8bpp modes on the Pandaboard

Hi there,

I’ve been testing a lot of Risc OS software for the last days in my Pandaboard ES.
I have noticed that every game I try in 8bpp mode (including native ones like 32bit & Armv7 safe version of Doom) fails: they all show a black screen or a very corrupt display.

The same games (Doom is again a good example) will work fine in 16pp modes or higher.
Sadly, most old-era games are 8bpp only, so this ruins Aemulor for gaming.

Can someone better versed in the Pandaboard port confir this issue? Coul the Pandaboard have only partial 8bpp modes support? Is the Beagleboard situation any different??

thanks

That bug (at least the one when showing a black screen) was fixed long time ago. It should be okay in the latest ROM’s…or the bug was inserted again by accident…which date of ROM do you use ? May be then somebody here can tell what’s wrong. Or just try the latest ROM…

Kuemmel: I use a ROM from may-2012 as it’s the date of the latest Pandaland (R-Comp) release.

I will try to update the ROM and see if it gets better.