Re: TDE display control messes up colors on RPi with full KMS driver

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Anno domini 2022 Sat, 25 Jun 16:23:33 +0200
 Leskala via tde-users scripsit:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm running TDE R14.0.12 on Debian 11 (bullseye) using a Raspberry Pi 2B.
>
> With the Debian 11 (bullseye) release of the Raspberry Pi OS, the RPi offers 2
> display drivers: "vc4-kms-v3d" (full KMS) and "vc4-fkms-v3d" (fake KMS). Till
> Debian 10 the fake one was default, now it is the full KMS and the fake KMS
> driver is supposed to be no longer actively supported (though it can still be
> switched to).
>
> The new default driver (full KMS) poses new issues with the display handling
> of TDE in terms of color (or gamma) management. As soon as TDE's display
> management is used, the colors get all weird like the whole screen gets
> rainbow-colored with very low color depth.
>
> Here's a photo I took (it doesn't show up on screenshots):
> https://i.imgur.com/DIaIP9m.jpeg
>
> - using xrandr or TDERandRTray to switch resolutions is fine
> - using the Trinity control center's "System Administration" > "Monitor &
> Display" > "Enable global display control" will make colors go crazy as shown
> in the photo
> - moving the "Hardware Gamma Control" sliders in the control center will alter
> the shades of rainbow colors but never fixes the general color distortion
> - using "xrandr --output HDMI-1 --gamma 1:1:1" will fix colors until reboot
> - when global display control is enabled, this is persistent and colors will
> go crazy as soon as TDM starts after bootup
>
> I'd like to keep the new (full KMS) driver since the old fkms one always had
> other issues were KMix's audio volumes would scale between -350% and -400%
> (yes, negative values) while alsamixer being at 50%, effectively preventing
> any working volume control in TDE since sliders start at 0. This is fixed
> with the full KMS driver as it handles the audio devices differently.
> However, with the new driver I can't make permanent adjustments to screen
> resolutions with TDE (only temporary with RandR) as I encounter the color bug
> as described above.
>
> Is there anything I can do about it? Should I file a bug somewhere?

Create a file ~/.xinitrc, insert these 2 lines and make it executable:

#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --gamma 1:1:1

Restart TDM, .xinitrc should be executed and set your gamma to usable values.

Nik

>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Leskala
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