Subject: xserver-xfree86: v4.2.x will not run at 24 bpp whereas 4.1.x did on my machine Followup-For: Bug #163807 Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-2
-- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: powerpc Kernel: Linux pentangle.dyndns.org 2.4.18-xfs-1.1 #1 Tue Aug 13 03:58:02 EDT 2002 ppc Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA Versions of packages xserver-xfree86 depends on: ii debconf 1.2.10 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.2.5-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii xserver-common 4.2.1-2 files and utilities common to all ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-4 compression library - runtime -- debconf information: * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm) * xserver-xfree86/config/device/use_fbdev: true * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method: Advanced xserver-xfree86/config/doublequote_in_string_error: * xserver-xfree86/config/device/bus_id: * xserver-xfree86/config/device/video_ram: 2048 * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/lcd: false xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/internal: * xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver: fbdev * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 43-50 * xserver-xfree86/config/display/default_depth: 24 * xserver-xfree86/config/display/modes: 800x600 * xserver-xfree86/config/modules: GLcore, bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, * extmod, freetype, glx, int10, record, speedo, type1, vbe xserver-xfree86/move_existing_nondebconf_config: false xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/range_input_error: xserver-xfree86/autodetect_video_card: true * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant: * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/port: * /dev/input/mice * xserver-xfree86/config/write_files_section: true xserver-xfree86/autodetect_monitor: true * xserver-xfree86/config/device/identifier: Onboard Video * shared/default-x-server: xserver-xfree86 * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: * false * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout: ca * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 28-38 * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/identifier: Apple Colour * Display shared/no_known_x-server: xserver-xfree86/autodetect_mouse: true * xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/mode-list: 800x600 @ 60Hz xserver-xfree86/clobber_XF86Config-4: * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: * xfree86 xserver-xfree86/multiple_possible_x-drivers: * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: * macintosh * xserver-xfree86/config/write_dri_section: true * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping: * false * shared/clobber_x-server_symlink: false xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/retry_detection: * xserver-xfree86/config/device/bus_id_error: * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options: xserver-xfree86/config/nonnumeric_string_error: * xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2 shared/multiple_possible_x-servers: xserver-xfree86/config/null_string_error: * xserver-xfree86/manage_config_with_debconf: true the relevant part of the log: <LOG> (EE) FBDEV(0): Driver can't support depth 24 (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found </LOG> i can run at 15 bpp (@16 bpp everything gets a purple overtone), but like the subject header states, on version 4.1.x i could run the X server at 24 bpp, whereas this version i can't. frankly, i have a "WTF?!?" reaction to this situation. i don't have modern equipment (i run a powermac 7500/100 with the on-board video at 2MB VRAM) and can't afford to get some, so i will not (and can't) upgrade the machine. simon PS: reportbug segv'd on me when i was about to send this bug report in :/.
