Salomon A. Reyes wrote:
> I was not familiar with Direct Graphics Access and so I looked it more on
> wikipedia and according to that site it says:
> "...X Window works over a network, allowing programs on one machine to
> display output on the screen of another. Having the server do the drawing
> work in this scenario can lessen the amount of data that has to be sent
> across the network, and also shares the workload between the server and the
> client machine, (the client machine here will normally be a large multi-user
> system, and limiting processor use by users is important)."
>
>>From this, I gather that it CAN be done over the network (doesn't have to be
>>done locally).
>
> Did I understand correctly (at least that part)?
Normal X Window System access works great over the network, but Direct Graphics
Access bypasses X to open the graphics hardware directly and CANNOT be done over
the network.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
