DirectX based X Server (coming soon...)

[kdmurthy at vsnl dot com]

Greetings,

Currently, I am working on DirectX based XServer for Windows. The server
is functional - the current status is as follows:

a. Based on X11R6.4 source tree from x.org.
b. I used VC 6 and should be moving to cygwin soon. Ofcourse, the server
will be GPLed.
c. Server works perfectly well using fvwm/twm window managers. With kwm
(KDE) - the window manager hangs sometimes. This is a reproducable bug
and I will explain it below.
d. 24bit mode is still not supported - I need some help in understanding
how I can use cfb32 with 24 bit mode.
e. X -query <host> works with Linux boxes, but does not work with
Solaris.

For porting the server to cygwin, I need to know the porting status of
X11R6.4 (XServer) directory. Could anyone please enligthen me. The code
is based on Xvfb server (which incidentally get compiled with VC-6).

I should be announcing the release of the server once it stabilises a
little bit more.

Bugs
----

1. KWM - this happens when I use the default theme which comes along
with Corel Linux. I start gimp->script-fu->misc->sphere. OK. The sphere
is displayed. When I close the window, the confirmation dialog is
displayed. When I click OK, the confirmation dialog-box hangs. The
dialog is cleared, but the window does not go away. Killing kwm (with
-HUP) gives X_GetProperty not implimented by server messages from kwm.
Seems kwm thinks that the window still exists, but the server does not
have the window. When I kill kwm, the server becomes active again. I can
start kwm and start using the system.
If I use any other theme, except for the default the server works fine.

2. X -query <host>
<dump>
On the solaris server log, the following message appears:
/usr/openwin/bin/xset:  bad font path element (#37), possible causes
are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax
/usr/openwin/bin/xset:  bad font path element (#37), possible causes
are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax

Wed Dec 29 04:16:06 1999
error (pid 26573): display 172.16.10.8:0 could not be initialized,
server may be grabbed.
</dump>

Any help in this regard will be appreciated.


Regards
KD