I don't know when this got lost...
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:45:30 -0500
From: anthony tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Brad Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Patch]: Re: [workaround] console-switch screws colors
Brad Midgley (Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 11:11:51AM -0600):
> i've noticed (at least) with a couple of machines that use ati graphics
> that switching away from and back to X screws up the colors (using xfb).
> fortunately, i left it that way long enough for the screensaver to kick in
> and realize it was fixed by the screensaver!
>
> so if you switch back to x and the colors are screwed, invoke the
> screensaver:
>
> xset s activate
>
> hopefully this is one of those things that will be fixed soon anyway.
This may help. I don't know if Tom built new rpms yet.
--- fbdev.c Thu Jun 17 01:41:44 1999
+++ /home/atong/fbdev.c Thu Jun 17 01:43:50 1999
@@ -1261,6 +1261,11 @@
}
if (!xf86Resetting) {
+#ifdef DIRECTCOLORHACK
+ if (fb_fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR)
+ fbdevSetLinearColormap(&fb_var);
+ else
+#endif
/* Update the colormap */
fbdevRestoreColors(pScreen);
}
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