kernel 2.6.17.14: 16bit graphics mode on the netwinder has no characters

[Jan Rinze]

Hi Ralph,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Siemsen [mailto:ralphs at netwinder.org]
> Sent: zondag 28 oktober 2007 20:40
> To: Jan Rinze
> Cc: netwinder at netwinder.org
> Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.17.14: 16bit graphics mode on the netwinder has
> no characters
> 
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 05:21:51PM +0100, Jan Rinze wrote:
> >
> > There only one strange result and that is that the framebuffer is not
> > working as expected.
> >
> > 8 bit per pixels runs fine but 16 bit per pixel is completely wrong..
> 
> Can't remember how to query or change the bit-depth...  whatever
> I am using, the penguin shows up and console operates mostly normal
> (there have always been some scrolling oddities on the netwinder).
> 
> # fbset
> 
> mode "800x600-56"
>     # D: 36.001 MHz, H: 35.157 kHz, V: 56.252 Hz
>     geometry 800 600 800 1310 8
>     timings 27777 128 24 22 1 72 2
>     accel true
>     rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0
> endmode
> 

And use:
# fbset -depth 16

To switch to 16 bpp mode

Just see what happens. :-)

> -R

Jan Rinze.