ultra 5 and PGX24 graphics config problem and cpu change

From: jmd (jmd8800_at_charter.net)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:53:56 -0700

I bought a sun ultra 5 360 mhz a couple of weeks ago and the best video i can
get so far is 8 bit graphics. this ultra had never been used as i peeled
the stickers off the power supply area in back and had a setup screen for
Sol7 when i booted the box.

in my searching the net i find differing opinions as to whether or not any
ultra5s came with 24 bit graphics. the sun ultra5 user manual i found,
said this:

Note: Systems with PGX24 graphics have "PGX24" or "Series 3" printed on
the serial number label this is affixed to the front bezel.

I have "Series 3" on this label. But so far I can only get 8 bit depth in
Solaris 9. (see xdpyinfo below) Chipset onboard has "ATI 3d Rage Pro Turbo
PCI". Is there a configuration setting i am missing in Sol9?

On a sun website there is also a reference as to not being able to use 8
and 24 simultaneously with the PGX24. I only need 24.

Would it be best to just pick up a sun raptor pci card? 20 bucks on ebay,
new

Also, this being a 360mhz 256k cache cpu, would i realize a decent
performance increase with a 333mhz cpu with 2M cache. If i am reading the
documentation right I can swap the cpus.

This box is mostly email, data storage and websurfing and nothing
demanding great processing power.

Here is output of xdpyinfo:

# ./xdpyinfo
name of display: :0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
vendor release number: 6610
maximum request size: 262140 bytes
motion buffer size: 256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, MSBFirst, 32
image byte order: MSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 3
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 132
focus: window 0xb00685, revert to Parent
number of extensions: 31
    AccessX
    Adobe-DPS-Extension
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    DPMS
    DPSExtension
    Extended-Visual-Information
    FBPM
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    Multi-Buffering
    RECORD
    SECURITY
    SHAPE
    ST
    SUN_ALLPLANES
    SUN_DGA
    SUN_OVL
    SUN_SME
    SYNC
    SolarisIA
    TOG-CUP
    X-Resource
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XEVIE
    XInputDeviceEvents
    XInputExtension
    XTEST
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1

screen #0:
  dimensions: 1152x900 pixels (325x254 millimeters)
  resolution: 90x90 dots per inch
  depths (2): 1, 8
  root window id: 0x32
  depth of root window: 8 planes
  number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap: 0x22
  default number of colormap cells: 256
  preallocated pixels: black 1, white 0
  options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES
  largest cursor: unlimited
  current input event mask: 0xfa203f
    KeyPressMask KeyReleaseMask ButtonPressMask
    ButtonReleaseMask EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask
    ButtonMotionMask StructureNotifyMask SubstructureNotifyMask
    SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask PropertyChangeMask
    ColormapChangeMask
  number of visuals: 6
  default visual id: 0x23
  visual:
    visual id: 0x23
    class: PseudoColor
    depth: 8 planes
    available colormap entries: 256
    red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
  visual:
    visual id: 0x24
    class: DirectColor
    depth: 8 planes
    available colormap entries: 8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
  visual:
    visual id: 0x25
    class: GrayScale
    depth: 8 planes
    available colormap entries: 256
    red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
  visual:
    visual id: 0x26
    class: StaticColor
    depth: 8 planes
    available colormap entries: 256
    red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
  visual:
    visual id: 0x27
    class: TrueColor
    depth: 8 planes
    available colormap entries: 8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
  visual:
    visual id: 0x28
    class: StaticGray
    depth: 8 planes
    available colormap entries: 256
    red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
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