Subject: Re: Frame Buffer
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Mon Oct 11 1999 - 21:18:24 MDT
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Jim Cole wrote:
> Dan Burcaw's bits of Mon, 11 Oct 1999 translated to:
>
> > Let me know if it still happens at a lower color depth (ie: 16 bpp)
> I tried at 16 bpp and saw the same problem, but I also had screens full
> of ...
>
> mach64CreateGC: unsupported depth: 16. Using cfbCreateGC instead.
> mach64CreateGC: unsupported depth: 16. Using cfbCreateGC instead.
>
> when I exited, so it may not have been a valid test. I tried changing to
> a depth of 15, but the server died on no valid modes. Some or all of
> these problems might be my fault since my XF86Config file is hacked
> together with bits and pieces of random information I have chased down.
> This is my first time playing with an LCD display, and between not knowing
> exactly how that affects things and not being able to find anything
> resembling a technical spec on the display I have just stumbled along
> as best I could.
>
> In any case, this is not a major issue for me since the system is still
> quite usable. If you are concerned about it, I would be more than happy
> to try some other things and see if I can nail down the problem. Otherwise
> I can just wait for the 3.3.5 code and see whether that fixes things.
>
> > We're working on XFree86 3.3.5 updates so I'll post some for testing on
> > this list sometime soon.
> Cool! I was going to try 3.3.5 last weekend, but couldn't figure out
> if there was an "official" port in progress. I did find a number of
> references to the stuff in /users/trini at linuxppc.org; is this where
> most people are pulling from? Sorry if this is stupid question, still
> trying to find my way around the PPC side of things.
Ya, these should work okay.
They also fix the 16/15 bpp thing you see above..
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
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