RE: Xfree86-4_0 installation problem

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

How about just 

start xwin :0

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Sorhel@cs.com
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:05 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: Xfree86-4_0 installation problem
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> thanks a lot for the answer.  There definitely seems to be 
> something going on with the -screen option and I've tried to 
> play with it.  What is the correct invocation?  If I leave it out 
> completely:
> 
> start Xwin -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> 
> I get the same "Direct Draw Init Failed" as before.  If I leave out
> "-screen 8" but leave in 1024x768x16
> 
> start Xwin 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> 
> I get what looks like a syntax error from Xwin.  Black windows
> for xterm.exe and vtwm.exe go up but disappear after 10 seconds
> or so, probably because they don't find an X server to connect to.
> 
> If I try (I don't know why this should work, and it doesn't...)
> 
> start Xwin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> 
> I get a grey X screen with the black small "X" cursor in the middle, 
> and after a second or two an outline of a window (probably an 
> xterm) shows up in the lower right quarter of the screen.  But as 
> soon as I press the mouse key the whole grey X screen goes 
> away.   In this last case the error message from the Xwin.exe 
> window is:
> 
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11_unix
> should be set to root
> pwin->width = 00000400
> pwin->height = 00000300
> pwin->paddedWidth = 00000800
> pwin->bitsperPixel = 00000010
> calling WinAllocateFramebufferMemory
> calling cfb16ScreenInit( 0a589e0, 147b0000, 00000400,
> 00000300, 00000064, 00000064, 00000400 )
> Successful addition of Screen 0xa058bc8 0xa0589e0
> error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/
> SecurityPolicy
> 
> I don't know if the thing about SecurityPolicy is a problem
> but I've noticed the file doesn't exist on my system.  I've also
> discovered that many of the links in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 point
> to non-existent files.  They point to /etc/X11 files but this
> directory does not exist on my system.  I built my system
> with the most recent files of
> 
> xfree86-4_0-DLLs_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-Xnest_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-Xprt_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-Xterm_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-devel_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-fonts_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-prog_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-rgb_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-twm_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-xvfb_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-xwin_tar.bz2
> 
> Any help is most appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Soren
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am sorry for probably breaking the thread tree since I am a newcomer
> > to this mailing list and cannot reply directly to the article which I
> > founded in the archive.
> >
> > I had just the same problem when using the startxwin.bat script as
> > provided in the archive. It is caused by the option "-screen 8" for
> > XWin.exe added in the script. Please remove the option and try again.
> > Hoping it helps you.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Hajime Murao
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> I'm running Windows NT / Build 1381 / Service Pack 5
> >> on a Siemens Nixdorf laptop.
> >> 
> >> I've installed the latest Cygwin version using the
> >> set-up script and it works.  I've then installed the
> >> latest Xfree86-4_0 files from a mirror (ftp.franken.de).
> >> When I try to start the Xwin server with the startxwin.bat 
> >> script from an MS-DOS window, I get the following 
> >> messages:
> >> 
> >> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11_unix
> >> should be set to root
> >> pwin->width = 00000500
> >> pwin->height = 00000400
> >> pwin->paddedWidth = 00000a000
> >> pwin->bitsperPixel = 00000010
> >> Calling WinAllocateFramebufferMemory
> >> 
> >> Then a window pops up saying
> >> 
> >> ERROR
> >> Direct Draw Init Failed
> >> Error = 88760078 (unknown error)
> >> 
> >> I don't know how to fix the first problem (ownership)
> >> under Cygwin since I don't know about users.
> >> My /etc/passwd does not have a root in it, and
> >> I don't have an adduser script or equivalent anywhere.
> >> I can't do a chown on the directory since root doesn't
> >> exist.  But I don't think that's the main problem anyway.
> >> 
> >> Any ideas?
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> Soren