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General description
CHARON-AXP supports emulation of PBXGA graphics card by direct virtualization. CHARON provides a virtual console for displaying graphics. The console starts automatically upon starting CHARON. It has no parameters at the moment and the resolution is 1280 x 1024.
If PBXGA graphics card is going to be used the resolution of CHARON host screen must be not less than 1280 x 1024 to provide an ability to display the graphics console properly.
Virtual PBXGA PCI graphics card
Loading virtual PBXGA graphics card
Syntax for loading PBXGA graphics card:
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Syntax for loading PBXGA graphics card on AlphaServer 400:
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Example:
load PBXGA GYA |
On Charon startup a window will appear on Charon host monitor to display graphics. Its size cannot be changed at the moment.
If PBXGA graphics card is used Charon cannot run as a service
If the window of the PBXGA graphics card console is closed by user (or be killed as a process) it will not re-appear automatically (Charon will continue to work in this case). In this situation user has to restart Charon to make it reopen the console.
Configuration parameters
None