Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:28:08 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: Cygwin Mailing List Cc: nzanella@cs.mun.ca Subject: Re: One last xfree question: funny monitor dependant patterns Message-ID: <20010416112808.H15438@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: Cygwin Mailing List , nzanella@cs.mun.ca References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from nzanella@cs.mun.ca on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:53:08AM -0230 THIS IS THE WRONG MAILING LIST FOR X QUESTIONS. cgf On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:53:08AM -0230, Neil Zanella wrote: >I have one last xfree question. Under Linux I have to choose the X >server I am need so that it matches the hardware but under cygwin there >is just one executable called XWin.exe. How does it know what video >card I have?I I ask for the following reason: when I run the X server >the background does not look as nice as the windows 2k background: let >me explain: I am using SAMSUNG SyncMaster 700NF monitor (a flat CRT) >with a 3dfx voodoo3 card. I see some funny wave like patterns behind >the gray pattern when I launch X Windows. These patterns are the same >as those I see (and I assume other users would see them too) when I >click Start, Shutdown (you need a fairly light background to see them >and they only appear after clicking Shutdown). How can we keep the >patterns from showing up? -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple