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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- Subject: Re: Mouse with linux SVGAlib (1.3.99 kernel)
- Date: 12 Jun 1996 12:42:55 -0600
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- >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Dodd <cdodd@super.win.or.jp> writes:
- In article <31be94a1.2367014@super.win.or.jp> cdodd@super.win.or.jp (Chris Dodd) writes:
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- Chris> cdodd@super.win.or.jp (Chris Dodd) wrote:
- >> Hi there,
- >>
- >> Just wondering if the patch mentioned in the faq would make the
- >> mouse work in executor-svga, and kernel 1.3.99. The faq writes
- >> about 1.2.13, I believe.
- >>
- >> Perhaps I need a newer SVGAlib? If so, just tell me and I will
- >> go check the comp.os.linux.misc.
- >>
- >> Thanks, Chris
- >>
- >> Chris Dodd cdodd@super.win.or.jp
- >>
- >> Passing my senior year at Waseda University in Japan.
- Chris> Hello,
-
- Chris> I solved this one myself. If anyone has this problem,
- Chris> their config file is probably not complete. Make sure you
- Chris> have your mouse specified correctly in it...it was
- Chris> defaulting to microsoft for me even though I use a PS/2
- Chris> style mouse in kernel, etc. Just set the mouse in the
- Chris> config, and it works fine.
-
- Yay. Glad to hear it.
-
- Chris> Also seems faster in svgalib than in X. Or is that just
- Chris> me?
-
- Currently E/L/SVGAlib *is* faster than E/L/X, for a few reasons, the
- first of which is that E/L/SVGAlib can, on many graphics cards, write
- directly to the frame buffer, while the X version has to write to an
- ofscreen pixmap and then pass that to the X-server to display. This
- means that you have both extra memory copies and extra context
- switches with the X version. Additionally, the X server itself takes
- up some memory, so on memory starved systems you'll page more if
- you're running E/L/X.
-
- Most of this will change when we support the new X optional feature
- that allows programs to write directly to the screen. Then, except
- for memory starved machines (and at the price of memory, fewer people
- will have that problem), the X version will be superior in almost all
- ways.
-
- Chris> Chris
-
- Chris> Chris Dodd cdodd@super.win.or.jp
-
- Chris> Passing my senior year at Waseda University in Japan.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
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