Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Linux User #330250
On 06/03 2023 21:58 Ben Westover wrote: Another thing I can't figure out is the second bitmap. While it's possible to just make it the same as the first one, it definitely must have some function. While the GNU logo doesn't make use of it, the Tux one does, and the OS X logo is definitely doing s

Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Ben Westover
Hello, On 6/4/23 1:56 AM, Gabriel Paubert wrote: With 3/3/2 it's impossible to produce photo realistic images. Even 16 bit, which is RGB 565 if memory serves (not used in well over a decade), gives quite a few artefacts. I'm not expecting a 16x16 image of 8 bit color depth to be anything clos

Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 12:45:48AM -0400, Ben Westover wrote: > On 6/3/23 3:58 PM, Ben Westover wrote: > > I don't think I really did. All I did was guess that the colors are > > stored in some sort of 3,3,2 8 bit color format since that's what > > standard CHRP does. My method for converting RGB p

Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Ben Westover
On 6/3/23 3:58 PM, Ben Westover wrote: I don't think I really did. All I did was guess that the colors are stored in some sort of 3,3,2 8 bit color format since that's what standard CHRP does. My method for converting RGB pixels into 3,3,2 was based on a Stack Overflow answer that I'm not so su

Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Ben Westover
Hello, On 6/3/23 4:21 AM, Linux User #330250 wrote: I was experimenting with those CHRP icons a while back but never could figure out how they work, specifically the color palette was a complete riddle to me. I searched the internet until finally I gave up... So, again, thank you! I'm very happ

Re: Are G3/ no altivec cpu still usable on Debian?

2023-06-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On Sat, 2023-06-03 at 11:29 +0200, Lorenzo wrote: > There is a bug in mplayer [1] that could be fixed by building a variant > of mplayer without altivec, however I can't tell if such bug can > still be triggered nowadays. The ppc port is gone right? Are cpus without > altivec still usable o

Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Linux User #330250
Am 02.06.23 um 04:48 schrieb Ben Westover: One thing I tested was just making the first and second bitmaps the exact same. When I did this, it produced what looked like a color-inverted version of the image. So, the next thing I tested was creating an inverted version of the bitmap, and using tha

Re: How are CHRP bootinfo icons formatted?

2023-06-03 Thread Linux User #330250
Am 02.06.23 um 04:48 schrieb Ben Westover: On 6/1/23 4:18 PM, Ben Westover wrote: I have no idea what the second one is supposed to be and how I can create it. One thing I tested was just making the first and second bitmaps the exact same. When I did this, it produced what looked like a color-

Re: Why it's so difficult to fix PowerMac booting for good

2023-06-03 Thread Linux User #330250
On 06/02 2023 22:38 Ben Westover wrote: Hello, On 6/2/23 1:56 AM, Linux User #330250 wrote: One thing that concerns me a bit is putting Linux's CHRP boot script into /System/Library/CoreServices/BootX, which is specific to Mac OS X. Why is this necessary? It's not necessary, it's just that th