On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:14, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:56:10AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:08:55PM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > > > > This bug did not occur with a woody installation which was running on > > > the same hardware before, so this problem seems to have been introduced > > > with XFree 4.2. > > > > This data point I find most frustrating. Have you tried downgrading > > *only* the xserver-xfree86 package to its woody version? If you do, can > > you reproduce the problem? > > When replacing the xserver-xfree86 package (and only this) with the version > from Woody, everything works fine even with the "colorful" logo. I have done > some further tests with applications that allocate a few colors. The same > behaviour here - with the Xserver from Woody (4.1.0-16) everything is fine > (within what you can expect from 8bit colordepth) while when running the > current unstable Xserver (4.2.1-8) I get things like black menus with black > text on it and alike. Running wdm on the 4.2.1 Xserver gives me a > black-on-black login prompt; while running on the 4.1.0-16 Xserver > everything looks fine.
This is probably related to the render extension, and I think 4.3 should be better, in particular with the help of Option "RenderColormapMode". -- Earthling Michel D�nzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
