20011010: : gempak installation

You need to ensure that your default X display is 8 bits before 
launching ntl.

Use the xdpyinfo command to verify your X display. It most likely
is currently set at 24 bits. The default display must be 8 bits.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport


>From: raghav raghav <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200110102306.f9AN6f127734

>
>hi,
>  on isuuing garp at command,(having bionary version
>installed on my systen),i get this and garp quits..
>give me a possible solution for this .
>
>G A R P - v2.1 starting...
>Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for
>"#e5e5e5e5e5e5"
>  Warning: keylist   is null
>           Cannnot set option menu default button
>  Warning: keylist   is null
>           Cannnot set option menu default button
>  Warning: keylist   is null
>           Cannnot set option menu default button
>  Warning: keylist   is null
>           Cannnot set option menu default button
>InitGempakColorMap:  Can't allocate Graphic colors.
>GarpInitialize:  GempakInit failed
>Main: Initialization failed.  Exiting
>
>on issuing ntl, i get this:
>tule% ntl
>Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "grey75"
>Resource File:  /usr/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/resource/Ntop
>Warning: 
>    Cannot parse default background color spec
>
>graphic, satellite, radar -- 33 95 20
>         Request total # of colors = 148
>X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer
>parameter out of range for operation)
>  Major opcode of failed request:  86
>(X_AllocColorCells)
>  Value in failed request:  0x0
>  Serial number of failed request:  339
>  Current serial number in output stream:  339
>so how can i get rid of these and make garp & ntl
>work..
>raghav
>
>
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