[mythtv-users] x11vnc, OpenGL and metallurgy theme

[Dan Christensen]

Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> writes:

> Dan Christensen wrote:
>
>> I use x11vnc to remotely access my frontend from time to time.  If I
>> switch the painting method from Qt to OpenGL, I find that x11vnc seems
>> to be unaware of some of the repainting that is done when passing
>> between menu screens, or even just changing which menu item is
>> highlighted.
>
> I use x11vnc in MiniMyth. I have found that MythTV, xdamage and x11vnc 
> do not work well together. In particular, when xdamage is enabled, 
> x11vnc does not update quickly and consistently. Therefore, I disable 
> x11vnc's xdmage support.

Thanks!  Adding -noxdamage to the x11vnc command line makes the problem
go away.  It also works to instead add -xd_area 0, which makes x11vnc
trust large XDAMAGE rectangles.  I'm guessing the latter fix allows
x11vnc to be slightly more efficient.

Thanks again for the help!

Dan