RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x & NT/2 000)

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

Harold,
I do not have access Win98/Me PC at work.  But will test tonight at home and
will let you know.

Thanks
Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:Harold@compasstechnologies.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 4:26 PM
> To: Cygx (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x &
> NT/2 000)
>
>
> Hasn't anybody tried the test release yet?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:Harold@compasstechnologies.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 1:57 PM
> To: Cygx (E-mail)
> Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No Direct Input Test (Win9x &
> NT/2000)
>
>
> You can download a test replacement for XWin.exe and
> xf_dx.dll from one of
> the following:
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/test
>
> I would download from MSU, as it's nice and fast; plus, my
> tuition should be
> good for something, eh?  :)
>
> Before you extract, be sure to backup your original XWin.exe
> and xf_dx.dll
> files.
>
> Extract the test archive like so:
> cp OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2 /usr/X11R6/bin
> cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> mv XWin.exe XWin.orig.exe
> mv xf_dx.dll xf_dx.orig.dll
> bunzip2 OverlayAndNoDITest.tar.bz2
> tar -xf OverlayAndNoDITest.tar
>
> Edit your /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat file to contain the
> following line,
> where %WIDTH% is the desired window width, %HEIGHT% is the
> desired window
> height, and %DEPTH% is your current display depth, in bits
> (not the number
> of colors, e.g. 16 bits instead of 65536 colors or 8 bits
> instead of 256
> colors):
> start XWin -screen 0 %WIDTH%x%HEIGHT%x%DEPTH%
>
> An example configuration would be like follows:
> start XWin -screen 0 640x480x16
>
> Unfortunately, overlays must be allocated in video memory in
> addition to the
> video memory required for your current display resolution and
> depth.  Your
> window size should require no more video memory than you
> currently have
> free, so be sure to start off with small window sizes to
> ensure success.
> Try decreasing your current display depth if you cannot get
> XWin to start
> (don't forget to keep the depth in your startxwin.bat file in
> synch with
> your current display depth).
>
> Feedback:
> Please post to the list if the test works for you (include your OS,
> language).
> Please post to the list if the test does not work for you
> (include your OS,
> video card info, and language).
> Please post your suggestions to the list.
> Please try not to be overly critical, as this is just a test :)
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Harold
>