Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:36:40 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: chan <chanfs@phreaker.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: error running GIMP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990418213443.11384b-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <371A83E5.1F4E93D4@phreaker.net>
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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, chan wrote: > Hi > > I got the error below when I run gimp: > > $ gimp & > $ Unable to allocate sufficient colormap entries. > Try exiting other color intensive applications. > Unable to allocate sufficient colormap entries. > Try exiting other color intensive applications. > GIMP cannot get enough colormaps to boot. > Try exiting other color intensive applications. > Also try enabling the (install-colormap) option in gimprc. > > I'm using FBSD3.1 and Gimp 1.0.2, S3 Trio64V2/DX(86C775) VGA adaptor. > > Can anyone help me out on this?? You want to: backup /etc/XF86config run XF86Setup tell it to use higher color depth, 16, 24 or 32bpp, gimp probably doesn't work well in 256 color mode save configuration and restart X. pay particular attention to the output of "startx", sometimes it's very useful. -Alfred > > Chan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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