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John, If your X server is running in 24 bit mode, it must be changed to 8 bit. (see the output from xdpyinfo). If you are running in 8 bit mode, make sure you launch garp with "ntl" running. Ntl will ensure that you have enough colors allocated. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: "John C. Nordlie" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200102142135.f1ELZwL17302 >Hi. > I'm trying to run GARP from our Sun Ultra-60 (Sunos 5.5.1) via >an X terminal session from a FreeBSD 4.2 box running X11. Here's the >error I get: > > flood% garp > G A R P - v2.1 starting... > InitGempakColorMap: Can't allocate Graphic colors. > GarpInitialize: GempakInit failed > Main: Initialization failed. Exiting > flood% > > >========================================================================= >==)---------- | ----------(== >John Nordlie N0RNB | Regional Weather Information Center >address@hidden | University of North Dakota >701-777-6112 / 701-777-3888 fax | PO Box 9007, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9007 >http://people.aero.und.edu/~nordlie/ > | > C Program. | "If you ask me, most sports would > C Program Run. | benefit from an infusion of rocketry." > Run, Dammit, Run! | -- Jason Fox, 'Foxtrot' >==)---------- #include <std.disclaimer.h> ----------(== >========================================================================= >