Bug#163322: marked as done (backing_store option not handled by dexconf)
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The fact that xfree86 4 doesn't turn on backing store by default seems
to frequently cause puzzlement. If one knows how, one can of course
enable it by adding 'Option "backing_store"' to the Screen section of
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4. However, one has to either make this addition
every time dexconf is run, or add a separate Screen section outside
the part of XF86Config-4 managed by dexconf. This seems a bit
inelegant since the Screen section is rather large and ungainly.
I know that dexconf 'is not a very ambitious tool', but it's actually
quite nice. Would it be reasonable to consider adding a question about
backing store, to make it even nicer?
Thanks.
- Robert
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
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I am closing this bug report.
You may find the following exchange helpful to understand why.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 06:33:34PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Michel Daenzer wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:=20
> > > The current train of thought here is to require that X on linux alw=
ays
> > > runs with backing store. Which means starting the X server with +bs
> > > or adding 'Option "backingstore"' to the XF86Config-4 file.
> >=20
> > You can choose between that or fixing the code.
>
> Did you mean the XFree86 code or our in house code?
The X server's. According to Keith Packard, "[the] current BS
implementation is not protocol compliant, and is per-window instead of
per-heirarchy."
I therefore have no plans to support a backing store option in the
XFree86 X server debconf templates.
Of course, the option is still available for those who choose to use it.
--=20
G. Branden Robinson | You should try building some of the
Debian GNU/Linux | stuff in main that is
branden@debian.org | modern...turning on -Wall is like
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | turning on the pain. -- James Troup
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