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Xserver binaries updated
- To: "Cygwin-Xfree at Sourceware dot Cygnus. Com" <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Xserver binaries updated
- From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at InspirePharm dot Com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:52:01 -0500
I have uploaded the updated binary archive of X-server binary. The name of
the archive is
xfddx_x_server_binary.tar.bz2, at
ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/xfree
The server binaries are still at Beta version.
There are some known issues.
1) Display on Windows 2000 does not work properly. Peter is working on
fixing the
ntaux_aux.dll.
2) maptest.exe to test frame buffer crashes on some Windows Nt 4.0. It
works on
Windows 2000.
3) sometimes the xvfb X server can't open or use the rgb.txt file. If so it
displays arbitrary
colors on the desktop. To avoid this, start the xvfb with command line
options including the -blackpixel and -whitepixel parameters ( example
./xvfb -ac -pixdepths 8 -screeen 0 1280x1024x8 -blackpixel 0 -whitepixel
255 ).
4) since xvfb is currently output-only, any cursor shape changes which are
not
initiated by an explicit request (as a result from XDefineCursor call are
due to
Win2K / NT cursor handling. The appearance of the wait cursor (clock symbol)
means that something in the system is in a busy state. This may happen if a
DirectDraw window exists on the screen, waiting for exclusive surface
access.
5) The cursor and display problem is perhaps due to DirectX on Windows 2000
because vendor supplied drivers on Win2K use DirectX 7.1.
Suhaib