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NAME
trident - Trident video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "trident"
...
EndSection
DESCRIPTION
trident is an XFree86 driver for Trident video cards. The
driver is accelerated, and provides support for the follow-
ing framebuffer depths: 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, and 24. Multi-head
configurations are supported. The XvImage extension is sup-
ported on TGUI96xx and greater cards.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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, Cyber-
BladeXP, 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.
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to XF86Config(5) for general configuration
details. This section only covers configuration details
specific to this driver.
The following driver Options are supported:
Option "SWCursor" "boolean"
Enable or disable the SW cursor. Default: off.
Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration
is enabled.
Option "PciRetry" "boolean"
Enable or disable PCI retries. Default: off.
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Option "CyberShadow" "boolean"
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 "CyberStretch" "boolean"
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 "ShadowFB" "boolean"
Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.
Default: off.
Option "VideoKey" "integer"
This sets the default pixel value for the YUV video
overlay key. Default: undefined.
Option "TVChipset" "string"
This sets the TV chipset. Options are CH7005 or VT1621.
Default: off.
Option "TVSignal" "integer"
This sets the TV signalling. Options are 0 for NTSC or
1 for PAL. Default: undefined.
Option "NoPciBurst" "boolean"
Turn off PCI burst mode, PCI Bursting is on by default.
Default: off.
Option "XvHsync" "integer"
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 "XvVsync" "integer"
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 "XvBskew" "integer"
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 "XvRskew" "integer"
Override the default Right skew value for the Xv exten-
sion. This is used to extend the Xv image on the screen
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at the right. By default the values are assigned based
on the video card. Default: 0.
Option "Display" "string"
Override the display. Possible values are "CRT", "LCD"
and "Dual". Please note that this option is only exper-
imentally. Default: Use display active when X started.
Option "Display1400" "boolean"
Inform driver to expect 1400x1050 display instead of a
1280x1024. Default: off.
Option "GammaBrightness" "string"
Set display gamma value and brightness. "string" is
"gamma, brightness", where gamma is a floating point
value greater than 0 and less or equal to 10. bright-
ness 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 chip-
sets.
SEE ALSO
XFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7)
AUTHOR
Author: Alan Hourihane
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