Bug#386989: PageFlip causes graphic freezes after a while

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Joachim Breitner wrote:
> Thanks for the notice. I just enabled PageFlip again and did a quick
> test (running /usr/lib/xscreensaver/gears and causing some OSD action in
> front of it). Without PageFlip I noticed that gears continued to run
> just fine while with PageFlip on it slowed down considerably, but did
> not crash. I will keep this setting now for a while and see if it is
> indeed stable.
>
> So I guess that bug #385366 might be fixed. Bug #386989 needs some more
> testing with 3D apps.
>   

Ok I'll wait a couple weeks and close them both if I don't hear back
from you.

> By the way: Which setting is supposed to be better (as in faster)?
> PageFlip on or off?
>   

What from I understand, it's something like PageFlip improves 3D but
hurts 2D...

> Thanks for your patience,
>   

Thanks for your patience too :)

Brice