Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 21:28:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Min Huang (tunny)" <hmin@public.cq.sc.cn>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: color? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971013212647.3769G-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971008112744.1647A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Min Huang (tunny) wrote: > > > Hi,sir, > > > > % ico -faces -colors red blue -sleep 1 > > ico: can't allocate enough color planes > > > > What's the matter? > > This means that some program that uses a lot of color (Netscape et. al.) > is using up all the colors of your display. Either: > > 1. Exit color-hogging programs. > 2. Increase the number of colors your display can show, at the possible > expense of reduced desktop > > #2 requires some knowledge of your video hardware and of /etc/XF86Config. A third possible option could be to run it with a private color set (I believe -install is the option). I used to have to do this with netscape when I have some very pretty but very colorful fractals xv'd in my root window. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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