[Openchrome-users] 2D using OpenGL ?

[Xavier Bachelot]

Sampsa Riikonen wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I asked a while ago about 3D support for chrome9.  Well,
> there is not any, which is ok for me because I mainly need
> 2D acceleration.  For example, mplayer works fine.
> 
> The problem is that, for example adobe's flash-player,
> uses for 2D acceleration only the OpenGL graphics library
> (also some other programs, like the terminal window, are sluggish).
> For more info, check: 
> http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2008/05/flash_uses_the_gpu.html
> 
> Is there any way to get OpenGL working in 2D mode only?
> 
OpenGL is the 3D, so as long as you're using openGL, you're using 3D.

There should be a way to convince flash not to use openGL, but to use Xv
instead. I don't know how to do that though.

Regards,
Xavier