Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 20:22:25 -0500 (EST) From: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svgalib? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028201924.4887B-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028164127.823A-100000@trojanhorse.ml.org>
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On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote: > > The (direct?) X extension on newer versions of xfree86 isn't so bad. > Maybye you should take a look into it. I think it lets you use shared > memory to directly write to the x display. I used to play quake under an > extension like this in linux, I am sure it is standard these days. With > the sysvshm working it wasn't at all bad. Yes, it is very 'standard' these days, it is the MIT-SHM extension to X11. The only servers that I have come across that HAVEN'T supported this are X-Stations, and PC Xservers. Everything UNIX based >= X11R5 that I have seen has been MIT-SHM enabled. (you do need to have shared memory support in the kernel). I have never actually programmed the MIT-SHM extension though :I -- David Cross
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