On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 11:53, Soeren Sandmann wrote: > Andy Ritger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > What if another client has already grabbed the server for whatever > > > reason? Is screen updating then turned off? > > > > If a client has grabbed the server, then requests from all other > > clients (including the XGrabServer request) are not processed until > > that client has ungrabbed the server. The composite manager would > > block until the other client had ungrabbed. > > But if the compositing manager is blocked, nothing appears on the > screen, right? This means screen updating is effectively turned off > when an application is grabbing the server.
Which is why avoiding server grabs is imporant, as much as possible. It takes a global lock out on the X server and needs to be used with great care. - Jim -- Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HP Labs, Cambridge Research Laboratory ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel