Windows95 trouble shooting:

Please go on if any of the following problems occurs:
1. The X-Server doesn't start
2. Message "demo.exe: can't open display, exiting..."
3. The dte-program doesn't build the menubar completely or the program seems to "hang"
4. The dte-program is displayed in rarely readable black ink on dark blue screen


1.
The X-Server requiers a TCP/IP-connection on your machine. Please read the following instructions and have a look at http://www.winfiles.com/howto/ppp.html. After that restart the X-Server!

[extract from http://www.winfiles.com/howto/ppp.html]
Step 1: Verify that Dial-up Networking is Installed
       Press the  button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the Windows Setup tab, then click on the
       Communications option and press Details.... Make sure that the Dial-up Networking option is selected. If it is, go on to step 2. If it isn't, select it and click OK. Windows 95 will attempt to install the needed drivers, so make sure you've got your installation disks or CD handy! Now that Dial-up Networking is installed, you can proceed to step 2.

Step 2: Verify that the Dial-up Adapter and TCP/IP Protocol are Installed
       Press the  button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. You'll see a dialog box like this. Make sure the
       Configuration tab is selected. Both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP should be present , then you're ready to proceed to step 3.
       To add the Dial-Up Adapter, hit the Add... button, double-click Adapter, then scroll down the list until you can select Microsoft. Choose the Dial-Up Adapter and  hit OK.
       If you need to install TCP/IP, hit the Add... button, double-click Protocol, then select Microsoft, then TCP/IP, and hit OK.
       Now your Network dialog box should contain both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP. Select the adapter, click Properties..., Bindings, and make sure the TCP/IP box is checked.

Step 3: done


2.
The DISPLAY-environment is not set. Please start the DTE-program always with "run.bat" do
  set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
manually


3.
This is a strange problem that occurs under Windows95 (not WindowsNT). The program does not really "hang"!
Solution: Try to press several times "ESC". If this didn't help, use the following trick. Open the window "Demo" from the taskbar (usually the colorful buttonbar at the bottom of your screen), so that this window lays over the DTE-program. Minimize (do not close it) this "Demo"-window again. If necessary repeat this step once or twice. Now the DTE-program should run again


4.
Close all other applications. If possible, run your machine with more than 256 Farben (e.g in High color mode).



Last update: 2.12.1998, Malte Rehbein