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animate on linux/unix



Dear Ferret Users,

another problem is -- thank's to Kevin O'Brien -- solved. Since it might be of 
interest to others, here are the description and the solution:

Problem: Using a command sequence like (or similar to)
      repeat/l=1:10/animate shade data
(ferret 5.40) shows only the first frame.
All other frames of the sequence are empty pages.

Reason: The xserver option 'backing-store' is probably disabled.
         xdpyinfo 
returns
        options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
However, it should return
        options:    backing-store YES, save-unders YES
for successful animations.

Solution:
Add '+bs' to enable backing-store in the file 
        /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
to the line where the X-server is started, e.g.:
       :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X +bs :0 vt07
Then restart your X-server.

Good luck!

Sincerely,

         Patrick Jöckel
 

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