Joe Krahn writes:
> Aside from LocalClient returning false, DGA requests should fail, right?
LocalClient() returns TRUE therefore DGA doesn't fail.
> Trying GL over the tunnel correctly gives an error message and reverts
> to indirect rendering.
That's different. With direct rendering the client library connects directly
to the hw. It does not rely on the sever to fail.
>
> I don't know much about DGA, but my understanding is that it has
> a lot of issues because it is sort of a big hack (but useful), and
> the real solution is to replace it with real protocols like XVideo
> and a similar capture extension.
>
This is not limited to DGA. Other extensions that depend on being run
locally have the same problem if they rely on the sever's
LocalClient() implementation.
Egbert.
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