batting .500 on xfree86-4.0 install

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> Runnining startxwin.bat on my second box brings up a black screen with a
> popup error box:
>
>           Back creation failed
>      Error = 887601b3(unknown error)
>                  [OK]
>
> Click "OK" and you get a second error message:
>
>           Direct Draw Init Failed
>       Error = 887601b3(unknown error)
>                  [OK]
>
>
> What the heck does "Back creation failed" mean??  Anyway?


I am not a DirectX expert... Peter did most of the DirectX coding...
Is not Back creation refers to one of the surfaces?

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>
> This makes me think the real problem here is that "back creation" thingy.
> But now I'm stumped.
>
> Thx for your efforts!  I'm not complaining.  Just reporting!!


Try the XWin-Win9x-Me.tar.bz2, and replace the xwin.exe in /usr/X11R6/bin
with the one in the archive.  It would not work on Win9x/Me, but might
work better for Win2K/NT

Suhaib

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