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Bug 222691 - 2008.0_beta2: Colordepth of 24 results in garbled screen on NV44A (Nvidia 6200)
Summary: 2008.0_beta2: Colordepth of 24 results in garbled screen on NV44A (Nvidia 6200)
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: InstallCD (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Keywords: InVCS
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Reported: 2008-05-18 17:33 UTC by J Newman
Modified: 2011-05-13 19:52 UTC (History)
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Description J Newman 2008-05-18 17:33:49 UTC 
2008.0_beta2: The default color depth on the live CD is set to 24, which results in a garbled screen once X starts on a Nvidia GeForce 6200. I would suggest changing the default color depth to 16 in order to support more hardware.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot from 2008.0_beta2 live cd
2.Watch as X starts up
3.Try to read something on the screen

Actual Results:  
Garbled screen output

Expected Results:  
Clear screen output

Workaround: Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a text console after boot has completed, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change DefaultColorDepth to 16. Ctrl-Alt-F7 and then restart X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Screen image now appears correctly.
Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-06-24 16:51:55 UTC 
I removed the DefaultColorDepth, entirely.  It shouldn't be needed on modern X.Org servers.
Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-07-12 16:45:00 UTC 
Is this still an issue with the 2008.0 final media?
Comment 3 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2011-05-13 19:52:40 UTC 
No more livecds, so closing this bug.