On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:38:21 +0200 Trick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled profusely:
>
> > Hi, i'm new to this list, and know little about X, so excuse me if i
> > ask stupid questions =)
> >
> > If i understand correctly, X does not support neither double
> > buffering or hardware surfaces _at all_. That sounds like a Very Bad
>
> of course it does! every heard of the double buffer extension? :) in *THEORY*
> that can support any hardware that can double buffer... *IF* the drivers are
> written to do that. not all are... but it's a drive rissue.. not a protocol or
> feature issue - for once :)
The double buffer extension is supported on all hardware in XFree86
by using pixmaps for the back buffers. No special hardware features
are required. The only time it is not offered is in Xinerama.
Mark.
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