Re: Can not allocate colormap

[Johann Spies <jhspies@adept.co.za>]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:49:24AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:43:59PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> > I get the following message when I run gvim or gv (maybe other
> > applications also) on gnome (slink version):
> > 
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray71"
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite3"
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite2"
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite4"
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray78"
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray85"
> > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#D3B5B5"
> 
>     files=`ps aux | grep netscape | grep -v grep`
>     for i in $files
>     do
>         kill -9 $i
>     done
> 
>     Or start netscape with the -install option. ;-)

I can not see how that can rectify the situation.  I get this problem
without netscape or any other colour intensive application running.

Johann

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