Problems with Dell Laptop

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> Hi, 
> 
> I have tried to run XFree86 for Cygwin on my Dell Latitude Cp 
> laptop (P233,
> 64MB RAM), with NT4.0-SP6 installed. I use a PS/2 mouse 
> connected to the
> docking station (and the built-in touchpad when I am on the 
> move). When I
> start Xfree with startxwin.bat I get a error message in a dialog box:
> 
> 	SetDataFormat(SysMouse, dfDIMouse)
> 	Error = 80070057(DI_ERR_INVALIDPARAM)
> 
> And then the X-server start, but my mouse still controls the Windows
> environment, and I can't move the cursor in X.


edit the starxwin.bat and run at a lower resolution for example
600x800x8.


> 
> Has anyone seen this problem and found a solution for it? 

Yes, and few users and was discussed a few times on this mailing list.
A search on mail archivs may have given you an quick answer.

Suhaib

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Christian Lundh
>