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Talbot Brooks <address@hidden> asked: > <Question> > >ntl > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Menu-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" > ResourceFile: /huser/gempak/resource/Ntop > graphic,satellite,radar --33 95 20 > Request total # of colors = 148 > X Error of failed request: 86(X_AllocColorCells) > Value in failed request: 0x0 > Serial number of failed request: 349 > Current serial number in output stream: 349 > > > > The offending box is a Dell OptiPlex GX110 with Linux RedHat 7.0 (installed > by Dell). I've set the resolution to 1024. > > Can you help me get this running for these guys? I'm new to Linux and > Gempak, so explicit instruction would be helpful if available. > </Question> Talbot, GEMPAK requires that you use an 8 bit (pseudocolor) visual as the default visual. Your output above appears to show that you are running with a 24 bit (TrueColor) visual. To check your X display, you can use the "xdpyinfo" program. You should be able to configure your display preferences using the linuxconfig or kdmconfig utility. Also from our support archives regarding starting the X server: <snip> For users starting X from the command line using a command like startx or kde, the simple answer is to append two dashes followed by a space, a dash, and then the desired color depth to the end of the command line. For example: startx -- -bpp 8 will set the color depth to 8 bit. The command: startx -- -bpp 16 will set it to 16 bit Note that the next time X is started (assuming that no arguments are given), the defaul color depth will once again be used. To change the default color depth at which X is started, check for occurances of the "DefaultColorDepth" keyword in the XF86Config file (usually stored in /etc or /etc/X11) and change the number following the keyword to the depth desired. Be sure to chance all occurances of the keyword in the file. Source: http://www.linux.about.com/compute/linux/library/weekly/aa110899q-a.htm From Cristina Lozej <address@hidden> </snip> Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303)497-8644 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ****************************************************************************