Linux GUI application on Nitpicker

Norman Feske norman.feske at ...1...
Thu Mar 22 13:55:12 CET 2012


Hello,

> These ioctl calls are used by a small utility
> `ports-okl4/src/app/xev_track`, which tracks the X-server's window
> commands (move, resize etc.) and uses the information to manage
> nitpicker views for each window on top of the Linux's framebuffer.

there is even the possibility to combine the 'xev_track' program with
Xnest on plain Linux:


http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/9.11#Seamless_Xvfb_integration_into_Genode_on_Linux

But I should note that we haven't run this setup for quite some time.
Still it is fun to play with and provides a nice way to investigate the
functioning of 'xev_track'.

Cheers
Norman




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