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RE: Problems with Dell Laptop
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: Problems with Dell Laptop
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:52:10 -0500
> 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
>