[Patch]: Re: [workaround] console-switch screws colors

[anthony tong <atong@uiuc.edu>]

Brad Midgley (Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 11:11:51AM -0600):
> i've noticed (at least) with a couple of machines that use ati graphics
> that switching away from and back to X screws up the colors (using xfb). 
> fortunately, i left it that way long enough for the screensaver to kick in
> and realize it was fixed by the screensaver!
> 
> so if you switch back to x and the colors are screwed, invoke the
> screensaver:
> 
>  xset s activate
> 
> hopefully this is one of those things that will be fixed soon anyway.

This may help. I don't know if Tom built new rpms yet.


--- fbdev.c	Thu Jun 17 01:41:44 1999
+++ /home/atong/fbdev.c	Thu Jun 17 01:43:50 1999
@@ -1261,6 +1261,11 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!xf86Resetting) {
+#ifdef DIRECTCOLORHACK
+	    if (fb_fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR)
+		fbdevSetLinearColormap(&fb_var);
+	    else
+#endif
 	    /* Update the colormap */
 	    fbdevRestoreColors(pScreen);
 	}

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