# Re: \[RFC PATCH v2\] Resurrect Intel740 driver: i740fb

- From: Ondrej Zary \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-08-23 09:58:24 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/08/3755806
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/08/3755165/t.md

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On Tuesday 23 August 2011, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Die, 2011-08-23 at 11:03 +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > On Monday 22 August 2011, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > - 24bpp modes still don't work in fbtest but it looks like fbtest
> > > > bug!
> > > >
> > > > Is there any better way to test fb drivers than fbtest?
> > >
> > > X11 fbdev driver ?
> >
> > Thanks, completely forgot about that. It works fine even in 24bpp.
>
> Beware that Xorg defaults to 32 bpp for depth 24; did you verify in
> Xorg.0.log that it was really using 24 bpp?

Yes, found that very quickly as I was testing at 1280x1024 and the card cannot 
do 32bpp there. I had to set both DefaultDepth and DefaultFbBpp to 24 for X11 
to run.

-- 
Ondrej Zary
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