Re: Amiga X server and cv3d card

[Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios%theory.cs.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

> Greetings,
> 
>       I got a cv64/3d card the other day and I've been trying to do modes
>       > 8 bit with no real luck. The 16 bit depths have a REALLY wacked
>       out colormap that I can't seem to correct and the 24 bit modes
>       are just black. The modes work Ok under ADOS in 16 and 24 so I'm
>       wondering what voodoo I'm missing to tell the X server what to
>       do?
> 
>       Also, it appears that the 1.3 cv64/3d driver panics if it isn't
>       allowed to be console but is defined. It would be nice to be able
>       to keep the native Amiga video as console and use the cv64/3d as
>       a second head.
> 
>       Are any of the above quirks delt with in 1.3.1 or -current?

Rob:

- the former is a X server problem (no driver problem). When somebody writes 16 
and
  24 bit support for CV3d, it will work. 

- the latter is a bug. Once it is proberly reported, somebody can look at it. 
  I couldn tell, and I suggest you read the source-changes archive to find out.

Regards,
        Ignatios