Subject: Cube issues
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Charles M. Hannum <root@ihack.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/14/2000 14:11:48
First of all, the memory sizing thing. We need to look at the number
of cells in the `reg' property and use *all* of them. The current
code that terminates after an empty slot is just broken. (Note that
MacOS boots just fine with the DIMMs in the `wrong' slots, FWIW.)
I attempted to run 16bpp mode, by hacking ofb.c. It turns out that
rasops has a problem on the Mac with 16bpp mode that causes all the
text to come out Very Strangely. It almost looks like an endianness
problem. In addition, Xmacppc is hard-coded to 8bpp mode. This
probably isn't difficult to fix.
Also, the colormap stuff appears to be broken. I don't know why.
Whenever I run abiword or xscreensaver, colors used by other apps
(like the window manager) are permanently toasted.