Re: Fixes for vgafb on 2.1.107

Aaron M. Ucko (amu@mit.edu)
28 Jun 1998 16:23:14 -0400


Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> writes:

> > However, it seems the default palette is not exactly right; using ye old
> > console regression test (Nethack 3.2.2) things that should be brown are
> > now yellow (the darker yellow; normal yellow objects seem brighter).
> > Nethack does seem to draw things faster on vgafb than vgacon, though.
>
> Aha. So the old palette was correct? There was one entry that didn't look
> `logical' to me. So I `fixed' it. I'll revert that change.

Yeah, the standard EGA/VGA/etc. brown is "illogical" because the "logical"
version is more an ugly dark yellow.

-- 
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)

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