Quoting Andreas Volz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 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?
I don't know how Redhat chooses the Xserver used for startx. Maybe /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a symlink you just need to write a script that start XDirectFB with all command line arguments. > > > 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? You can hold down <Meta>-<Alt> and move the mouse horizontally. If you don't have a Meta key (or Windows Key) you can use the option "capslock-meta". See directfbrc(5). -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" Convergence GmbH -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
