RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2000)

[j dot j dot ita at siep dot shell dot com]

Harold,
	I go the same error as everyone else on an NT machine (no 
surprise). Sorry about the delay, but living in the Netherlands often 
precludes me making the immediate response you would like ( and who 
wouldn't :-) ).

Joel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold@compasstechnologies.com
> [mailto:Harold@compasstechnologies.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 7:57 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x &
> NT/2000)
> 
> 
> You can download a test replacement for XWin.exe and 
> xf_dx.dll from one of
> the following:
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/test
> 
> I would download from MSU, as it's nice and fast; plus, my 
> tuition should be
> good for something, eh?  :)
> 
> Before you extract, be sure to backup your original XWin.exe 
> and xf_dx.dll
> files.
> 
> Extract the test archive like so:
> cp OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2 /usr/X11R6/bin
> cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> mv XWin.exe XWin.orig.exe
> mv xf_dx.dll xf_dx.orig.dll
> bunzip2 OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2
> tar -xf OverlayAndNoDITest.tar
> 
> Edit your /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat file to contain the 
> following line,
> where %WIDTH% is the desired window width, %HEIGHT% is the 
> desired window
> height, and %DEPTH% is your current display depth, in bits 
> (not the number
> of colors, e.g. 16 bits instead of 65536 colors or 8 bits 
> instead of 256
> colors):
> start XWin -screen 0 %WIDTH%x%HEIGHT%x%DEPTH%
> 
> An example configuration would be like follows:
> start XWin -screen 0 640x480x16
> 
> Unfortunately, overlays must be allocated in video memory in 
> addition to the
> video memory required for your current display resolution and 
> depth.  Your
> window size should require no more video memory than you 
> currently have
> free, so be sure to start off with small window sizes to 
> ensure success.
> Try decreasing your current display depth if you cannot get 
> XWin to start
> (don't forget to keep the depth in your startxwin.bat file in 
> synch with
> your current display depth).
> 
> Feedback:
> Please post to the list if the test works for you (include your OS,
> language).
> Please post to the list if the test does not work for you 
> (include your OS,
> video card info, and language).
> Please post your suggestions to the list.
> Please try not to be overly critical, as this is just a test :)
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Harold
>