Re: Color under X 4.0.1 on PowerMac 8600
Josh Bonczkowski wrote:
>
> I just installed Debian PPC on a 8600 the other night. I started with
> the potatoe CD, and then upgraded to woody so it matches my x86 box.
> Since this box is an old world mac, I'm using BootX and I have not
> checked the use no video driver box. I also have not passed any
> command line options. The kernel is still the stock 2.2.17* one that
> was originally installed.
>
> Now, onto the problem. I have the frame buffer set to 1024x768 at
> a depth of 16. I have X configured similarly. Whenever I launch X,
> the colors are off. There is almost always one dominate color that
> the display is in. Right now (after messing with fbset a bit) it's
> displaying mostly in a shade of red. There is no problem with the
> color on the console though. Also, the computer regularly runs in
> MacOS in at least 1024x768x16 without any problems so I know it
> can run there properly.
Have you tried depth 15 in X? A lot of framebuffer devices have some confusion
between 15 and 16 and only correctly support one of them.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
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