Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 08:09:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Branson Matheson <branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> To: abseil@thehub.com.au (Greg Laslett) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: Netscape Message-ID: <199605241209.IAA12828@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <01BB49B9.5CF8B080@dd04.thehub.com.au> from "Greg Laslett" at May 24, 96 09:25:55 pm
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> > > I recently downloaded netscape 3 from bsd(Install script) & > netscape(the ....tar.z). When I run netscape.sh I get about > 15 messages like: This means that you do not have the colors available for whatever reason... usually another color hogg running at the same time.. things like xearth, xgal or any other application that may be using all your colors which, if I remember your other letter, means that possibly you are running in the 16 color mode. This would be a good time to look at some of the doc files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc. > As a result the server does weird color changes when I move in/out > of the netscape windows and gives an unreadable error on startup. This is just the program using it's own color map and switching as you move in and out of that window.. it is not a problem and on systems without room for lots of colors, it allows you to use all 256 for each program. -- ======================================================================== branson matheson | branson@widomaker.com Ferguson SysAdmin | http://widomaker.com/~branson
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