Quoting Adam b.: > Hi.. I really enjoy directfb and I only have a couple of issues before I make it my > daily xserver.. > > A bit about my box: > > gentoo stage 2 install > 2.6.3-ck2 > 0.9.21 (cvs ~2mo ago) directfb > p4 1.7ghz > 768mb > G400 dualhead > > I'm having issues with the shadow on Gnome 2.6 - The panels have shadows but none of > the windows do. This also happened between restarts of the xserver (it was working > for all windows at one point). Also, is there a way to turn off the shadow per > window? I stack panels in gnome and it looks silly having them both shadowed. Per > window translucency seems to be available (screenshot on directfb.org hints at such) > but i havfe found no documentation or hints on this.. any clues?
I haven't tried the shadow option for almost one year, but will do so now. The opacity of each window can be changed by pressing <Meta> and - scrolling the mouse wheel or - press <Alt> additionally and move the mouse horizontally More shortcuts can be found in the DirectFB README. If you have an good old IBM keyboard without a Windows (Meta) key, you should try the option "capslock-meta", see directfbrc(5). All shortcuts can be pressed comfortably using the smallest finger for caps lock and the index finger for the letter. > Also.. is there a compatibility layer or anything to do about the XInputExtension > and other X extension incompatibilities? or is this a necesarry evil? The XInputExtension needs to be implemented in XDirectFB. Also nice would be an Xv implementation on top the Display Layer API. But most important is GLX direct rendering, based on Apple's DRI (XDarwin). DirectFB is conceptual not far away from Aqua & Co. > lastly and _most_ important of course is general usability speed.. > > I've read reports of people with zero wait time for x to start up using directfb. > For me I have a ~5 second pause at the soft blue screen (which also seems common) > before any wm or apps are started. I've straced this and found no obvious pauses, > though it seems to be a misconfiguration or permissions issue if others have no > pauses. Somewhere in the X init scripts is a sleep, I guess. I'm usually reading mails while my gnome session is started ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat .xsession sleep 0.1 df_cpuload &> .df_cpuload.log & sleep 0.1 df_netload &> .df_netload.log & sleep 0.1 df_dioload &> .df_dioload.log & sleep 0.2 chief &> .chief.log & sleep 0.2 dfbterm --geometry=104x33 --position=305,330 &> .dfbterm1.log & gnome-session > Also, though load and memory usage with my xdfb server is lower than X11, window > movement is still choppier than X, and will disrupt audio playback as well. How much video memory do you have and which resolution etc. are you using? Especially the "-enableShadow" and "-enableRoot" option increases video memory usage. > Last issue.. My default window trans. setting and unfocused/focused trans settings > dont seem to work, but Meta+Scroll will fade trans. on a window.. any hints? Which options do you pass? -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" Convergence GmbH -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
