Re: Xrender extension docs anywhere?

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:15:08AM +0100, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, David Jeske wrote:
> > Is there any way to coax Xfree into using the second hardware cursor
> > for a drag-icon? 
> 
> I've never seen a second hardware cursor mentioned in hardware docs.
> Which graphics hardware supports these ?
> I assume you aren't talking about a hardware cursor for a
> second video head ?

Well, some card have upto 4 channels, main, overlay, underlay and
cursor. I guess the more common is 2 or 3 channels, with one for the
framebuffer, one for the cursor and the last for the video overlay. It
is also possible sometime to use the channels of the second head on the
first head.

Friendly,

Sven Luther