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wiki3719: InstallationNotesForGraphicsDrivers (Version 6)

Installation notes for Graphics drivers.#

To install graphics driver:

1. Download the graphics driver from Latest Software Updates page.

2. Compare the cksum results with the checksum posted on the Latest Software Updates page.

# cksum Pg.<driver_name>.YYYYMMDD.tar.gz

3. Unpack the driver.

# zcat Pg.<driver_name>.YYYYMMDD.tar.gz | tar x

4. Backup the existing graphics driver.

If you wish to keep a copy of the existing driver, you'll need to save them to a safe location first, to prevent them from being overwritten during installation.

# cp -vc /qnx4/graphics/drivers/Pg.<driver_name> /qnx4/graphics/drivers/Pg.<driver_name>.`date +"%y%m%d_%H%M%S"`

5. Copy the updated driver to the /qnx4/graphics/drivers directory:

# cp Pg.<driver_name> /qnx4/graphics/drivers

6. Make sure that the binaries are executable and that the file's owner and group are correct:

# chmod 4755 /qnx4/graphics/drivers/Pg.<driver_name>
# chown root:root /qnx4/graphics/drivers/Pg.<driver_name>

7. Make trapper for the driver as a link:

# ln -sf /qnx4/graphics/drivers/Pg.<driver_name> /qnx4/graphics/trappers/Pg.<driver_name>

8. Download the latest crttrap.list from Latest Software Updates page.

9. Compare the cksum results with the checksum posted on the Latest Software Updates page.

# cksum crttrap.list.YYYYMMDD.tar.gz

10. Backup the existing crttrap.list file.

If you wish to keep a copy of the existing crttrap.list, you'll need to save it to a safe location first, to prevent them from being overwritten during installation.

# cp -vc /qnx4/graphics/trappers/crttrap.list /qnx4/graphics/trappers/crttrap.list.`date +"%y%m%d_%H%M%S"`

11. Update your current /qnx4/graphics/trappers/crttrap.list file:

# cp crttrap.list /qnx4/graphics/trappers/crttrap.list