trident - Trident video driver

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  Identifier qdevnameq
  Driver qtridentq
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trident is an Xorg driver for Trident video cards. The driver is accelerated, and provides support for the following framebuffer depths: 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, and 24. Multi-head configurations are supported. The XvImage extension is supported on TGUI96xx and greater cards.

The trident driver supports PCI,AGP and ISA video cards based on the following Trident chips:

Blade

Blade3D, CyberBlade series i1, i7 (DSTN), i1, i1 (DSTN), Ai1, Ai1 (DSTN), CyberBlade/e4, CyberBladeXP, CyberBladeAi1/XP, BladeXP

Image

3DImage975, 3DImage985, Cyber9520, Cyber9525, Cyber9397, Cyber9397DVD

ProVidia

9682, 9685, Cyber9382, Cyber9385, Cyber9388

TGUI

9440AGi, 9660, 9680

ISA/VLBus

8900C, 8900D, 9000, 9200CXr, Cyber9320, 9400CXi, 9440AGi These cards have been ported but need further testing and may not work.

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

The following driver Options are supported:

Option qSWCursorq qbooleanq

Enable or disable the SW cursor. Default: off.

Option qNoAccelq qbooleanq

Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.

Option qPciRetryq qbooleanq

Enable or disable PCI retries. Default: off.

Option qCyberShadowq qbooleanq

For Cyber chipsets only, turn off shadow registers. If you only see a partial display - this may be the option for you. Default: on.

Option qCyberStretchq qbooleanq

For Cyber chipsets only, turn on stretching. When the resolution is lower than the LCD's screen, this option will stretch the graphics mode to fill the entire LCD. Default: off.

Option qShadowFBq qbooleanq

Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: off.

Option qVideoKeyq qintegerq

This sets the default pixel value for the YUV video overlay key. Default: undefined.

Option qTVChipsetq qstringq

This sets the TV chipset. Options are CH7005 or VT1621. Default: off.

Option qTVSignalq qintegerq

This sets the TV signalling. Options are 0 for NTSC or 1 for PAL. Default: undefined.

Option qNoPciBurstq qbooleanq

Turn off PCI burst mode, PCI Bursting is on by default. Default: off.

Option qXvHsyncq qintegerq

Override the default Horizontal-sync value for the Xv extension. This is used to center the Xv image on the screen. By default the values are assigned based on the video card. Default: 0.

Option qXvVsyncq qintegerq

Override the default Vertical-sync value for the Xv extension. This is used to center the Xv image on the screen. By default the values are assigned based on the video card. Default: 0.

Option qXvBskewq qintegerq

Override the default Bottom skew value for the Xv extension. This is used to extend the Xv image on the screen at the bottom. By default the values are assigned based on the video card. Default: 0.

Option qXvRskewq qintegerq

Override the default Right skew value for the Xv extension. This is used to extend the Xv image on the screen at the right. By default the values are assigned based on the video card. Default: 0.

Option qDisplayq qstringq

Override the display. Possible values are qCRTq, qLCDq and qDualq. Please note that this option is only experimentally. Default: Use display active when X started.

Option qDisplay1400q qbooleanq

Inform driver to expect 1400x1050 display instead of a 1280x1024. Default: off.

Option qGammaBrightnessq qstringq

Set display gamma value and brightness. qstringq is qgamma, brightnessq, where gamma is a floating point value greater than 0 and less or equal to 10. brightness is an integer value greater or equal to 0 and less than 128. Default: gamma and brightness control is turned off. Note: This is not supported on all chipsets.

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

Author: Alan Hourihane