Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 03:32:59 -0800 From: brian@worldcontrol.com To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@inter-linc.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rxvt: can't load color "darkslateblue" ; 16 bit depth Message-ID: <19980210033259.62112@top.worldcontrol.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980209074533.cdillon@inter-linc.net>; from Chris Dillon on Mon, Feb 09, 1998 at 07:44:04AM -0600 References: <19980209002408.02309@top.worldcontrol.com> <XFMail.980209074533.cdillon@inter-linc.net>
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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? -- Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe current" in the body of the message
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