Re: Hardware acceleration

2013-04-01 Thread Thiago Padilha
Thanks for the info richard. Perhaps you have some hint on how I can configure aliasing correctly or fix this issue? On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:11 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: that for 2-3 seconds, then I start to see some flickering(the gears seem to be constantly

Hardware acceleration

2013-03-29 Thread Thiago Padilha
Hi I'm testing cygwin hardware acceleration using the instructions found here: http://cygwin.com/xfree/docs/ug/using-aiglx.html When running the the default options(which implies -wgl) I can see my graphics card (Intel HD graphics 3000) when running glxinfo | grep OpenGL If I start the server

Re: Is there a way to spawn processes from the XWin login shell?

2013-03-27 Thread Thiago Padilha
with the following 'urxvtc -e zsh' On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Thiago Padilha tpadilh...@gmail.com wrote: XWin uses a login shell to configure its environment when it starts up, and processes spawned from the tray icon inherit XWin environment so they don't have to be spawned from login shells

Re: Is there a way to spawn processes from the XWin login shell?

2013-03-27 Thread Thiago Padilha
...@dronecode.org.uk wrote: On 23/03/2013 00:02, Thiago Padilha wrote: XWin uses a login shell to configure its environment when it starts up, and processes spawned from the tray icon inherit XWin environment so they don't have to be spawned from login shells. Is there a way to achieve the same effect without

Re: Cygwin/X causes NVIDIA GPU to turn on in Optimus systems

2013-03-26 Thread Thiago Padilha
Hi, I also have nvidia optimus and noticed this problem but with me the nvidia gpu only kicks in for a brief time whenever a x application is started, so the extra enery consumed is very small. It is anoying all the same, I appreciate any workaround for this. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:58 PM,

Is there a way to spawn processes from the XWin login shell?

2013-03-22 Thread Thiago Padilha
XWin uses a login shell to configure its environment when it starts up, and processes spawned from the tray icon inherit XWin environment so they don't have to be spawned from login shells. Is there a way to achieve the same effect without using a tray icon? For example, can I have a desktop