Re: [AD] fbcon directcolor modes patch, and possible other patches

[Serge Semashko <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Wang wrote:

> > and found two annoying things with the FB driver.
> >
> > - it needs two mode sets to actually set the mode properly
> > - directcolor modes don't set a ramp colormap, and thus get
> >  a buggered palette
>
> Can you describe this a bit more?

I also noticed such problem with FB driver. It looks like this: you
start the game, it switches screen mode, but everything is messed up on
the screen and we see garbage. After exiting from the game and starting
it again, everything is ok.

tested on gentoo linux, vesafb-tng, 1024x768@xxxxxxxxxx