Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-16 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "John Emmas" One more thing Jon. I'm probably being ludicrously simplistic here - but to fix the resizing problem (not resizing until the user lets go of the mouse button) could there be a simple fix for this just by responding to the WM_MOUSEHOVER notificati

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Thanks for being the guinea pig. I'll update the CG document to hopefully clarify the things which caused you problems. Thanks. One more thing Jon. I'm probably being ludicrously simplistic here - but to fix the resizing problem (not resizing

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: - Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH] I guess you need to either create that directory so it can write to it Done that - but now I'm getting a bit paranoid... it fixed the original

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH] I guess you need to either create that directory so it can write to it Done that - but now I'm getting a bit paranoid... it fixed the original problem but now when

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: Okay, I fixed those problems and the build appeared to go okay, following these instructions (for a Standard build) but adding --disable-xv at the configure stage:- http://x.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-build-native.html I then got to the next stage which is to try running the loca

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" videoproto isn't packaged as it doesn't do anything useful for us. You need to configure with --disable-xv xkbfile is provided by libxkbfile-devel Okay, I fixed those problems and the build appeared to go okay, following these instructions (for

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: - Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Nope, 1.4.9 is the latest (indeed, only) version in cygwin mirrors. http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=glproto 1.4.8 was only ever in cygwinports as far as I can tell. I suspect that the 'exciting and different'

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Nope, 1.4.9 is the latest (indeed, only) version in cygwin mirrors. http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=glproto 1.4.8 was only ever in cygwinports as far as I can tell. I suspect that the 'exciting and different' way that setup comp

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: Still haven't managed to run 'configure' successfully when trying to build xorg-server from source. I'm now getting a simple error relating to GLproto:- checking for GL... configure: error: Package requirements (glproto >= 1.4.9 gl >= 7.1.0) were not met: Requested 'glprot

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-15 Thread John Emmas
Still haven't managed to run 'configure' successfully when trying to build xorg-server from source. I'm now getting a simple error relating to GLproto:- checking for GL... configure: error: Package requirements (glproto >= 1.4.9 gl >= 7.1.0) were not met: Requested 'glproto >= 1.4.9' but ver

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-14 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: Jon - I followed the instructions from that link and everything went well until I reached stage 4 ( ./autogen.sh -V ). At that stage I get this output:- autoreconf-2.61: Entering directory `.' autoreconf-2.61: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf-2.61: running: aclocal a

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-14 Thread John Emmas
Jon - I followed the instructions from that link and everything went well until I reached stage 4 ( ./autogen.sh -V ). At that stage I get this output:- autoreconf-2.61: Entering directory `.' autoreconf-2.61: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf-2.61: running: aclocal autoreconf-2.61: con

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: I can see a package called "libX11 : X.OrgX11 core library (source)". Will that bring in all the source files I need or is there a bit more to it than that? The package containing the X server is 'xorg-server'. That is the package for which you need ask setup to install the

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Thanks Jon & Larry, I can see a package called "libX11 : X.OrgX11 core library (source)". Will that bring in all the source files I need or is there a bit more to it than that? John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/p

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
John Emmas wrote: Jon - I just realised that I don't seem to have the source for X11 (which is presumably what I need before applying your patch). I've looked on my usual Cygwin mirror (ftp://mirrors.xmission.com) as well as looking in Cygwin-Ports (ftp://sourceware.org) but I couldn't see wha

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Jon - I just realised that I don't seem to have the source for X11 (which is presumably what I need before applying your patch). I've looked on my usual Cygwin mirror (ftp://mirrors.xmission.com) as well as looking in Cygwin-Ports (ftp://sourceware.org) but I couldn't see what I needed to downloa

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Oh BTW, I should have added:- One particular problem is that the xserver will only support twin monitors if they both have the same settings (resolution etc). Hmm... I thought this worked. The only restriction should be that the colour-depth of the monitors is the same... Sorry, I stand co

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH] Bah! Now I've noticed the flickering again, so I have to fix it. Your cunning plan worked. :-) Thanks very much for that, Jon. I'll apply your patch at the

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: - Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems btw, I use -multiwindow mode all the time, but I've obviously trained myself not to see any of these artefacts lol - fair point..! But I must admit, havi

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

2009-02-05 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems At the moment, -multiwindow mode always selects the GDI engine for reasons which are lost in the mists of time (rooted modes are able to use DirectDraw), so a GDI BitBlt is used t

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

2009-02-04 Thread Fredrik Staxeng
"John Emmas" writes: >monitor set to 1600x1200, Cygwin-X's text is still crisp and clear - whereas >gtk-win32's looks decidedly fuzzy. Cygwin-X uses bit-mapped fonts, with only black and white pixels, perhaps gtk-win32 uses some form of antialiasing? -- Fredrik Stax\"ang | rot13: s...@hcqngr.

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

2009-02-04 Thread John Emmas
May I say in its defence (after a bit more experimenting) that when comparing Cygwin-X/gtk-x11 against gtk-win32, X's text handling is noticeably superior at high resolutions (at least, on my system). With my monitor set to 1600x1200, Cygwin-X's text is still crisp and clear - whereas gtk-win32's

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

2009-02-03 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems btw, I use -multiwindow mode all the time, but I've obviously trained myself not to see any of these artefacts lol - fair point..! But I must admit, having seen h

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

2009-02-03 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: I've been 'tinkering around' with Cygwin for a few months now. Not doing anything serious with it - just finding out about it. And in the main, I like it. The only disappointment (sorry guys) is 'X11' (or maybe the problems are with gtk-x11). Either way, I've been hugely dis

X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

2009-02-03 Thread John Emmas
I've been 'tinkering around' with Cygwin for a few months now. Not doing anything serious with it - just finding out about it. And in the main, I like it. The only disappointment (sorry guys) is 'X11' (or maybe the problems are with gtk-x11). Either way, I've been hugely disappointed at how 'c