X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems

John Emmas johne53@tiscali.co.uk
Thu Feb 5 08:30:00 GMT 2009


----- 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 to transfer the contents of the
> shadow buffer to the display.
>
Jon - did I understand you correctly here?  Are you saying that there's an
alternative mode I could try that should give me better performance (even
though it might be limited to just one monitor)?  If so, how do I need to
call Xwin to work in a rooted mode?

Thanks,

John 


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