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RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2 000)
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- Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2 000)
- From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:11:26 -0400
I will recheck. Maybe not set to 8bits. Are you forcing 8 bits display? I
was
tried and overlooked the last line from out put.
Desired pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000008
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:Harold@compasstechnologies.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:47 PM
> To: 'Suhaib Siddiqi'; 'cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com'
> Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x &
> NT/2 000)
>
>
> Is your current bit depth really 8 bits? Just wondering,
>
> Harold
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:47 PM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com'
> Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x &
> NT/2 000)
>
>
> harold,
> It did not work. I am sure there are problems with xf_dx.dll.
> On startup, a small window blinks and disappears if,
> starxwin.bat file is
> used to boot X-server.
>
> Using startx from a bash shell, I get the following:
>
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> Desired pwin->width = 00000280
> Desired pwin->height = 000001e0
> Desired pwin->paddedWidth = 00000280
> Desired pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000008
>
> Fatal server error:
> Couldn't add screen 0
>
>
> If I replace your modified XWin.exe with mine (default one
> from archive)
> the error is still same, which means probelms are in
> xf_dx.dll. Because, I
> do not have your changes to source code, yet, I could not debug it.
>
> I get same results on Win98, Win Me, Win2K and WinNT 4.0.
>
> Suhaib
>