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RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Shadow Framebuffer Test 3
- To: Cygwin-Xfree <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Shadow Framebuffer Test 3
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:24:59 -0500
The access violation coredump happens sometimes, if DLLs are not in PATH.
Did you try executing from /usr/X11R6/bin?
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Wright [mailto:kevin@wright.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:51 PM
> To: Cygwin-Xfree
> Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Shadow Framebuffer Test 3
>
>
> Harold,
>
> Just wanted to report a "me too" wrt the latest XWin.exe.
>
> winCreateB... () - Adjusted width: 800 height: 600
> winScreenInit () - Allocating shadow fb failed
> error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> 0 [main] XWin 619 handle_exceptions: Exception:
> STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
> 1737 [main] XWin 619 stackdump: Dumping stack trace to
> XWin.exe.stackdump
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> I also have a DELL Latitude (mine is a CPx which means it has an ATI
> video card). I do have the latest video drivers. I'll try to see
> if I can debug the problem and send more information.
>
> --Kevin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Lundh
> > Christian
> > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:01 AM
> > To: CygX (E-mail)
> > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Shadow Framebuffer Test 3
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Tried to run the new Test 3 release on my Win NT4.0SP6 PC
> (Dell Latitude
> > Laptop). I have earlier used your Test 7 release, which
> actually worked
> > pretty OK. I decided to test the new version today. However
> it failed on
> > startup.
> >
> > I got the following message from the server:
> >
> > winCreateB... () - Adjusted width: 700 height: 500
> > winScreenInit () - Allocating shadow fb failed
> >
> > And then it crashes with a stackdump.
> >
> > I have tried both my previous settings with 800x600x16 (My
> Windows display
> > is 1024x768x16) and a lower resolution with 700x500x8 and
> 700x500x16. I
> > still get the same message when starting. Any idea what
> might cause this
> > problem?
> >
> > (Sorry about the vague error description, but I am a little
> tight on time
> > here. If more information is needed, please let me know)
> >
> > /Christian Lundh
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:36 AM
> > To: Cygx (E-mail)
> > Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Shadow Framebuffer Test 3
> >
> >
> > The mouse wheel was only scrolling once every other turn.
> I fixed it so
> > that it scrolls with every turn.
> >
> > http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/shadow/
> >
> > Harold
> >
>