On Die, 2003-01-07 at 23:00, Jens Owen wrote:
> Michel Daenzer wrote:
> > CVSROOT:    /cvsroot/dri
> > Module name:        xc
> > Repository: xc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/
> > Changes by: mdaenzer@sc8-pr-cvs1.   03/01/07 13:21:52
> > 
> > Log message:
> >   Use shadowfb instead of mi shadow to fix 2D corruption when page flipping
> >   is enabled.
> 
> Wow, you found the source of the corruption?  That's worthy of a posting 
> to dri-devel...

True, I posted about it on December 14th and asked for testing, sadly I
didn't receive any reports.

> >   This doesn't help mixed OpenGL and X11 rendering in the same
> >   window, but that supposedly doesn't work with the traditional method of
> >   drawing to the back buffer and then copying it over the front buffer
> >   either, so enable page flipping by default.
> 
> I'm a little confused here.  By traditional method are you referring to 
> not using page flipping?  

Yes.

> What doesn't work in that method?

The X server always renders to the front buffer, so when you mix OpenGL
and X11 rendering, the former clobbers the latter when rendering to the
back buffer.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



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