Hi Harold, I updated my display drivers, and the problem is fixed !
I cannot thank you enough ! Now I don't have to ask the system group to install expensive x-server on my PC, I have full control !! (and yet again the myth of "no support/help for free software" was shattered ... ) Thanks a million times .. Gal. Harold Hunt wrote: > Gal, > > > I'm trying to install xfree 4.0.2 on Win98/cygwin. > > Just a quick check before I delve into the details: you did mean _4.2.0_, > right? If you meant 4.0.2 then we probably can't help you :) > > > A more specific error message is given in > > the xwin.log file (attached). Also, the cygwin.out file > > (result of running 'cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out'). > > is attached. > > Thanks for supplying XWin.log, that really helped to diagnose the problem. > > I looked up DirectDraw error 8876024e, which is named: > DDERR_UNSUPPORTEDMODE. > > Basically I'm going to guess that your video card drivers are not very > cooperative with DirectDraw. The most likely solution would be to try > upgrading your video drivers and make sure that you have DirectX 8.1 > installed. Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ to upgrade DirectX 8.1 > (and to get lots of other Windows bug fixes, etc.). > > Let us know if new drivers fix the problem. > > Harold
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