Re: X problem on PMAGB-B

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro%orcam.me.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2025, 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