[ltp] Re: XFree86 on TP 770X

[Alan Shutko]

Udo Weber <udo.weber@mainz.ibm.com> writes:

> Now it seems that the newest KDE (and also other window-managers)
> require XFree86 V4 to work proper.

It's probably a compile-time option, but that would only help if you
wanted to compile KDE yourself.

The reason it wants the render extension is that then KDE can have
truly transparent windows and antialiased fonts, all done in the X
server (with acceleration).  Gnome will be supporting it soon as well.

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