Am Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:52:53 +0100 Denis Oliver Kropp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> > Is it possible to have XDirectFB and normal X parallel on the same > > computer? Or could I only have one or the other? Are there docs for > > installing X and XDirectFB on the same computer? > > You can simply have XFree installed by your distro in /usr/X11R6 > and have XDirectFB installed in /usr/local/X11R6. I switch between > these servers by changing /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, but I've been > running XDirectFB for some months now without temporarily switching to > XFree ;) I don't have this file (/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc). What is inside this file and how could I do the same. My system is a RedHat 7.3. Could it be a way to export another PATH if I want to run XDriectFB instead of X? > > > And how good is OpenGL for NVidia cards with XDirectFB? Am I able to > > play tuxracer with an acceptable speed? ;-) > > You are able to use GLX, but you will only get the software > rasterizer. Hardware accelerated OpenGL is planned, but requires a lot > of work. I'm looking at the embedded branch of Mesa/DRI that's already > based on the framebuffer API, but only supports one fullscreen > application. :-( But I'll even try it. Since I tested ByzantinOS and played with a translucent xterm I love XDirectFB. Is there a way to select the level of translucency without a wheel-mouse? Like "xterm -transculent 50" for 50% transculencency? Thanks Andreas -- glDesigner - Interactive OpenGL Tutorial http://gldesigner.sourceforge.net/ -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
