From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 79AE7482A for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 13:48:52 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Helge Deller To: Michel =?iso-8859-1?q?D=E4nzer?= , caslivkoff@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Xpert][parisc-linux] white is blue Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:46:46 +0200 Cc: xpert@XFree86.Org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <3B7DE89A.5A665A16@yahoo.com> <3B7EBE4A.B122B1FA@yahoo.com> <3B7EC209.87A159D2@iiic.ethz.ch> In-Reply-To: <3B7EC209.87A159D2@iiic.ethz.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20010818194852.79AE7482A@dsl2.external.hp.com> List-ID: > > That's what I though too, but I've tried this on 2 different 712's and > > have the same behavior. > > But I assume you use the same framebuffer device on both? (Note that when I > say framebuffer device, I refer to the Linux kernel driver) Both 712 have the same Graphics chip ("Artist") and use the same stifb driver (it's also the only one which supports HP's build-in graphics atm). > > What is strange is that the framebuffer can display white text with no > > problem on the console (the default cursor is white). Also, under X, > > specifying #fefefe shows up as "almost white". > > There are no known problems with the XFree86 fbdev colormap handling, but > maybe you have found one... :) This is definitively a bug in the linux kernel stifb driver. I wrote (migrated) most parts of this stifb driver and it works perfectly without any color-problems together with the XFree86 fbdev driver here on my 715/64. The 715/64 has the Artist graphics chip too, so I suspect we just need some more initialization for the "older revisions" of the Artist chip in the 712 machines. Greetings, Helge