SUMMARY colormap problem with Networker GUI

From: James Anderson <anderson_at_ocaxp1.cc.oberlin.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:34:20 -0500 (EST)

The question:

 
 
 I'm having a color map problem with the networker gui. I'm trying to
 display it from a 4000 running DU 4.0b to a vms box. I get the following
 error:
 
 bravo:anderson: Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#845a4f"
 Warning:
     Cannot parse default background color spec
 
 Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#2d5b62"
 
 Most colors are ok execpt for some on the pull down menus. Any advice?
 
 Jim
 
The answer:

>
> One of these things might be happening:
> - the Xserver on the VMS box has no colormap entries free in its
> colormap
> - the Xserver on the VMS box has no mapping for the hex value of the
> specified color to be allocated
>
> I can't believe the latter, unless you are running in some funky
> limited color mode, so the former is probably the reason. I'd close
> other color intensive applications (like netscape, for example) then
> rerun.
>
> There is a freeware x client called xcmap which shows the colormap
> entries/free cells of the Xserver colormap, just in case you are
> curious.
>


That was it. I exited netscape and the colormap problems were solved.
Tried running xcmap but it never came back with any info.

Thanks to:

> Paul Henderson email: henderson_at_unx.dec.com

Jim

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