upstream: http://bugzilla.o-hand.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1764

diff -ru psplash/psplash-fb.c /home/muromec/psplash/psplash-fb.c
--- psplash/psplash-fb.c       2007-08-29 21:27:49.000000000 +0300
+++ /home/muromec/psplash/psplash-fb.c 2009-08-16 11:59:57.000000000 +0300
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   fb->real_width  = fb->width  = fb_var.xres;
   fb->real_height = fb->height = fb_var.yres;
   fb->bpp    = fb_var.bits_per_pixel;
+  fb->depth  = fb_var.red.length + fb_var.green.length + fb_var.blue.length;
   fb->stride = fb_fix.line_length;
   fb->type   = fb_fix.type;
   fb->visual = fb_fix.visual;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
     }

   /* FIXME: handle no RGB orderings */
-  switch (fb->bpp)
+  switch (fb->depth)
     {
     case 24:
     case 32:
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@
       *(fb->data + off + 1) = green;
       *(fb->data + off + 2) = blue;
       break;
+    case 18:
+      *(fb->data + off)     = (red >> 2) | ((green & 0x0C) << 4);
+      *(fb->data + off + 1) = ((green & 0xF0) >> 4) | ((blue & 0x3C) << 2);
+      *(fb->data + off + 2) = (blue & 0xC0) >> 6;
     case 16:
       *(volatile uint16 *) (fb->data + off)
       = ((red >> 3) << 11) | ((green >> 2) << 5) | (blue >> 3);
diff -ru psplash/psplash-fb.h /home/muromec/psplash/psplash-fb.h
--- psplash/psplash-fb.h       2007-08-29 21:27:49.000000000 +0300
+++ /home/muromec/psplash/psplash-fb.h 2009-08-16 11:58:39.000000000 +0300
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   int            visual;
   int            width, height;
   int            bpp;
+  int            depth;
   int            stride;
   char                *data;
   char                *base;