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Re: 20020110: Gempak5.6e for LINUX

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  • Subject: Re: 20020110: Gempak5.6e for LINUX
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 03:25:07 -0500
Steve -

  Thanks for your prompt response. We switched to KDE and we are now up and
running.

Jim Smith

Unidata Support wrote:

> Jim,
>
> If may be that you are using GNOME which sets all colors to read-only.
> Instead use KDE, TWM or one of the FWMx options.
>
> If you want to use GNOME for all your desktop functions, then
> set up your X server to run a second server and hotswap between
> the servers.
>
> Steve Chiswell
> Unidata User Support
>
> >From: address@hidden (James A Smith (address@hidden))
> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> >Keywords: 200201101757.g0AHvON06192
>
> >Hi -
> >
> >  We recently downloaded GENPAK5.63 onto out LINUX 7.2 system. We are
> >having color allocation problems which we have seen mentioned at several of
> >the GEMPAK troublechooting sites.  However, the fix that is suggested does
> >not help our problem:
> >
> >When we run ntl:
> >
> >
> >[mlbaeck@indus linux]$ ntl
> >Resource File: /usr/GEMPAK5.6e/resource/Ntop
> >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: 390
> >  Current Serial Number in Output Stream: 390
> >
> >
> >and out default visual info from xdpyinfo:
> >
> >
> >default visual id:  0x22
> >  visual:
> >    visual id:   0x22
> >    class:    PseudoColor
> >    depth:    8 planes
> >    available colormap entries:    256
> >    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
> >    significant bits in color specification:   8 bits
> >
> >
> >
> >If we run ntl -s32 or a smaller number we get the same error message.
> >
> >Have you encountered this problem and do you have any suggestion for a fix?
> >
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Jim Smith
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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