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Re: Twitching server
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:07:26AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 08:56:42AM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:18:44AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I don't know if anybody else has the same problem. I'm using XWin
> > > (latest Test44) on a W2K box with a TNT2/64 in 1280x1024x32 mode.
> > > I'm starting XWin by a shortcut with broadcast option so that I'm
> > > using it as X-Terminal. I don't use the fullscreen option. Exactly:
> > >
> > > XWin :0 -nowinkill -unixkill -broadcast
> > >
> > > The problem I'm seeing is that when `something' is going on on my
> > > X terminal (e.g. I move a window or a tar tv produces lots of output
> > > in an xterm window) the screen flickers very often. It looks as if
> > > bigger parts if not the whole screen is redrawn instead of only
> > > the concerned parts of the screen. Sometimes it twitches while
> > > nothing happens except that I'm writing in vi.
> > >
> > > Is that a known problem? Can I do anything against it?
> > >
> > Try a different -engine Corinna, see if that helps.
>
> Thanks Alan, I forgot to check that.
>
> It works fine for engine 1 while engine 2 and 4 (the DirectDraw
> stuff) result in that ugly twitching.
BTW, this twitching in engine 2 and 4 doesn't happen when in
fullscreen mode.
Corinna
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