On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 07:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've followed the list for a while, and im not sure if this is the place to > ask. but, how does one go about obtaining access to video memory within X? > i know of some api calls through X, but that is far too slow. I'm aiming for > something like /dev/fb, but with more restrictions perhaps (at least more info > on where the window is located, so don't draw out side the window etc when app > is well behaved).
If you need windows, there's no way around X or OpenGL AFAIK. I understand Shm isn't significantly slower than direct framebuffer access for example. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
