[Patrick Phalen, on Tue, 07 Mar 2000] :: Since you're running under Linux, you might want to have a look at :: SVGAlib (www.svgalib.org). Since it's a low-level library, it might meet :: your real time needs better? There are also Python wrappers for GGI, which you should be able to find via http://www.ggi-project.org.