XWin -multiwindows problem

[Harold L Hunt II]

Terry,

Try changing the display depth on the problem machine from 32 bits to 
24, 16, or 15 bits.  In fact, try each one of those depths if the first 
one you try doesn't work.

Report your results to the mailing list please.

Harold

terry wrote:
> I have successfully setup a Win98se system with CygWin using 
> startxwin.bat from a download a couple of weeks ago (Perhaps if it had 
> been difficult, I would know better how to deal with this problem :>) ).
> 
> I am attempting to do the same on another system with almost identical 
> hardware, also using Win98se.  The significant difference between the 
> systems is that the successful system has a 19" monitor @1600x1200 while 
> the problem system has a 17" monitor @1024x768.  I have not modified 
> startxwin.bat, and everything works fine 'non-multiwindow'.  I cannot 
> determine how to deal with the error in the XWin log below.  Many thanks 
> for any help.
> 
> terry
> 
> 
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0
> (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
> InitOutput - Error reading config file
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows 95/98/Me
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000017
> InitOutput - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
> winSetEngine - Multi Window => ShadowGDI
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per 
> pixel
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - User w: 1024 h: 768
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Current w: 1024 h: 768
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 768 1024
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Taskbar is auto hide
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Found LEFT auto-hide taskbar
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 1 768 1024
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1023 h 768 r 1023 l 0 b 
> 768 t 0
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed -  Returning
> winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1023 height: 768 
> depth: 32
> winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Dibsection width: 1023 height: -768 depth: 32 
> size image: 3142656
> winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Shadow blit failure
> winFinishScreenInitFB - Could not allocate framebuffer
> winScreenInit - winFinishScreenInit () failed
> 
> Fatal server error:
> InitOutput - Couldn't add screen 0
>