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RE: Xwin only in VGA mode (first time user)


> [2] 440
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce: X server already 
> running on display
> 127.0.0.1:0.0
> xscreensaver: not found
^^^^^^^^^^^^ try to fix your startup script. xfce is trying to boot another
X server session, and remove xscreensaver commands from it.

did you try engine -1?

xwin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -engine 1&

try to leave pixels out.  It will use defaults specified in source code
which 255 0.

Suhaib



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reini Urban [mailto:rurban@x-ray.at]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 3:46 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Xwin only in VGA mode (first time user)
> 
> 
> Harold Hunt schrieb:
> > Your problem with video modes is simple:
> > 24 bit depth screens have to be a multiple of 4 pixels 
> wide, for alignment
> > purposes.  Cygwin/XFree86 must trim the specified screen 
> width when you
> > specify a screen width greater than the largest client area 
> allowed for a
> > window.  Cygwin/XFree86 does not currently ensure that 24 
> bit screens are a
> > multiple of 4 pixels wide after trimming the width.
> > Workaround: specify a screen width on the command line that 
> is a multiple of
> > 4 pixels wide and that will not result in automatic 
> trimming.  (e.g. -screen
> > 1024x768x24 on a 1280x1024x24 screen)
> > 
> > Let us know if that works,
> 
> not really. still crashes with any screensize >vga
> but I got xfce working now.
> 
> .profile:
> export DISPLAY='127.0.0.1:0.0'
> export XFCE_DATA="/usr/X11R6/var/xfce"
> export LANG="de"
> 
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ ps
>       PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
>      1368     912    1368        536  -1 1000   Apr 16
> /usr/local/bin/ipc-daemon
>      1268       1    1268       1268  -1 1000 19:20:06 /usr/bin/bash
>      1596    1268    1596        660  -1 1000 19:35:24 /usr/bin/ps
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ XWin -fullscreen &
> [1] 660
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix 
> should be set to
> root
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000000f
> winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 
> 0000001f RGB 6 d 16
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ startxfce &
> [2] 440
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce: X server already 
> running on display
> 127.0.0.1:0.0
> xscreensaver: not found
> XFWM message (type SessionInit):  X Session Manager not available
> Using builtin session management instead
> 
> /usr/X11R6/bin$ps
>       PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
>      1368     912    1368        536  -1 1000   Apr 16
> /usr/local/bin/ipc-daemon
>      1268       1    1268       1268  -1 1000 19:20:06 /usr/bin/bash
>       660    1268     660        712  -1 1000 19:35:41 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin
>       440    1268     440       1524  -1 1000 19:36:07 /usr/bin/sh
>      1168     440     440        108  -1 1000 19:36:07 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xfwm
>      1568    1168     440        556  -1 1000 19:36:12 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xfce
>      1480    1168     440       1428  -1 1000 19:36:17 /usr/bin/sh
>       644    1480     440       1464  -1 1000 19:36:18 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>      1288     644    1288       1640   0 1000 19:36:19 /usr/bin/bash
>      1592    1168     440       1160  -1 1000 19:36:21 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xfsound
>      1460    1168     440       1656  -1 1000 19:36:21 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xfpager
>      1272    1168     440       1204  -1 1000 19:36:22 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xfgnome
>      1148    1268    1148       1544  -1 1000 19:39:08 /usr/bin/ps
> -- 
> Reini Urban
> http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/
> 


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