Can anyone give me some tips on using XDirectFB with other DirectFB apps? I have a Matrox G400 and I run Freevo, which besides using dfbmga itself, uses mplayer, zsnes (SNES emulator), fceu (NES emulator), et al. The primary purpose of this box is to be a Freevo system, which it does perfectly. But the vast majority of the time, nobody's recording TV, watching TV, or playing a game, so there's plenty of spare CPU power. I'd like to be able to use the box as a desktop PC (i.e., Freevo uses second head for TV output, first head goes to monitor for websurfing and stuff).
I managed to get XDirectFB working to get Dropline Gnome (I use Slackware) to start, but the mouse doesn't work and it's very slow. The Gnome GUI is slow and if I kick off Freevo or mplayer, that's very slow too. Is there anything I should look out for to improve performance, or should I just get a better computer? Any idea on why the mouse doesn't work? Thank you very much. And much thanks to the creators of DirectFB for all their hard work. Ducson
