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RE: Windows Me user help


Your window is set to 8bps display.  This has been discussed several times
on the list.  You need to change your windows display to match the
resolution you want to use for xwin.  For now 8 bps is buggy in 4.1.0
released binary version.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: impac-tec [mailto:impac-tec@uol.com.br]
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 1:08 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Windows Me user help
> 
> Hello
> 
> I would like to use Cygwin anx Xfree86 to acesss my Linux computer, and
> using then on my second computer running windows.
> 
> The step-by-step instruction is great for the cygwin and xfree86 install,
> but after the install step I don't found too much information on how to
> configure Xfre86 and also to connect to a remote linux on the same
> step-by-step way.
> 
> I follow all installation procedures step by step, of cgiwin and
> apparently
> cygwin is running well ( I don't know exactly how to test, but all b2zip
> and
> tar  command to opens Xfrre86 works as prewied).
> 
> After that I try to run startxwin , and the system tell-me that a
> cygwin1.dll cannot  be found, I put a dos patch to the directory where
> this
> dll are , and the message does not occur any more.
> 
> After that I try again to start the startxwin but nothing happen.
> 
> After that I try to change startxwin for the following
> 
> @echo off
> SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\X11R6\bin;\cygwin\bin;\cygwin\usr\bin
> start XWin -screen 0 800x600x32
> start /B twm
> 
> At this time a graphic screen similar to when xfre86 is initialing appear
> on
> my windows
> 
> And another window called xwin appear with the following message
> 
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows 95/98/Me
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 00000007
> winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 800 height 600
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff RGB 8 d 32
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning
> error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
> from list
> 
> 
> My question is, what am I doing wrong?
> 
> How can I know that my xfree86 installation is running, have any test
> program ?
> 
> I need to do some thing on the Linux Machine to have access to her
> Xterminal
> via my window computer?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Saci
> 
> 
> 
> 


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