--- fbterm-1.2/src/screen.cpp.old	2008-12-15 20:27:32.000000000 +0100
+++ fbterm-1.2/src/screen.cpp	2008-12-15 20:31:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ void Screen::switchVc(bool enter)
 
 void Screen::setupSysPalette(bool restore)
 {
-	if (vinfo.bits_per_pixel != 8) return;
-
 	static bool palette_saved = false;
 	static u16 saved_red[NR_COLORS], saved_green[NR_COLORS], saved_blue[NR_COLORS];
 	fb_cmap cmap;
@@ -212,17 +210,62 @@ void Screen::setupSysPalette(bool restor
 			INIT_CMAP(saved_red, saved_green, saved_blue);
 			ioctl(mFd, FBIOGETCMAP, &cmap);
 		}
+		if (finfo.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR && vinfo.bits_per_pixel != 8) {
+			u16 *red, *green, *blue;
+			int rcols = 1 << vinfo.red.length;
+			int gcols = 1 << vinfo.green.length;
+			int bcols = 1 << vinfo.blue.length;
+  
+			/* Make our palette the length of the deepest color */
+			int cols = (rcols > gcols ? rcols : gcols);
+			cols = (cols > bcols ? cols : bcols);
+  
+			red = new u16[cols];
+			if (!red)
+				return;
+			for (int i = 0; i < rcols; i++)
+				red[i] = (65535 / (rcols - 1)) * i;
+  
+			green = new u16[cols];
+			if (!green) {
+				delete[] red;
+				return;
+			}
+			for (int i = 0; i < gcols; i++)
+				green[i] = (65535 / (gcols - 1)) * i;
+  
+			blue = new u16[cols];
+			if (!blue) {
+				delete[] red;
+				delete[] green;
+				return;
+			}
+			for (int i = 0; i < bcols; i++)
+				blue[i] = (65535 / (bcols - 1)) * i;
+  
+			cmap.start = 0;
+			cmap.len = cols;
+			cmap.red = red;
+			cmap.blue = blue;
+			cmap.green = green;
+			cmap.transp = NULL;
+			ioctl(mFd, FBIOPUTCMAP, &cmap);
+			delete[] red;
+			delete[] blue;
+			delete[] green;
 
-		u16 red[NR_COLORS], green[NR_COLORS], blue[NR_COLORS];
+		} else {
+			u16 red[NR_COLORS], green[NR_COLORS], blue[NR_COLORS];
 
-		for (u32 i = 0; i < NR_COLORS; i++) {
-			red[i] = palette[i].red << 8 | palette[i].red;
-			green[i] = palette[i].green << 8 | palette[i].green;
-			blue[i] = palette[i].blue << 8 | palette[i].blue;
-		}
+			for (u32 i = 0; i < NR_COLORS; i++) {
+				red[i] = palette[i].red << 8 | palette[i].red;
+				green[i] = palette[i].green << 8 | palette[i].green;
+				blue[i] = palette[i].blue << 8 | palette[i].blue;
+			}
 
-		INIT_CMAP(red, green, blue);
-		ioctl(mFd, FBIOPUTCMAP, &cmap);
+			INIT_CMAP(red, green, blue);
+			ioctl(mFd, FBIOPUTCMAP, &cmap);
+		}
 	}
 }