Turn off Extra-Brightness on ATI XClaim 3D+
From: Sriranga Veeraraghavan <hidden>
Date: 2000-06-28 08:17:24
Hi, In the 2.2.16 kernel source extra brightness is enabled for ATI XClaim 3D+ cards. It should not be enabled as it causes the screen to appear completely washed out even in console mode. A patch that fixes the problem is attached to this email. Thanks, ----ranga [off-list ref]
--- drivers/video/atyfb.c.orig Tue Jun 27 20:33:01 2000
+++ drivers/video/atyfb.c Tue Jun 27 20:39:40 2000@@ -3476,7 +3476,7 @@ if (Gx == GT_CHIP_ID || Gx == GU_CHIP_ID || Gx == GV_CHIP_ID || Gx == GW_CHIP_ID || Gx == GZ_CHIP_ID || Gx == LG_CHIP_ID || Gx == GB_CHIP_ID || Gx == GD_CHIP_ID || Gx == GI_CHIP_ID || - Gx == GP_CHIP_ID || Gx == GQ_CHIP_ID) + Gx == GP_CHIP_ID || Gx == GQ_CHIP_ID || Gx == LI_CHIP_ID) i |= 0x2; /*DAC_CNTL|0x2 turns off the extra brightness for gt*/ aty_st_8(DAC_CNTL, i, info); aty_st_8(DAC_MASK, 0xff, info);
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