Bug#163807: xserver-xfree86: FBDev Green Screen and Invalid Color Depth
On Die, 2002-10-08 at 17:41, Matt Filizzi wrote:
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> After upgrading to 4.2.1 and typing startx, it would fail and give me an
> error that the screen color depth is incorrect (24)
It would be interesting to see why it fails there, I seem to remember
problems when not explicitly specifying fbbpp.
> after setting to 16 it works, however everything becomes a green tint.
> This is able to be fixed by removing the fbdev setings (and
> recompiling the kernel to not use fbdev).
If it works with depth 15, the framebuffer device is probably broken.
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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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