X seems to run, but in wrong video mode

Andreas Eibach a.eibach@gmx.net
Thu Nov 30 15:04:00 GMT 2000


----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <Harold@compasstechnologies.com>
To: "'Andreas Eibach'" <a.eibach@gmx.net>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:45 PM
Subject: RE: X seems to run, but in wrong video mode


> It's not really outdated; the Test 7 release works by copying the X Server
> display to your Windows display at a rate of 15 frames per second,
utilizing
> between 5 and 25% of your CPU time even when your X Clients are idle.
[...]

Correct, but the main difference is that it *does* run in a window, not in
full screen like you wrote.
You seem to refer to the NT version in the docs, where it could be like
that, however, as a W9x user, I can't tell.

Andreas



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