a tool, which integrates in the taskbar
of your Operating system. Klicking the mouse on the tray
icon, you will get quick access to all installed ELSA
utilities.
3.1.2 ELSA GLoria Settings
The ELSA GLoria Settings allow you to configure the 3D
options of your ELSA GLoria graphics board. You will find
this tool as a tab in the display properties or as a menu
item in the WinmanSuite.
You also will find a detailed description by clicking the
Help key.
3.3 Monitor Conformity
To take full advantage of your monitor, you can define new
resolutions and other monitor timings, and store them in
the timing file. In multi-screen operation, the timing must
be set for each connected monitor.
3.3.1 Monitor Control
With the ELSA program to set monitors, you can configure
multi-screen environments. You will find it under Starting
Menu/Control Panel/MONCTRL. The configuration options are
described as follows.
3.3.1.1 Monitor Timings for ...
In multi-screen configurations, you can select the monitor
for which the timing should be set.
3.3.1.2 Timings
This entry determines how the timing file should be used.
IGNORE: All entries in the timing file are ignored, which
means it is not employed.
PREFER: Resolutions of the timing file are preferentially
treated. If a resolution provided in a timing file
is also provided by a driver, the data of the
timing file will be accepted, and the data of the
driver are rejected.
Driver resolutions without a corresponding timing
are accepted unchanged.
NOTE: Using new drivers, it is possible that no
resolution of the timing file is accepted,
because of the multitude of timings
offered. It is advisable to use the setting
"Exclusive".
EXCLUSIVE: All standard resolutions are rejected.
Only resolutions from the timing file are
available.
3.3.1.3 List of Monitors
This list presents a series of symbols to characterize the
timing entries. This should be a text applying to the
timing and indicating exactly the monitor, e.g. ELSA ECOMO
24H96
3.3.2 Monitor Timings File
The monitor timings are stored in this binary piece of
data. The values of the timing file are accepted by MonCtrl
and transferred to the list of disposal resolutions.
Concerning the ELSA ECOMO 24H96 you will find a list in the
System32 directory of your Windows NT 4.0 register.
3.3.2.1 Description of Timing File Format
The file including the timing entries has the ending
".TIM". It contains lines with ASCII text which work with
all editors (e.g. NOTEPAD.EXE). The first line contains a
text to indicate the monitor (see 3.3.1.3). This text is
registered in the MonCtrl tool of the monitor list. (i.e.
ELSA ECOMO 24H96). In each of the following lines the
timing is defined. Furthermore, each line contains 14
values separated by commas, describing the timing.
The following parameters can be entered here
(order as in the file) :
- XRes: number of pixels to X-direction (e.g.1024)
- YRes: number of screen lines to Y-direction (e.g.768)
- Bpp: number of bits per pixel, color depth (e.g.16)
- Hz: refresh rate in Hertz (e.g.79)
-PxClk: pixel clock rate of kHz (i.e 95455)
- Ht: horizontal total in pixels = hor. sum (e.g.1312)
- Hfp: horizontal frontporch in pixels (e.g. 16)
- Hsw: horizontal sync-width in pixels (e.g. 96)
- Hbp: horizontal backporch in pixels (e.g. 176)
- VT: vertical total in lines = vertical sum (e.g.800)
- Vfp: vertical frontporch in lines (e.g. 1)
- Vsw: vertical sync-width in lines (e.g. 3)
- Vbp: vertical backporch in lines (e.g. 28)
- If: interlaced flag (should be set to zero)
An example of a file (24H96) with the named value, will
represent as follows:
ELSA ECOMO 24h96
640, 480, 8, 60, 25175, 800, 16, 96, 48, 525, 10, 2, 33, 0
NOTE: It is not necessary to indicate the parameters.
Normally the indications xRes, yRes, Bpp and Hz are
enough. All other parameters must be mentioned at
least with a zero.
Example: 1200, 800, 16, 75, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
3.4 ELSA POWERlib
ELSA offers the toolkit POWERlib as an option for the
programmer. This is for creating your own applications
which use ELSA graphics boards for graphical output. This
tool is available for Windows NT.
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4 Known Problems
- If the application under OpenGL requests "Double
Buffering" and the GLoria cannot realize it, software
emulation will be installed automatically.
To force hardware OpenGL you have to disable double
buffering in your application!
- The driver cannot run on a system where a port COM4 is
installed.
- It is possible that some computers need a very long time
to boot.
- If the ELSA graphics board is not recognized, try another
PCI slot. Some motherboard manufacturers have implemented
PCI slots that are not PCI compliant.
- Multi-screen operation
No full-screen DOS window, or the driver doesn't start.
Switch the VGA on the first board ON and OFF on all
others.
Only the first board is detected by ELSAinfo.
- For correct function of 3D Studio MAX 1.x
Software Z-Buffer has to be used with this driver.
- With Softimage 3.7 there are display errors when using
the color selection menu. Workaround: Minimize the
application with <Alt>+F9 and then enlarge it again.
- The Icon Previews in Softimage|3D 3.7 somtimes are
displayed overlapping
- With Softimage|3D 3.7 there are display errors when using
the color selection menu. Workaround: Minimize the
application with <Alt>+F9 and then enlarge it again.
- With 3D Studio MAX 2.x occasional display errors may
occur. Workaround: Enable "Force Buffer Blit" in the
GLoria Settings.
- With SolidWorks98 occasional display errors may occor.
Workaround: Enable "Force Buffer Blit" in the
GLoria Settings.
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5 History
5.34.00.354
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- Bugfix for Quake2 texture corruption
- Bugfix for MicroStation Benchmark display corruption
- Bugfix for Lightwave3D Flickering in wireframe display
- GLoria Settings "Default" meets WHQL requirements
- GLoria Settings allow to use each possible resolution by
default
- Winman Suite included
- Bugfix for "Non-administrators get no GLoria Settings"
- Monitor Control Tool included
- ELSA Information Center included
- Support of MAXtreme for 3D Studio MAX 2.x
- More applications supported by GLoria Settings
- Bugfix for OpenGL and NetMeeting
- Bugfix for Lightsource-Editor in ELSAview3D
- Performance increase in 3D Studio MAX 2.x using a single
viewport
- New OpenGL driver version 2.01.14.118
- Bugfixes for known problems with Pro/DESIGNER
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