From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pismo (dclient217-162-20-87.hispeed.ch [217.162.20.87]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D47482A for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 13:29:40 -0600 (MDT) Sender: daenzer@dsl2.external.hp.com Message-ID: <3B7EC209.87A159D2@iiic.ethz.ch> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:29:13 +0200 From: Michel =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caslivkoff@yahoo.com Cc: xpert@XFree86.Org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [Xpert][parisc-linux] white is blue References: <3B7DE89A.5A665A16@yahoo.com> <3B7E9021.AA279076@iiic.ethz.ch> <3B7EBE4A.B122B1FA@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-ID: caslivkoff@yahoo.com wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > caslivkoff@yahoo.com wrote: > > > > > I posted this to the parisc-linux mailing list, but so far, no > > > responses. Can anyone offer a suggestion? The fbdev driver is "supposed" > > > to work with the graphics in the 712/60. I also tried this on a second > > > 712 with the same behavior. What's wierd is that other colors appear OK. > > > I'm attaching the XFree86.0.log. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > I just loaded the ISO on a 712/60 and setup XFree86 to use the fbdev > > > driver. It seems to be OK, with the exception that "white" is "blue". If > > > I xwd the root window dump and examine it on another X display, it > > > looks fine. > > > > The fbdev driver uses the framebuffer device to set the colormap, which > > works in general (at least for me ;), so I suspect there is a problem with > > the framebuffer device. > > 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) > 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... :) > Any other ideas? I thought that possibly the rgb.txt was not getting > loaded, but I'm fairly certain that it is. You can easily check with grep -i rgb /var/log/XFree86.0.log . -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member