RE: Back Creation Failed

[Pieter-Bas IJdens <spam at monad dot freeserve dot co dot uk>]

Hi,

Only three reboots but I now have the newest drivers but still the same 
result. It won't budge but is very consistent with its error messages.

Still fully confident this can be solved,

   Pieter-Bas

At 10:46 21-12-2000 -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
>Get the latest drivers for your video card.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pieter-Bas IJdens [mailto:spam@monad.freeserve.co.uk]
>Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 10:42 AM
>To: Harold Hunt
>Cc: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
>Subject: RE: Back Creation Failed
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Same result I am afraid.
>
>(console out if it helps...)
>
>$ XWin.exe -screen 0 640x480x8 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
>_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
>pwin->width = 00000280
>pwin->height = 000001e0
>pwin->paddedWidth = 00000280
>pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000008
>calling winAllocateFramebufferMemory
>
>(same when I do not specify black and white pixel)
>
>    Pieter-Bas
>
>At 09:55 21-12-2000 -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
> >Try -screen 0 640x480x8
> >
> >Harold
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Pieter-Bas IJdens [mailto:spam@monad.freeserve.co.uk]
> >Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 9:49 AM
> >To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> >Subject: RE: Back Creation Failed
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Thanks for the quick reply. It does not really help me though. The batch
> >file I use does specify screen 0 for me already.
> >
> >Tweaking the other parameters does not really help me very much (I did
> >manage to crash it with messing up the palette though for 1280x1024x24 ! :)
> >)
> >
> >Must the parameters be the same as the ones I am now using for WinNT?
> >When I specify the resolution I am using:
> >
> >    XWin.exe -screen 0 1280x1024x32 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> >
> >I get exactly the same error.
> >
> >     Back Creation Failed
> >     887601b3
> >
> >Maybe I misunderstand the docs?
> >
> >    Pieter-Bas
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >At 08:48 21-12-2000 -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
> >Read:
> >
> >http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/docs/ug/c296.html
> >http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/docs/ug/cygwin-configure-options.html
> >
> >Harold
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Pieter-Bas IJdens [mailto:spam@monad.freeserve.co.uk]
> >Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:45 AM
> >To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> >Subject: Back Creation Failed
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Today I downloaded and installed the latest binaries of the XFree86 stuff
> >for cygwin and whenever I try to start it I get the following message (also
> >with startwin from a command (not bash) prompt)
> >
> >     Back Creation Failed
> >     887601b3
> >
> >Configuration:
> >     Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with SP1 applied.
> >     ATI Rage 128 GL SG AGP with 16M memory
> >
> >I browsed through the list archives and the FAQ but I could not find the
> >answer to my problem there. Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >     Pieter-Bas
> >
> >--
> >On the box it said "Install Windows 98 or better", so I installed Linux
> >--
> >On the box it said "Install Windows 98 or better", so I installed Linux
>
>--
>On the box it said "Install Windows 98 or better", so I installed Linux

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On the box it said "Install Windows 98 or better", so I installed Linux