On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 11:17 -0700, Siva wrote: > Hi, > I am a new user of Xorg! > > I am working on a proof-of-concept software in X and My setup is: > Intel 965GM, FC11, Intel video driver 2.7.0, Kernel 2.6.30. > I have already made changes on DDX to get the damage data for the root window > from damage extension. > > I want to validate the damage data by displaying a black > rectangle about the size of damaged area on the screen and slowly fade > it over time. This is an intermediate step which will be very useful > in the later stages of my development. > > I am hoping to get some direction from the list on > a. if this is possible at all, > b. if possible, what are the modules of interest in Server/extensions > that I will have to browse through. > > My preliminary analysis points me towards Composite extension. But I > am getting the damage data in DDX and I am not sure if I could send the > damage data from DDX to Composite extension. > > I regret for the open ended question and any information or pointers > will be helpful.
I think it's much easier (and more sensible) to do this in a compositing manager rather than in the server. In fact, kwin4 already has a plugin which does this. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ xorg-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
