On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 01:39:25PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > a few days ago I asked this list how to output XDirectFB to TVout of a matrox > g550. > Ville (thank you very much) answered with three possible choices, so I decided > to try. > Once downloaded Xfree-4.3.0, patched, compiled and installed, I succeded > in running XDirectFB on the TV, but... > > ...I set 'bg-image' parameter in directfbrc and the jpeg shows correctly > stretched on the background when running xdirectfb on my primary display. > When I run it on the TVout (using '-displayLayer 2'), everything seems to > work well, but I see background image on the monitor, while on TV background > is black. Same behaviour with 'bg-color'. So, is it possible (and how) to > display a background image to the TVout?
It should work with the primary-layer=2 option instead of using the -displayLayer switch. > I tried also changing values of > 'window-surface-policy' and 'desktop-backing-store' without success. Those too... > Another question: i choose to install the patched xfree in /usr/local with > 'NothingOutsideProjectRoot' set to 'Yes', while my regular X is in /usr. > I saw, then, that XDirectFB doesn't need a XF86Config-4 file, but parses > options from directfbrc. Is this true? Yes. Well DirectFB parses directfbrc. All XDirectFB specific options are handled by command line switches. > Last thing: I used a custom .xinitrc to launch only 'animenu', a LIRC-driven > menuing application. So I don't use a WindoManager at all. When i try to > send events to applications using irxevent (from LIRC package), applications > don't respond to events. Is this connected to the lack of a wm, or dealing > directly on how xdirectfb works? Is it possible make it work? I don't have those apps to test but I don't think a wm should have anything to do with this. It might be a bug in XDirectFB. I know there's at least one bug: When xscreensaver tries to blank the display it immediately recives some event and unblanks. > I think it's enough. > Anyway, I think directfb and xdirectfb are great. The TVOut works very well > and looks very good. I tried to use TVOut patching the framebuffer driver > on kernel 2.4.19, but it was awful, while XDirectFB (i think directfb uses > also the hardware anti-flicker filter of the graphic board) looks smooth > and clear. The anti-flicker filter isn't enabled by default. -- Ville Syrj�l� [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
