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Re: regarding the "Installation How_To Draft"
- To: Cygwin <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: regarding the "Installation How_To Draft"
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:23:51 -0400
- Cc: rmcgowan at veritas dot com
- References: <39BECED2.B1420427@veritas.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
I think you want to send this to cygwin-xfree.
Hopefully, DJ's setup doesn't need a "How To".
cgf
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 05:48:18PM -0700, Bob McGowan wrote:
>I just tried the setup, based on the copy of the how-to I printed
>yesterday, and had the following error when I tried to start the system:
>
> Direct Draw Init Failed
>
>I researched on the MS web pages and found the following support
>article, which you may want to reference in the how-to:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q261/4/50.ASP
>
>There appears to be a hardware/driver problem with cetain video cards
>based on the following
>chip sets:
>
> Cirrus Logic 54xx
> S3 Trio 32/64/64V+
> S3 Vision 864/964
> Trident TGUI 9440/9470
> Trident TVGA 8900/9000
>
>I am searching for upgrade info, specific to the Cirrus Logic video
>controller in my NEC, if you want that info also let me know.
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