Yep, using a compositor would be an option. But like I mentioned before, we would require input redirection support on the xserver.
On 13-Feb-09, at 8:41 PM, Corbin Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > Bipin George Mathew wrote: >> Currently, when we use Xrandr to rotate the screen, the screen goes >> blank >> for a second or two and then shows the screen in the new >> orientation. I was >> exploring if it was possible to avoid the flicker and substitute it >> with a >> relevant animated effect - Is this code change even do-able, given >> the way >> xserver interfaces with the video drivers? Any pointers? >> >> The alternative would be not to use XRandR at all, and let the window >> manager do the effect - but this requires the Input redirection >> patches >> (which has limitations) > > Going off the top of my head; I'm sure somebody will correct me. > > The flicker could be avoided if load detection were skipped, but I > think > that discussion's already been had. > > An animation could be done by a compositor, but at that point the > compositor (not xrandr) would be handling the rotation. > > ~ C. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
