Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:54:01 -0500 From: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Carlos A M dos Santos <casantos@cpmet.ufpel.tche.br> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XInitThreads (X11 threading support), how do you compile it? Message-ID: <3A3A5AB9.37A7B658@mitre.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012151707240.5943-100000@gate.cpmet.ufpel.tche.br>
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Carlos A M dos Santos wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, the fast fingers of Andresen,Jason R. wrote: > > AR> Well, I've recently run into a program that requires threaded X11 > AR> libraries (the newest version of xine), however I cannot figure > AR> out how to compile XFree-4 with thread support. I know the XFree > AR> 3.3.6 that ships with FreeBSD is compiled with threading, but it > AR> is much too slow on my video card. > > The threading support in XFree86 is in no way related to the video card. > Th XFree86 server is not multithreaded. Onli client applications can > beneffit from the MT support in Xlib and Xt. Yeah, but XFree 3.3.6 doesn't support the DGA extension (AFAIK), and it runs like a dog on full screen (1280x1024) full motion video applications. > AR> How do you compile XFree with threading support? I've found > AR> nothing in the configuration that even hints at it, in fact the > AR> only mention of threads in the documentation is in reference to > AR> WinNT. The XFree FAQ doesn't even mention anything about it. I > AR> know this is more of an XFree question, but I'm afraid of their > AR> mailing lists. :P > > Th MT support in XFree 3.3.6 was made by me, based on hacks made by > someone else whose name I don't remember. I udated it later for XFree 4 > but due to lack of time (thesis first :-) I had no oportunity to send an > official patch to XFree86. But I sent it to Jean-Marc Zucconi, that is > currenly working on a new XFree-4 port with thread support. Stay tuned to > the "-ports" mailing list. Thanks. Good luck on your Thesis. -- _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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