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| 02:23.16 | jjbenham_ | How can I get information on the running status of the OpenFrame buffer. Can I modify the color depth or anything? |
| 02:23.42 | simonrvn | openfirmware you mean? |
| 02:24.00 | jjbenham_ | no |
| 02:24.08 | jjbenham_ | the frame buffer |
| 02:24.30 | jjbenham_ | for the display |
| 02:24.46 | jjbenham_ | I am not using the rivafb because it does not seem to work |
| 02:24.47 | simonrvn | yes, but it's called of fb |
| 02:25.04 | jjbenham_ | I am compiling 2.4.25 to see if it works with that version. |
| 02:25.13 | jjbenham_ | ok |
| 02:25.26 | simonrvn | i hear it's a little of a pain, rivafb |
| 02:25.29 | sourdough | you cannot change anything wiht offb |
| 02:25.34 | jjbenham_ | can I adjust the color depth of fb or is that something I can't control? |
| 02:25.40 | sourdough | nope |
| 02:25.46 | sourdough | offb is not a real framebuffer driver |
| 02:25.59 | sourdough | whatever state OpenFirmware left the video device in is what you get |
| 02:26.02 | jjbenham_ | oh |
| 02:26.07 | sourdough | want control, use a real framebuffer driver |
| 02:26.36 | jjbenham_ | x says it is running at 24 bit color depth but fb says it is running at 8 bit coulor mode. |
| 02:27.46 | jjbenham_ | I think that is why I get color rings in many high color images. |
| 02:27.50 | simonrvn | yes, console is |
| 02:29.38 | jjbenham_ | I wonder if rivafb will work for me in 2.4.25 |
| 02:30.18 | jjbenham_ | should I remove fb support if I am going to use rivafb? or should I compile rivafb as a modules and say yes to fb support? |
| 02:30.39 | simonrvn | no, and no |
| 02:30.55 | simonrvn | keep it built in, and keep the fb |
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| 02:39.16 | sourdough | nshita stuff is different |
| 02:39.48 | sourdough | the X nshitia driver won't work with anything but offb, since it accesses all hardware directly, unlike the other drivers which make use of framebuffer interfaces |
| 02:40.32 | sourdough | so you pick: usable console, or usable X (both being unstable and shitty) |