Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:23:48 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.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: <19971008172348.22454@gaffaneys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971008112744.1647A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 11:29:45AM -0700 References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.971008234815.10600A@public.cq.sc.cn> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971008112744.1647A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 11:29:45AM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > % 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: I use a 32-bit display (card won't do 24-bit "packed" color), and I get the same message. There are far too many X programs that do not know how to deal with anything more than 8-bit color. -- Zach Heilig We know you are a good friend, but we have to charge you for our services just like our other customers. Actually, we don't like charging our friends, but we did a study of our clientel and discovered none of our enemies do business with us. [seen in a lawyers office].
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