XWin Server Error

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [ mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Christian
> Jonsson
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 5:23 AM
> To: Carlos Espinosa
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: XWin Server Error
> 
> 
> Is this related to DirectX? If so, isn't there a problem
> with DirectX and Win NT 4.0? I mean, does NT 4.0 support
> DirectX calls?
> 

Yes it does.  NT 4.0 SP 5 or 6 supports DirectX 3.0
and the XWIN server is backward compatible for DirectX 3.0.
The problem he is reporting could be because his video card vendor
drivers are either too old, do not use DirectX or not compatible
with DirectX... He needs to check with his video card vendor
for a the newer version of drivers if they have one which is
directx accelerated.

Suhaib

> /ChJ
> 
> > Carlos Espinosa wrote:
> > 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > 'am running Win NT 4.0 but i still get these errors just like in Win9x
> > as reported by some. 'need help, please.
> > 
> > error display as follows (when XWin runs):
> > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> > pwin->width = 00000500
> > pwin->height = 00000400
> > pwin->paddedWidth = 00000a00
> > pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000010
> > calling winAllocateFramebufferMemory
> > 
> > 'then a popup that sez Direct Draw Init Failed error=88760078
> > (unknown).
> > 
> > 'used the xfree86-4.0-xwin.tar.bz2, and xc-4-binaries.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > carlos