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July 24, 2003

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[Info] Starting WinVICE, you get an error "Cannot lock temporary surface: Access to surface refused (no DCI provider)"

The information in this article applies to the following versions of VICE:

SYMPTOMS

When trying to start an emulator, you get the error message "Cannot lock temporary surface: Access to surface refused (no DCI provider)".

CAUSE

For WinVICE to be able to display all colors, it needs at least graphic modes with at least 16 bits. When run with less than 16 bit color depth, the aforementioned error message appears.

SOLUTION

Change your color depth to at least 16 bit (65536 colors); we recommand 24 bit (16 million collors) or 32 bit.

STATUS

This document is for information purpose only. The behaviour reported is intentional in the VICE versions listed at the beginning of this article.

REVISION

Last Reviewed: July 24, 2003

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