platinumfb problem (cont. from long ago)

[Hollis R Blanchard]

Update on slightly broken platinumfb:
(see http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-dev/199903/msg00120.html for
the end of the old thread)

The kernel installed with R5 still has the screwy palette. Kernel.org's 2.2.9
does too, as well as 2.2.7-vger (found in the /kernels directory on
linuxppc.org). The kernel used *during* the R5 installer had no
palette problems because it used offb (that had me confused for a minute).

Since the problem occurs in console as well as X (I'm going to assume the
LinuxPPC gdm backgroud is *not* brilliant magenta), Sean's patch seems pretty
necessary. The XF86 that comes with R5 has the same problem that Xpmac in R4
did, so I think the patch won't break anything XF86-specific, which Sean was
worried about.

Btw, if you're going to include something like xeyes in an installer, why not
make it xpat2 or a Tetris clone or something?

-Hollis


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