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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:56:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "B. Thompson" <admin@wir.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Alpha vidcontrol transposes red and blue
Message-ID:  <XFMail.001120125616.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200011201339580023.03116949@wir.net>

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On 20-Nov-00 B. Thompson wrote:
> Using a PC164/500 with a 2064W MGA card.  When issuing a "vidcontrol
> lightwhite blue" the background is red.  Visa versa on the blue, a red
> background comes up.  Happens with 3.4 release and 4.1.  Has anyone run into
> this on the alpha's?

This is due to a bug in SRM.  It swaps the red and blue attributes of all the
colors in the palette.  *sigh*  The proper fix is to have the vga driver on the
alpha reprogram the palette with default entries (or to just swap all the read
and blue attributes), but no one has got around to it. :-P

> Thanks in advance!
> Brian Thompson
> 
> Wyoming Internet Resources
> 154 South Bent
> Powell, Wyoming  82435
> 
> www.wir.net
> 307.754.4499

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