Messages in this thread | | | From | Måns Rullgård <> | Subject | Re: A way to smoothly overgive graphics control to an other process/program | Date | Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:44:53 +0200 |
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Dennis Heuer <dh@triple-media.com> writes:
> Hello, > > I feel disturbed by the fact that when display-controlling programs > are started in line (like the bootloader, linux, and finally > xdm/gdm/kdm), there appear several switches of display resolution, > text- and graphics mode, and background images. I asked myself how to > get that more smooth as if there was only one presentation from the > time the bootloader started up to the gnome/kde session. I thought > that one could implement a small api that allows a running process to > freeze display updates until the next process has overtaken the > display, loaded the same presentation (from same location or just by > similar configuration), dumped it to the working buffer of the > graphics card, and released the display (a timeout with fallback-mode > could make this transaction more fault-resistent). This way, the image > loaded by the bootloader could be held on display up to the graphical > login, and even as the > desktop background, without any visible effect. > > Is this technically feasible?
It's technically pointless. Take a look at bootsplash, though.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com
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