Originally posted on linux-kernel, now forwarded to sparc-linux. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Alex Buell <alex.buell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-to: alex.buell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PING: David Miller - SPARC64 > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:53:12 +0000 > [ snip ] > I have a Sun Blade 2000 here with dual 1.2GHz processors, 2 x 73GB FC-AL > disks, 4GB of RAM and a XVR-500 graphic adapter. I am quite happy with > the machine, but for one very small problem. > > It seems that the XVR-500 console driver has a few problems. If I use > the X11 fbdev 0.4.2 driver with xorg-server 1.7.7, in 8 bit colour > depth, the X11 display looks quite corrupted. I have checked and the X11 > server is definitely running in 8 bit depth, same as the console. I am > using the machine in 1600 x 1280 @ 76 video mode, set from PROM. After > exiting from X11, console gets restored normally, everything works, I > just get a severely corrupted display - but I can move the mouse and use > the keyboard to log in as normal. Any ideas why what might be wrong? > > As a temporary workaround I just log onto the Blade via GDM from my > laptop and everything looks OK in 24bit @ 1600x1200. > > I cannot even get the X11 fbdev driver to start in 24 bit as the X11 > fbdev driver fails with errors. Is it even possible to force the PROM to > start in 24 bit depth? > > Perhaps I could do a nouveau and find how how the XVR-500 graphic > adapter works? Just thinking things out here -- Tactical Nuclear Kittens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
