Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2000)

["Francis VIVAT" <francis dot vivat at cetp dot ipsl dot fr>]

Yes.

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----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Harold Hunt" <Harold@compasstechnologies.com>
À : "'Francis VIVAT'" <francis.vivat@cetp.ipsl.fr>; "Cygx (E-mail)"
<cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Envoyé : vendredi 27 octobre 2000 19:10
Objet : RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2000)


> Was that last line "cannot load xf_dx.dll" an error message?
>
> Harold
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francis VIVAT [mailto:francis.vivat@cetp.ipsl.fr]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 1:13 PM
> To: Harold Hunt; Cygx (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x &
> NT/2000)
>
>
> Hi,
>
> NT4 FR SP6 / Nvidia TNT2 M64 / French Keyboard
> DELL Optiplex GX1p
>
> $ XWin.exe -screen 0 640x480x16
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> Desired pwin->width = 00000280
> Desired pwin->height = 000001e0
> Desired pwin->paddedWidth = 00000500
> Desired pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000010
> cannot load xf_dx.dll
>
> :-(
>
> With original one, it worked for me (except for the keyboard mapping)
>
> CU
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> ----- Message d'origine -----
> De : "Harold Hunt" <Harold@compasstechnologies.com>
> À : "Cygx (E-mail)" <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
> Envoyé : jeudi 26 octobre 2000 19:57
> Objet : [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2000)
>
>
> > You can download a test replacement for XWin.exe and xf_dx.dll from one of
> > the following:
> > http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2
> > ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/test
> >
> > I would download from MSU, as it's nice and fast; plus, my tuition should
> be
> > good for something, eh?  :)
> >
> > Before you extract, be sure to backup your original XWin.exe and xf_dx.dll
> > files.
> >
> > Extract the test archive like so:
> > cp OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2 /usr/X11R6/bin
> > cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> > mv XWin.exe XWin.orig.exe
> > mv xf_dx.dll xf_dx.orig.dll
> > bunzip2 OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2
> > tar -xf OverlayAndNoDITest.tar
> >
> > Edit your /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat file to contain the following line,
> > where %WIDTH% is the desired window width, %HEIGHT% is the desired window
> > height, and %DEPTH% is your current display depth, in bits (not the number
> > of colors, e.g. 16 bits instead of 65536 colors or 8 bits instead of 256
> > colors):
> > start XWin -screen 0 %WIDTH%x%HEIGHT%x%DEPTH%
> >
> > An example configuration would be like follows:
> > start XWin -screen 0 640x480x16
> >
> > Unfortunately, overlays must be allocated in video memory in addition to
> the
> > video memory required for your current display resolution and depth.  Your
> > window size should require no more video memory than you currently have
> > free, so be sure to start off with small window sizes to ensure success.
> > Try decreasing your current display depth if you cannot get XWin to start
> > (don't forget to keep the depth in your startxwin.bat file in synch with
> > your current display depth).
> >
> > Feedback:
> > Please post to the list if the test works for you (include your OS,
> > language).
> > Please post to the list if the test does not work for you (include your
> OS,
> > video card info, and language).
> > Please post your suggestions to the list.
> > Please try not to be overly critical, as this is just a test :)
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> > Harold
> >
> >
>