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[Fwd: regarding the "Installation How_To Draft"]
- To: "cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: [Fwd: regarding the "Installation How_To Draft"]
- From: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan at veritas dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:11:18 -0700
- Organization: VERITAS Software
I pulled up the wrong mail list address on this...
Chris Faylor wrote:
>
> I think you want to send this to cygwin-xfree.
>
> Hopefully, DJ's setup doesn't need a "How To".
>
> cgf
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 05:48:18PM -0700, Bob McGowan wrote:
> >I just tried the setup, based on the copy of the how-to I printed
> >yesterday, and had the following error when I tried to start the system:
> >
> > Direct Draw Init Failed
> >
> >I researched on the MS web pages and found the following support
> >article, which you may want to reference in the how-to:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q261/4/50.ASP
> >
> >There appears to be a hardware/driver problem with cetain video cards
> >based on the following
> >chip sets:
> >
> > Cirrus Logic 54xx
> > S3 Trio 32/64/64V+
> > S3 Vision 864/964
> > Trident TGUI 9440/9470
> > Trident TVGA 8900/9000
> >
> >I am searching for upgrade info, specific to the Cirrus Logic video
> >controller in my NEC, if you want that info also let me know.
>
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Bob McGowan
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