[Bug 1347] Screen is wiped/blanked on usage of DirectDraw

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1347





--- Comment #37 from Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com>  2008-10-28 11:40:02 ---
(In reply to comment #36)
> This bug has been open for five and a half years.  If, as previous posters have
> said, newer Vista applications won't tickle this bug and the only correct fix
> is to embed DirectDraw in the X server, it seems unlikely this bug will *ever*
> get fixed.  However, there's something to be said for being bug-compatible with
> older versions of Microsoft Windows.  I've got five legacy applications broken
> by this one bug.  This is not a normal bug, this is a MAJOR bug.  I understand
> that Wine has a no hack policy, but it doesn't sound like this patch could
> actually break anything since it disables itself when unsure.  I think the
> CrossOver patch should be considered as the best fix available and rolled into
> Wine.
> 

While many may agree with you, it is still a hack. However, it seems a proper
implementation may not be possible/feasible. If you can convince Julliard to
accept it, then you can get it into Wine, but he's quite anti-hack.


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