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Re: X problem on PMAGB-B
On 2025年11月15日, Michael wrote:
> > Oh, c’mon, give them a bit of a break. The X.org server NetBSD ships
> > with supports lots of dumb linear frame buffers (some dumber than
> > others!), largely because NetBSD people put in the effort. It’s
> > probably something fairly minor, or perhaps some bit-rot in the
> > “wscons-ification” of the PMAGB-B driver (“sfb”, I think).
>
> ENOHW, so can't reproduce, but from what I gathered from reading the thread:
> - the working Xserver was a specialized server with built-in support
> for DEC hardware?
> - someone switched to Xorg and now we're broken?
I reckon X.org stopped supporting anything but TrueColor hardware and the
SFB is PseudoColor. Would that be the issue here?
Otherwise the SFB is almost like SFB+ (TGA), so if there's a TGA driver
still there, it could perhaps be adapted.
Maciej
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