Re: Gnome desktop changes colors when you start Adobe Acrobet Reader or Lyx
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 06:49:58AM +0000, hzi wrote:
> Hi-
>
> Has anyone experienced a kind of funny problem when you install the
> Acrobat Reader package?
> The problem's that, whenever the program's started, all the colors in
> the Gnome desktop change to bright hues. Reader's in dark green and
> blue, though. The colors flash when you move the cursor to inside the
> Reader window, and outside is normal again, but the Reader has borders
> in bright colors and grey on the inside.
> Everything is funtional, though, but it's a bother that I'd rather fix.
> The same exact thing happens with Lyx.
>
> Can anyone help?
> Thank you,
What color depth is your X server running at? Chances are this problem
will disappear if you run X at 16bpp or 32bpp (but not 24, 15, or 8
bpp). It's a colormap problem...
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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