Re: iBook video output
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 16:20, Edd Dumbill wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 13:20, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > So, can anyone suggest how I solve the screwy colors problem, or make
> > > offb use a mode deeper than 8 bits?
> >
> > OFfb basically takes the display from Open Firmware and can't change
> > anything, so I'm afraid there's no way except maybe in OF.
>
> I've played with OF, and it won't do anything better than an 8-bit
> framebuffer. (dev screen, 8 set-depth). So, looks like we're stuck
> with that if using offb.
>
> Any ideas why the palette's so screwy in X Windows?
Probably because the X server tries to change the palette on behalf of
its clients, which doesn't work with OFfb.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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