Bug#327497: colors swapped in xfree86 on ppc (Red and Blue)

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 08:25:56AM +0200, Mario Frasca wrote:
> On 2005-0910 19:28:56, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > The Debian X FAQ (IIRC)
> > clearly states that incorrect behaviour of the X server on certain
> > setups is to be considered normal severity.
> 
> even if "certain setups" means all imacs?  but all right, I'll live
> with this for a while or try to downgrade to the last working version
> (but I don't like the option since by not complaining I will not be
> contributing to the development of Debian).
> 
> by the way: I removed the xfree86-common package and am now using
> x11-common and I have the same swapped colours
> 
> > 
> > > (**) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
> > > (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
> > > (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> > > (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > > (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: ATY Rage128 (video memory: 16384kB)
> > 
> > Have you tried using the hardware specific ati/r128 driver instead of
> > the generic fbdev driver?
> 
> ... short answer?  no, I think not, how do I do that?

You edit /etc/X11/XFree86-4 (on debian/sarge) or /etc/X11/xorg.conf (on
debian/etch/sid), go to the device section and enter something like :

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "MyCard"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:1:8:0"
        Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
EndSection

Well, replacing the BusID by whatever you have. Alternatively use r128
directly instead of ati as the Driver. Make sure MyCard is also the one
appearing in the Screen Section.

Alternatively, try :

  dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

And reply ati when asked for fbdev. And no, you annot chose r128 there
directly.

Also, make sure you read the XF86Config-4 and/or r128 and ati man pages.

Friendly,

Sven Luther