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To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@inter-linc.net>
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Subject: Re: rxvt: can't load color "darkslateblue" ; 16 bit depth
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> On 09-Feb-98 brian@worldcontrol.com wrote:
> >I'm running -current.  After working on my laptop for some time, I 
> >find that I can't create any more rxvt windows.
> >
> >Specifically I get:
> >
> >brian@top>rxvt
> >rxvt: can't load color "darkslateblue"
> >rxvt: can't load color "White"
> >rxvt: aborting
> >
> >I found in /var/log/messages that apparently some other process has
> >had similar complaints:
> >
> >Warning: Color name "black" is not defined
> >Warning: Color name "Black" is not defined
> >
> >If I reboot the systems, the problem is gone, and then comes back later.
> >
> >What is happening?  

On %M %N, Chris Dillon <cdillon@inter-linc.net> wrote:
> Nothing is wrong, really.  If you are using an 8-bit color depth (256 colors)
> not all applications can get the colors they want, and must share amongst what
> is available.  Use a 16-bit or 24-bit color depth and those messages will
> disappear (not to mention everything will just generally look better).

Thanks for the pointer, sadly, I'm running 16-bit depth:

xwininfo: Window id: 0x26 (the root window) (has no name)
  Absolute upper-left X:  0
  Absolute upper-left Y:  0
  Relative upper-left X:  0
  Relative upper-left Y:  0
  Width: 1024
  Height: 768
  Depth: 16
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x23 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +0+0  -0+0  -0-0  +0-0
  -geometry 1024x768+0+0

Any other ideas?

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Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com>

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