Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:16:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> Cc: Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape hoggin' up all my colors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908302214440.6392-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <37CB512B.A858087C@charm.net>
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Dutch Collins wrote: > Doug wrote: > > > > I'm using X 3.3.4 in 16 bpp and KDE 1.1.1 and trying to start some > > openwin apps on our sun boxes here at work. If I don't have netscape > > running I can get the apps in full, living color on my local desktop. If I > > do have netscape running I get lots of: > > > > Error: Unable to allocate control colors for colormap segment > > > > errors, and the colors for the sun apps are all scrambled to the point of > > being unusable. > > > > Someone at work said that there is a way to get netscape not to > > hog all the colors, but I can't find the option. I tried -install, but > > that was a major disaster. Interestingly, if I start a sun X app first, > > then start netscape they play nicely together, so I know it's possible. > > Obviously I could just always do it in that order, but if there is a way > > to get netscape to always share the colormap with a setting I'd prefer > > that. > > > > Any help appreciated, > > > > Doug > > -- > > "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' She said, 'you're too young a man > > to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even > > crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" > > > > - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" > > This problem has been driving me crazy. If I load gimp first, communicator 4.61 > second, all is normal. Reverse and gimp has weird colors for the KDE vt, and > gimp's windows. I have a diamond speedstar64/2000 1meg and a plain 486/100 > proc & mb. I have gotten this far. > > http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/4.61/relnotes/windows-4.61.html#unix > > In short, netscape does some color swapping, I think, I just got to this > page. good luck. I'm _pretty_ sure you guys are stuck in "8bit pseudo color" mode where there can only be 256 colors on the screen at one time, both of you should re-check that you are indeed at 16 bit color mode. You may want to try the graphical version of XFree86's setup, I've found it to be much easier to manage. good luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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