[mythtv-users] x11vnc, OpenGL and metallurgy theme

[Paul Bender]

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.  Is this a bug or simply a known drawback of using OpenGL?
> It seems like it might be possible to work around this by using OpenGL
> for the fades, but then doing an extra draw in a way that the vnc server
> can detect.
> 
> Incidentally, I've also just tried the metallurgy theme from
> 
>   http://miffteevee.co.uk/themes/metallurgy.html
> 
> and found that even with Qt selected, I get the same problem.  Does
> this theme somehow ignore the painting setting, or is there another
> reason that x11vnc isn't aware of the changes?

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.