Thanks David, that's done the trick and fonts are now rendered correctly.
Ian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Bateman Sent: 10 February 2005 16:27 To: xfree86@XFree86.Org Cc: Marc Aurele La France Subject: Re: [XFree86] Font endian problem? Ian Jones wrote: >The driver I am using is the generic 'chips' driver. Sorry, forgot to >put that in my initial email. > >Ian > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marc Aurele La France [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 10 February 2005 16:04 >To: Ian Jones >Cc: xfree86@XFree86.Org >Subject: Re: [XFree86] Font endian problem? > >On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Ian Jones wrote: > > > >> I have Xfree86 version 4.4.0 up and running on a PowerPC host >> >> >using > > >>the LynxOS operating system. >> >> > > > >>All appears to be working ok, except that the fonts are being rendered >> >> > > > >>incorrectly when using Xterm etc. The problem looks like the bitmaps >>that make up the fonts are being split down the middle and then >>reversed, causing a kind of mirrored effect to happen. >> >> > > > >>I'm guessing that this an endian issue somewhere, but I'm not quite >>sure where to look to solve it. Does anyone know which source files >>etc I would need to look at to change the endian-ness and get the >>fonts displayed correctly? >> >> > > > Try adding Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill" and/or Option "XaaNoCPUToScreenColorExpandFill" These disable the acceleration of font writing. D. -- David Bateman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Motorola Labs - Paris +33 1 69 35 48 04 (Ph) Parc Les Algorithmes, Commune de St Aubin +33 1 69 35 77 01 (Fax) 91193 Gif-Sur-Yvette FRANCE The information contained in this communication has been classified as: [x] General Business Information [ ] Motorola Internal Use Only [ ] Motorola Confidential Proprietary _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
