Bug#384080: marked as done (Tk may not work without rgb-symlink)
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Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.0.22
Severity: important
I've installed Debian testing on my machine a few days ago and recognized that
tk and perl-tk don't work:
estel@box ~ $ wish; echo
Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk applicationunknown color
name "Black"
%
estel@box ~ $
At last I checked my xorg log file and there were these lines:
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/lib/X11/rgb'
So a simple symlink solves the problem.
Originally I've sent a bug report to the perl-tk maintainer, so you're maybe
also interested in reading that bug report
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383018).
I've sent this bug report also to the maintainer of Tk, because I'm not
really sure, whether this is a Tk or a xorg bug.
--Michael
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On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 09:33 +0200, Michael Hartmann wrote:
> Things work still fine without RgbPath line in xorg.conf and symlink.
>
> I'm not using a xorg.conf generated by Debian, because it doesn't work on my
> pc, so I just use the knoppix generated xorg.conf.
>
> When reporting this I forgot to check that with a debian generated xorg.conf.
> In fact I was just happy that perl-tk works fine again and reported this to
> you and to the tk8.4 maintainer in hope that it is useful.
>
> So if there is no RgbPath line in the Debian generated xorg.conf file, you
> propably can close this bug report.
Thanks, closing per submitter.
> However, I still don't understand why just tk had that problems.
Sounds like it's one of the very few things that still require the RGB
database.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com
Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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