Subject: Re: Pismo Aty128fb problem in 2.4.3-pre*?

From: Michel Dänzer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 12:56:03 +0100

Henry Worth wrote:
>
> Narrowed down the problem a bit more. Specifying
> "video=aty128fb:mode:17" works; also without the mode.
> But, adding a depth parm (8,16,24, or 32) causes the
> fb init failure. It defaults to 8 and fbset works for
> 8,15,16,32 but 24 causes a blurry image.

The last is - *tadda* - an endianness error. aty128fb incorrectly enables byte
swapping for 24 bit, which can easily be fixed; look for CONFIG_CNTL .

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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)    \   Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project member

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