On Sun, 27 Aug 2023, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote:
Thanks Alan and Vladimir!These are very effective clues to help me understand
the whole architecture, but I will need some experiments! :D
I may continue with this thread later to ask questions about the main problem
discussed here (i.e., turn
Thanks Alan and Vladimir!These are very effective clues to help me understand
the whole architecture, but I will need some experiments! :D
I may continue with this thread later to ask questions about the main problem
discussed here (i.e., turning off the screen), if I find my approach feasible!
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote:
Perhaps I didn't express my question precisely. I understand that you are
talking about the mmap function in the kernel which is usually a function
pointer in vm_operations...
My question is about the userspace structure of X11. IIUC, we have
On 8/27/23 09:53, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote:
Perhaps I didn't express my question precisely. I understand that you are
talking about the mmap function in the kernel which is usually a function
pointer in vm_operations...
My question is about the userspace structure of X11. IIUC, we have X11 cli
Perhaps I didn't express my question precisely. I understand that you are
talking about the mmap function in the kernel which is usually a function
pointer in vm_operations...
My question is about the userspace structure of X11. IIUC, we have X11 clients,
which are GUI apps.They have a portion
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote:
Thanks (also Dave and Carsten)! Full of useful information not easily found (if
even found) on the Internet!
You are welcome :)
So, in summary, the communication is done through a series of memory mapped
regions in
the address space of the
Thanks (also Dave and Carsten)! Full of useful information not easily found (if
even found) on the Internet! So, in summary, the communication is done through
a series of memory mapped regions in the address space of the graphics library
(e.g., OpenGL).The image data is transferred 1) from the X
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote:
> The framebuffer that is displayed on the monitor is always in video card
> memory. There is a piece of hardware (CRTC) that continuously pulls data
> from the framebuffer and transmits it to the monitor.
So the framebuffer memory should normal
On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 15:28:52 + (UTC) Ahmad Nouralizadeh
said:
> Hi,
> I need to run a set of (graphical) benchmarks with the screen disabled. The
> following command did not work: xset dpms force off
>
> Because any keyboard/mouse input would re-enable the screen. The other option
> was the
