From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [194.221.183.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 22252482A for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 14:19:18 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Helge Deller To: Andi Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] framebuffer drivers, sound Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:18:33 +0200 Cc: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org References: <3AF878EA.3F043FD7@fischlustig.de> <20010509004136.R4917@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010509004136.R4917@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20010509201918.22252482A@dsl2.external.hp.com> List-ID: Hi, I had hacked up a stifb driver for my 715/64 (Artist GFX card) a few weeks ago, which will give you at least correct colors. If you want to test it you may download the current (unfinished and ugly!) version from ftp://people.redhat.com/hdeller/parisc_stifb , put both files in /drivers/video/sti and recompile. This version is based on the XFree86-sources and doesn't fix the cat/dev/fb0 problem yet. Greetings, Helge On Wednesday 09 May 2001 01:41, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 12:53:31AM +0200, Andi wrote: > > The stifb driver is working for me, but the colors are completely wrong > > and the > > system crashes if i try to cat /dev/fb0. > > Yup, the stifb is buggy. Please, if you have time, it would be great > if you could help clean it up and get it working. sticon works rather > better but it is still not great. The STI docs are publically available > > >from the documentation page.