Bug#254288: xserver-xfree86: [ati] Drops blue bit at depth 24-bit

[Peter Dey <pdey@realmtech.net>]

>There's more than one bit of blue at depth 24; there are 8 bits of blue
>(and 8 bits of green, and 8 bits of red).
>
>Do you mean that the entire blue channel is missing at depth 24?

Yes, that's correct.  The entire blue channel is missing.

>
>> Colours very messed up at 16-bit.
>
>Can you elaborate?  What do solid red, blue, and green look like?
>
>% xlogo -fg red -bg black
>% xlogo -fg green -bg black
>% xlogo -fg blue -bg black
>

At 24-bit:
-fg red	Red
-fg green	Green
-fg blue	Red

White (e.g. the background of google) looks like Yellow.


At 16-bit:
-fg red	swirly pink, black and blue?
-fg green	swirly pink, black and green?
-fg blue	swirly blue, green and black?

However, White is still white....
And black (e.g. background of a term window) is still black....


Cheers,

Peter Dey
pdey@realmtech.net