Xserver crashes

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> I'm using Windows 2000 and installed all files from the current
> xc-4-binaries
> directory (version 17.7.00).
> I've updated the cygwin1.dll to the current snapshot (22.7.00).
>
> After I started the XServer with "xwin :0", I get some console messages:

Did you try startiung using startxwin.bat from a DOS shell or startx from a
bsash shell?

> _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
>
> and an Windows Popup-Window with the following error message:
> "Direct Draw Init Failed
>  Error = 80004001 (DIERR_UNSUPPORTED)"
>
> The files rgb.txt, XErrorDB and XKeysymDB are located in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
> (where they should be after extracting the xc-4 binaries).

It is not finding one of the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11.
Use startxwin.bat from a DOS shell and see if it still crashes
at you.

Suhaib

>
> When I start dxdiag.exe from the Windows directory, I get the
> information
> that I've installed DirectX 7.0 (delivered with W2K).
> I get the problem with 8, 16 and 24bit color-depth.
>
> Why does the XServer crashes?
>
> Thanks,
>
>   H. Schaefer