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RE: Problems startting XWIN
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: Problems startting XWIN
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 16:17:58 -0400
Try reducing the resolution at xwin command line
e.g
startx xwin -screeon 800x600x16 ......................
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Goerz [mailto:b.goerz@fair-computer.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:43 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Problems startting XWIN
>
>
> Hi,
>
> evertime I try to start xwin Iīve got the following messages:
>
> _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 user's preference: 4
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Command line depth: 32,
> using depth: 16
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 1024
> height 768
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0
> 0000001f RGB 6 d 16
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning
> error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
>
> so the xwin didnīt start.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bernd Goerz
>