RE: Getting New XServers to Work

[jonathan at monosys dot com (Jonathan Sambrook)]

{ RE: Getting New XServers to Work
{ To: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <syjef at mail dot mdanderson dot org> 
{ Subject: RE: Getting New XServers to Work 
{ From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com> 
{ Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 14:49:05 -0400 
{ Cc: "Cygwin-Xfree at Sourceware dot Cygnus. Com" <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com> 
{ 
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{ 
{ 
{ 
{ > >
{ > NT-4.0 SP5.  AFAIK this includes DirectX3.  When I run
{ > startxwin.bat I get a
{ > pop-up saying
{ 
{ You may have to upgrade to SP6a.  Upto SP5 DirectInput was
{ almost not supported,
{ thought is still very lousey on SP6a.  You may have a little bit
{ better luck with SP6a.
{ 
{ 
{ >
{ > Acquire Keyboard
{ >
{ > Error=800700005(DIERR_OTHERAPPHASPRIO)
{ >
{ > and the XWin exe returns:
{ >
{ > scheduling timer: Invalid argument
{ > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
{ > pwin->width = 00000500
{ > pwint->height = 00000400
{ > pwin->paddedWidth = 00000a00
{ > pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000010
{ > calling winAllocateFramebufferMemory
{ > calling cfb16ScreenInit( 0a04fca0, 0sd50000, 0000500, 00000400, 00000064,
{ > 00000064, 00000500 )
{ > Successful addition of Screen 0xa041df4 0xa04fca0
{ > error opening security policy file
{ > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xerver/SecurityPolicy
{ >
{ > After that it dumps core.
{ 
{ That is because DirectX/DirectInput is the problem and it is causing server
{ to crash.

Hmmn... I've just solved an identical symptom. Disabling the Tweak UI 'Activation follows
mouse (X-Mouse)' registry hack got rid of the problem. 

Now if I could only stop the bally Windows key from killing the X server and xfce from
doing multiple spawns of itself and xfwm...

BTW, great kudos to the developers :)

Eeep eep,
Jonathan
--
Jonathan Sambrook
NT s/w eng
Monotype Systems Ltd.
UK

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