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List:       linux-arm
Subject:    Re: Colourdepth of Assabet display
From:       Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw () ITS ! TUDelft ! NL>
Date:       2000-10-11 14:12:07
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 03:05:53PM +0200, Arjan Opmeer (ELN) wrote:
> Does anyone know what the default colourdepth of the Assabet display
> after booting is?

The framebuffer is 16 bit truecolor (565 mode), but IIRC the display
uses only 12 bits (444 mode) by discarding the least significant bits.

> I believe the console textmode colours are not correctly mapped on
> display RGB values because normal white text is too red in my
> opinion but also because other textcolours and effects like
> inverting are not displayed properly.

Sounds more like a console problem than a framebuffer problem. Try to
see if you have the same problems in X.

> Could changing the colourdepth of the display solve this problem?

I don't think so.


Erik

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