[Bf-committers] Back Buffer Issues

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

>  1.- (A really oldie):  About the Dinamic vs. Static Built, besides  
> the software based OpenGL and the non-inclusion of the Blender  
> player,  is there anything else different?  I was under the strong  
> impression that some python modules and something related to the audio  
> system was also included on the static build.

I cannot answer that, have to wait for Yann...

>  2.- About bugs # 1875 and 1904, are they resolved for good or I still  
> need to include a note on the FAQ?  I wanted to test it myself, but I  
> can't find a linux RC2 anywhere in the testbuilt forum neither on  
> http://download.blender.org/demo/test/

Needs to be verified yes, but the fix Kester found is most likely going  
to work fine. :)

>  3- On the Nvidia "allow flipping" subject, the Nivida-Settings  
> control panel is nowhere to be found in my system, but I haven't yet  
> updated to the very last version of the drivers (I'm on Suse, so the  
> uptating is a little bit harder for me because I can't use the driver  
> file straight from Nvida).  If that setting is changeable by software,  
> I would suggest you to take a look into /proc/driver/nvidia  since  
> traditionally, all settings that can be changed on the fly are  
> accesible from there, so Blender could *in teory* hack into into that  
> directory at startup and see how the flipping is set ut and addapt  
> itself to the circunstances... actually, if that setting is on the  
> /proc system, nothing stops Blender from changing that setting by  
> itself (maybe after a pop-up asking the user for his/her authorization  
> to change it).

This is for our linux coders to check on.

-Ton-

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