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Re: Problem with xfree on Win 2000
- To: "Andi Anderson" <AAnderson at HealthMarket dot com>
- Subject: Re: Problem with xfree on Win 2000
- From: "Andreas Eibach" <a dot eibach at gmx dot net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 00:01:23 +0100
- Cc: <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <55AEF4D622F8D3118B5D00508BCF36D668A635@HMINTEXCHANGE>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andi Anderson" <AAnderson@HealthMarket.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 7:35 PM
Subject: Problem with xfree on Win 2000
> I am running B20 cygwin on a windows 2000 pc when I try to start x I get
the
> error
ARGH
...
Hey it's the year 2001 now btw ;)
> "Direct Draw Init Failed
>
> Error = 80004001( DIERR_UNSUPPORTED)"
>
> What should I do?
Upgrade to a recent Cygwin version.
(current is 1.1.7)
Ah ... As a B20 user, you might not know that the new setup.exe is a kinda
smart download manager for cygwin.
You don't have to download everything by hand, just start setup.exe (GUI!)
and select what you want and what not.
andreas