20020115: GEMPAK and Linux

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>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200201151656.g0FGupx09124

>Steve,
>  I've had my version of Linux upgraded and am using KDE. I have set my 
>color depth to 8 and cannot get ntl to run. I use the command:
>"ntl -s 0 -r 0" to use as few colors as possible. This worked on my 
>previous version of Linux but not on this latest one. Here's the following 
>output that occurs when I try to start NTL. Can you offer any suggestions 
>to get this running properly?
>
>OUTPUT LINES:
>
>[smsaleeb@Hugo ~]$ ntl -s 0 -r 0
>Resource File:  /home/smsaleeb/GEMPAK5.6/resource/Ntop
>graphic, satellite, radar -- 33 0 0
>         Request total # of colors = 33
>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:  278
>  Current serial number in output stream:  278
>
>
>Thanks,
>  Steve Saleeby
>  Colorado State University
>


Steve,

Its possible that when you upgraded, you created a new XF86config file.
Is your default depth set to 8 bits? Use the xdpyinfo to verify.
If not, go back to the Linuxconfig script and set the depth.

Steve Chiswell