From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= Subject: Re: radeonfb on pegasos powerpc motherboard and X endianess problem Date: 04 Jun 2003 17:27:00 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1054740419.27389.332.camel@thor.holligenstrasse29.lan> References: <20030604145423.GA22876@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [195.141.226.27] (helo=netline-mail1.netline.ch) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19NaAM-00059I-00 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 08:27:06 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20030604145423.GA22876@iliana> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Sven Luther Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 16:54, Sven Luther wrote: >=20 > I finally have a working pegasos motherboard as well as a working kernel > with a 1.6 radeonfb. I have also installed Daniel Stone's X 4.3.0 > debian/sid packages, and notice the following : >=20 > 1) radeonfb works fine in 8bpp and 32bpp but depth 15 and 16 only give > me some very dark grey. >=20 > 2) when running X with the UseFBDev option the colors are bad, i guess > it is an endianess problem. (with and without accel) You want radeonfb from a recent benh kernel, anything else is more or less broken. > 3) When running X without the UseFBDev option, the colors are good, > but i get garbage when i return to the console. Not exactly garbage, > at first it is ok, but when i enter a line or somehow pan the screen, > the corruption start. Doing a vt switch and back redraws a clean > screen. Sounds like the radeon driver doesn't restore the framebuffer aperture byte swapping correctly. --=20 Earthling Michel D=E4nzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=3Ddaenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com.