Frame buffer on B+W G3 macs reports wrong display depth

[Takashi Oe]

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I really could use some help tracking down a problem.  From looking at
> XF86Config and from running xdpyinfo, it seems the XF86 frame buffer server
> reports incorrect bit depths which in turn are driving the JDK 1.2 swing
> color model crazy!!!
> 
> For example, when I put my B+W into millions of color mode, xdpyinfo claims
> 32 bits for the depth (wrong it is 24, 8 bits for red, green, and blue),
> and correctly claims 32 bits per pixel.

Can you re-code JDK swing to look at red/green/blue mask infos instead of 
just blindingly using "depth" info?  For both servers, masks are 8 bit
each for 24/32 and 5 bit each for 15/16 with many display cards on Macs.


Takashi Oe


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