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Date:      Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:18:34 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Jean-S=c3=a9bastien_P=c3=a9dron?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: radeonkms console is grayscale
Message-ID:  <56C99D0A.1000906@dumbbell.fr>
In-Reply-To: <6E257131-274A-4EFE-B352-AE072BD328C9@tamu.edu>
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Le 11/02/2016 01:54, Andrew Daugherity a écrit :
> In 16 bpp, everything looks correct, although it does scroll a bit 
> slower than 8 bpp. In 24 bpp it is in color, but the colors are all 
> wrong. Photos: http://imgur.com/a/fbLmz
> 
> Not sure why 8 bpp is grayscale, since 4-bit VGA is in color; 
> ideally this would get fixed, since 8 bpp is faster than 16 bpp, but
> I do at least have a workaround. FWIW Linux on similar hardware
> chooses 1024x768x16, which displays correctly. I haven’t tried
> alternate modes in Linux but could if that would help debugging.

Could you please file a bug report for the mixed-up colors? Attach the
screenshot as well.

There is already a long list of things to fix in vt(4) and
unfortunately, I won't have time to work on them any time soon :( But
someone else can work on them.

-- 
Jean-Sébastien Pédron



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