From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Dec 15 9:57:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 09:57:34 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from smtpproxy1.mitre.org (mb-20-100.mitre.org [129.83.20.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC71C37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:57:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from avsrv1.mitre.org (avsrv1.mitre.org [129.83.20.58]) by smtpproxy1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA02112 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:57:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailsrv2.mitre.org (mailsrv2.mitre.org [129.83.221.17]) by smtpsrv1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA12051 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:57:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from mitre.org ([128.29.145.140]) by mailsrv2.mitre.org (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id G5MF7U00.Q23; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:57:30 -0500 Message-ID: <3A3A5AB9.37A7B658@mitre.org> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:54:01 -0500 From: "Andresen,Jason R." Organization: The MITRE Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en]C-20000818M (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carlos A M dos Santos Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XInitThreads (X11 threading support), how do you compile it? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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