20020212: GEMPAK under RedHat Linux 7.2

Todd,

Try running the GEMPAK program "freeColors" (capital C in Colors).
See what that returns.

The problem with GNOME under 8 bits is that it grabs all 256
colors as read-only. We need free color cells. I don;t know
what new versions of KDE might do.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support





>From: "R. Todd Gamber" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200202130011.g1D0BFx14637

>Yes, I realize that my first request to you was a little hazey...here
>are the specifics.  I have searched for this problem on google but
>everybody says to set X to use 8 colors, which I have done in all of the
>configuration files.  Could it be that KDE 2.2.2 is not compatible with
>GEMPAK at all?
>
>[smsaleeb@Hugo Disk5]$ ntl
>Resource File:  /home/smsaleeb/GEMPAK5.6/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:  393
>  Current serial number in output stream:  393
>
>
>On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 10:28, Unidata Support wrote:
>> 
>> R.
>> I need more specifics other than "doesn't work". What doesn't work?
>> Does "ntl" not launch signifying a color table problem? Or, do none 
>> of the programs, like "sflist", run which would signigy something
>> like a glibc problem.
>> 
>> If your users truely want GNOME, then the best solution at present is 
>> to configure 2 X servers on the system (vt7 and vt8) that you
>> can hotswap between the servers at any time using
>> ctl-alt-f7 and ctl-alt-f8. They can run GNOME and a 24 bit display
>> on one server, and something as simple as twm or fvwm on the
>> other.
>> 
>> Steve Chiswell
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >From: "R. Todd Gamber" <address@hidden>
>> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>> >Keywords: 200202120224.g1C2ORx09060
>> 
>> >To Whom this may concern,
>> >
>> >I am a systems administrator at Colorado State University/Atmospheric
>> >Science and some of my users are having problems with GEMPAK.  I can't
>> >tell you offhand what these problems are.  All I know is that we are
>> >using 8bit color on RedHat 7.2, using KDE, and GEMPAK doesn't work.  Can
>> >you recommend a known configuration using RedHat 7.2 and KDE that does
>> >work?  I understand there is a workaround with another window manager
>> >but my users hate everything but GNOME and KDE.  Please advise.
>> >
>> >If you would like more specifics I can provide you with them at another
>> >date.
>> >
>> >-- 
>> >R. Todd Gamber
>> >Systems Administrator
>> >Atmospheric Science
>> >Colorado State University
>> >Office : (970) 491-8301
>> >
>> >"You want it secure, eh?  Unplug it."
>> >                         -me
>> >
>> 
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>R. Todd Gamber
>Systems Administrator
>Atmospheric Science
>Colorado State University
>Office : (970) 491-8301
>
>"You want it secure, eh?  Unplug it."
>                         -me
>