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Re: X seems to run, but in wrong video mode
- To: "Harold Hunt" <Harold at compasstechnologies dot com>
- Subject: Re: X seems to run, but in wrong video mode
- From: "Andreas Eibach" <a dot eibach at gmx dot net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:02:48 +0100
- Cc: <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <896908DA55C4D311B9C000C04F01A05410A860@ENTERPRISE>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <Harold@compasstechnologies.com>
To: "'Andreas Eibach'" <a.eibach@gmx.net>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:45 PM
Subject: RE: X seems to run, but in wrong video mode
> It's not really outdated; the Test 7 release works by copying the X Server
> display to your Windows display at a rate of 15 frames per second,
utilizing
> between 5 and 25% of your CPU time even when your X Clients are idle.
[...]
Correct, but the main difference is that it *does* run in a window, not in
full screen like you wrote.
You seem to refer to the NT version in the docs, where it could be like
that, however, as a W9x user, I can't tell.
Andreas