Ben Lutgens wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:44:42PM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote: > >Anyone really familiar with X programming? Say I have an openGL program > >that runs in a window, how would I modify that program to draw on the root > >window instead? Is it possible? I have Xfree 4.0.2 with DRI loaded. > > I don't think you want to do that unless you have an incredibly mean ass > machine. It would probably make the box unusable. Um, not if DRI works and the scene being rendered isn't overly complicated.. I've run OpenGL programs on the root window before -- the GL screensavers in xscreensaver (and other screen-locking packages) are able to do this. It's kind of cool to have spinning 3D gears as your desktop background ;-) -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Make Headlines -- Use a / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ corduroy pillow. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ]