Quoting David Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 01:53:00PM +0100, Denis Oliver Kropp wrote:
> > Quoting David Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > 
> > > Hi:
> > > 
> > > XDirectFB works flawlessly when started from an xterm. This is my first
> > > time actually using it, and I'm /really/ impressed. The server feels an
> > > order of magnitude faster than XFree86. :)
> > > 
> > > The keyboard/mouse checkins seem to have fixed a few things - XDirectFB
> > > now starts properly from the console, but occasionally locks at shutdown
> > > or during heavy server traffic (minimize/maximize in fwvm2).
> > 
> > This is a known issue and I think it's related to threading.
> > It doesn't happen with wmaker though. A work mate uses fvwm2, too.
> > He had the same locks during resize.
> > 
> > Did you use the -enableUnfocused stuff?
> 
> Not yet. I will now, though. :) FYI, Sawfish seems to be rock solid with
> opaque move/resize turned on.

I also use sawfish, for my gnome desktop.
I just test XDirectFB with wmaker not to interfer with my other gnome-session.

> > Have to fix that deadlocks in surface handling...
> 
> I also noticed a really strange situation where grabbing and moving a
> window, directly over the display's root, occasionally "lets go"
> prematurely and leaves the window behind while the mouse button is still
> held down. I read most of the XDirectFB cursor code yesterday; the only
> thing I could really come up with is to try warping the cursor in the
> window's resize/move code to try to correct for the "drift". I'm pretty
> sure that's the wrong approach, though. ;)

You may have a look at rootlessDirectFB.c (XDirectFBProcessWindowEvent).
It does implicit pointer grabs, e.g. for window movement. So it shouldn't
leave the window behind as long as the grabs succeed.

-- 
Best regards,
  Denis Oliver Kropp

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