| From: | Georg Steger |
| Date: | 27 Sep 2000 at 18:18:30 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Problems with Amiga SDK on RedHAT 7.0 !? |
Staf Verhaegen wrote:
>
> utopia wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The brand new RedHat 7 is great. There is only a 'little' problem with
> > Amiga SDK.
> > Each time a Linux-window moves in front of Amiga SDK, the sdk screen
> > gets messed up. :/
> > For screenshots see http://www.amigasdk.com/corrupt.htm
> >
> > I've installed the ncurses fix.
> > If someone has tips, hit the reply button ! ;)
> >
> Probably this has to do with save-under in the XFree. It is a method so the X
> server keeps track of the regions wiht are covered by other windows and puts
> them back when needed. On XFree 4.0 this is by default off. On XFree86 3.3 it
> was on I think.
> I don't remember anymore how this can be turned on again in XFree 4.0.
Don't know about the SDK as I don't have it but AROS had similiar problem
with XFree 4.0. The problem was that XFree 4.0 by default has backing store
support disabled (~ something like smart/super refresh windows on Amiga).
Backing store support can be enabled by starting X with the server option
"+bs":
startx -- +bs