severity 163935 important retitle 163935 xdm: won't start at depth 8 because debian.xpm exhausts colormap tag 163935 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 12:40:10PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Package: xdm > Version: 4.2.1-1 > > Thanks for 4.2!! > > Problem with starting xdm (it wouldn't). I've traced it down to the > following: > > polya:~ $ sxpm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debian.xpm > Read Xpm Error: Failed to parse or alloc some color. > > I'm on an 8-bit display, which probably has a lot to do with it. Hmph. xdm shouldn't refuse to start just because it can't allocate enough colors for a silly cosmetic pixmap. Are you *sure* that colormap exhaustion is the culprit? What happens if you apply the following patch to /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources? --- Xresources~ 2002-10-09 12:39:16.000000000 -0500 +++ Xresources 2002-10-09 12:39:39.000000000 -0500 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ xlogin*promptFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-105-iso8859-1 xlogin*failFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-105-iso8859-1 #if PLANES >= 8 -xlogin*logoFileName: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debian.xpm +xlogin*logoFileName: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debianbw.xpm #else xlogin*logoFileName: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debianbw.xpm #endif -- G. Branden Robinson | One man's theology is another man's Debian GNU/Linux | belly laugh. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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