Problems with X.org and incompatibilities with in-house software

[Russell Shaw]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 1 March 2010 01:28, Richard Brown <rbrown1445 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Russell Shaw wrote:
> 
>>> What are you referring to by "Ximage" ?
> 
>> Ximage extension to the X server. It has been superceded by MIT shared
>> memory. However, some ancient apps may still use it.
> 
> 
> It's not clear that *anyone* ever manage to use it successfully.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Image_Extension

Interesting

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