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Re: Twitching server
- To: cygx <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Twitching server
- From: Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:56:42 +0100
- References: <20010817091844.B14377@cygbert.vinschen.de>
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.
Alan.