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. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]