On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
babbled profusely:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > 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.
i meant in terms of double buffer via page flipping. thats the double buffer i
was used to dealing with long ago - ie zero cost buffering (except for ram).
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> Mark.
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