[haiku-development] Re: Boot Screen Problem
- From: "Euan Kirkhope" <euan.kirkhope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:43:46 +0100
2008/6/5 Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> Gerald Zajac wrote:
>> Since some VESA 2.0 chips can not display a boot screen at a higher
>> resolution such as 1280x1024, I suggest that for VESA 2.0 chips we
>> restrict the maximum boot screen resolution to 800x600 or 1024x768.
>
> Would be fine by me.
>
>> BTW, the blank boot screen is associated with chips that are at VESA
>> 1.2, and according to the syslog the resolution being set is 640x480x4.
>> The monitor indicates that the resolution was set to 640x480, but nothing
>> is displayed.
>
> The problem with this one is that the boot logo code currently does not
> support any color index modes. Of which the 4 bit mode is even the worst.
> There was some support in the old code, which I think did not get removed.
> However, the problem to solve is to generate a best matching palette for
> all involved bitmaps at once, and then use that. I am not sure if that ever
> worked properly even before the changes. I believe this could be done by
> the generate_boot_screen build tool and placed into the header it
> generates. This would save time at boot and keep the kernel and/or loader
> smaller.
>
> Best regards,
> -Stephan
>
>
Where does the 87Hz come from. Is that some weird interlaced rate by
any chance (eg 43i)? Can't it be set to always use 60Hz?
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