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xfree question: funny monitor dependant patterns
- To: <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: xfree question: funny monitor dependant patterns
- From: Neil Zanella <nzanella at cs dot mun dot ca>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 20:39:12 -0230 (NDT)
Hello,
I have one last xfree question. Under Linux I have to choose the X server
I am need so that it matches the hardware but under cygwin there is just
one executable called XWin.exe. How does it know what video card I have?I
I ask for the following reason: when I run the X server the background
does not look as nice as the windows 2k background: let me explain: I am
using SAMSUNG SyncMaster 700NF monitor (a flat CRT) with a 3dfx voodoo3
card. I see some funny wave like patterns behind the gray pattern when
I launch X Windows. These patterns are the same as those I see (and I
assume other users would see them too) when I click Start, Shutdown
(you need a fairly light background to see them and they only appear
after clicking Shutdown). How can we keep the patterns from showing up?
Thanks,
Neil