Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:33:56 -0600 From: Patrick Reich <dminor@houston.rr.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.2 & nvidia x11 driver: weird 16bpp/24bpp colorspace damage Message-ID: <1168900436.20805.6.camel@acheron> In-Reply-To: <20070115212338.9AF0516A5D9@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070115212338.9AF0516A5D9@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Update: after some research I've determined natre of this color > distortion. It seems like card interpretes each RGB8 value (24 bits, 8 > for each color component) as RBG4 (12 bits, 4 bits for each component, > red-blue-green order). > > Thus, color which is 0xFF0000 (red) looks like magenta onscreen (red = > 0xF, green = 0x0, blue = 0xF) and so on. > > Doesn't anyone have any problems with nvidia driver on 6.2-RELEASE? Yes but my problem with the nvidia driver is because the new version in ports no longer supports the card in my laptop (GForce4 440 go). X log says to use the old 96xx version of the driver. Wishful thinking: Too bad there isn't an nvidia-driver-legacy port. > PS. Here's related thread on nvidia's forum: > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=84323 Pat
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