linux-kernel - Re: Window scaling problem?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0612111102230.11941@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:03:25 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Window scaling problem?

On Dec 11 2006 10:26, Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>>>>> "CP" == Cal Peake <cp@...olutedigital.net> writes:
>
>CP> I saw this with kernels v2.6.16, v2.6.17, and v2.6.18. Windows XP
>CP> however didn't seem to have any problems. So unless Windows
>CP> doesn't have window scaling on by default (or uses a workaround)
>CP> it could be a broken kernel.
>
>XP doesn't do Window Scaling by default, but Vista will. Hopefully
>that should flush out the old PIX's. Versions old enough to break
>Window Scaling are old enough to be insecure anyway.

Is there some test utility I can run that reliably says if there is a 
broken window scaler in the path to an arbitrary host?

	-`J'
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