HP-UX 11i v2 Read Before Installing or Updating, June 2006

Installing Fire GL-UX Graphics Cards

Unlike graphics patches on HP-UX 11i v1, the kernel graphics

patch PHKL_34349 for HP-UX 11i v2 will not automatically

configure the gvid graphics driver into the kernel if a Fire

GL-UX graphics card is detected.

If you have newly installed a Fire GL-UX graphics card, make

sure that the gvid graphics driver is configured into your kernel.

This only needs to be done once per system. First, to determine if

the gvid driver is already within your kernel, use the kcmodule

command as shown here: # kcmodule gvid

If your kernel is configured correctly, the output of kcmodule

should resemble the following:

Module State Cause

gvid static best

If the state shown for gvid is anything other than “static”, the

gvid driver must be configured into your kernel before you can

use your Fire GL-UX graphics card. To configure gvid into your

kernel, execute the following command as superuser:

# kcmodule gvid=static

This will build a new kernel containing the gvid driver. You now

need to reboot your system to run this new kernel.