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RE: XGGI-on-X ... nothing?


> So XGGI is does not work on an X target, only a direct X 
> target?  In Unix, XGGI
> works on an X target, creating an X server nested within 
> another X server.
> This allows for programs that want sole use of the X server 
> to run happily with
> other programs on the same screen.  

If you use target X.  Have installed GGI libraries for X?
using target X it suppose to behave like it does on UNIX...
If you specify target directx, it will use only directX.

>Xnest does this, and so 
> does XGGI.  XGGI is
> less buggy than Xnest, and the application I am integrating 
> (we do not develop
> it) with my application will crash under Xnest :(  Soooo, 
> XGGI has been the
> solution under Unix.
> 
> It runs happily against an X target, and lives within XFree86 
> in Solaris and
> Linux.  In Windows, it will draw, proving to me that it is 
> kind of working, but
> you cannot draw to it :(  You can try it youself.  Run an X 
> server and set your
> display to the X server.  Then, run XGGI :1 -ac (instead of 
> XGGI -targets
> directx).  XGGI will come up as XGGI-on-X (As opposed to 
> XGGI-on-directx).

I will test your suggetions.  But I can do over the weekend, not today.

Suhaib


> 
> The reason we cannot use it as a standalone, is because we 
> want it to draw to a
> window that is already created (-targets "X:-inwin=winid").  
> By doing this, we
> can control a little X server as a window.  Kind of neat... 
> which is why I need
> to get XGGI working in Windows with an X target.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> 
> >
> 
> > XGGI is a complete X-server, you cannot run like Xnest.  You
> > can run it alongside Exceed.  The code of XGGI was slightly 
> modified for
> > Win32/Cygwin.  It also uses different libraries on Win32 
> then on UNIX.  John
> > Fortin
> > may shed some light on it. Can you not use Xnest from XFree86?
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brian Michael Genisio [mailto:genisiob@pilot.msu.edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 12:37 PM
> > > To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> > > Subject: Re: XGGI-on-X ... nothing?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the pointer, but unfortunately, that is not what I
> > > am looking for.
> > > I want to run XGGI within the Exceed X server, not alongside
> > > the Exceed
> > > Xserver.  I need XGGI to work like a nested X server (like
> > > Xnest, but it needs
> > > to be XGGI specificly).  This works under Unix, and it is
> > > ALMOST working under
> > > cygwin, but it just wont display anything.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Alexander posted a solution to a problem similar to yours.
> > > >
> > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg01872.html
> > > >
> > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Brian Michael Genisio [mailto:genisiob@pilot.msu.edu]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:14 AM
> > > > > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > > > > Subject: XGGI-on-X ... nothing?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello fello Cygwin / Xf86 people... I am trying to get XGGI
> > > > > to work like an
> > > > > Xnest might.  I have coppied the binaries, as well as built
> > > > > XGGI and the
> > > > > libraries supporting XGGI. I run XGGI like I would on a
> > > linux box...
> > > > >
> > > > > XGGI :1 -ac
> > > > >
> > > > > This works, and brings XGGI up, with a black background.
> > > > > From there, there is
> > > > > nothing.  If I try to put an xterm up (after setting DISPLAY
> > > > > to :1) it just
> > > > > hangs, and nothing happens.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone have experience with this?
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Brian
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > ---------------------------
> > > > >       \\|//   Brian Genisio
> > > > >       (o o)        genisiob@pilot.msu.edu
> > > > > ~~oOOo~(_)~oOOo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > ---------------------------
> > >       \\|//   Brian Genisio
> > >       (o o)        genisiob@pilot.msu.edu
> > > ~~oOOo~(_)~oOOo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> ---------------------------
>       \\|//   Brian Genisio
>       (o o)        genisiob@pilot.msu.edu
> ~~oOOo~(_)~oOOo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> 
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