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Notice.... you must be a member of the list in order to post to the list. See the registration page at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailinglist/mail-list-form.html Your problem is probably answered in the GEMBUD archives in: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gembud-list/1666 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gembud-list/1662 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gembud-list/1661 Or you can go to: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/help_and_documentation/ghgembud.html And pull up the thread by searching for "xfree86". Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: address@hidden >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200205301553.g4UFr0q29294 >From address@hidden Thu May 30 09:52:58 2002 >Received: from cyberbuzz.gatech.edu (redfish.gatech.edu [130.207.165.230]) > by unidata.ucar.edu (UCAR/Unidata) with ESMTP id g4UFqwp29290 > for <address@hidden>; Thu, 30 May 2002 09:52:58 -0600 (MDT) >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200205301552.g4UFqwp29290 >Received: from horton.gatech.edu (horton.gatech.edu [130.207.165.227]) > by cyberbuzz.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A5FC79443 > for <address@hidden>; Thu, 30 May 2002 11:52:56 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by horton.gatech.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) > id B2E653107; Thu, 30 May 2002 11:52:55 -0400 (EDT) >To: address@hidden >Subject: Fwd: Linux Color Allocation Problem! :) >Message-ID: <address@hidden> >Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 11:52:55 -0400 (EDT) >From: address@hidden >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.0 > >I am just learning how to use GEMPAK and Unix in general, and am getting the >following error message: > > Enter selection number or exit: Resource File: >/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/resource/Ntop >graphic, satellite, radar -- 33 2 20 > Request total # of colors = 55 >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: 308 > Current serial number in output stream: 308 > > >I keep trying to reallocate colors, but it always changes the requested amount > . >I'm running Linux Red Hat Release 7.3 and my graphics card is an Intel 82810E >Graphics Controller. > > >------------------------------------------------- >Sent through Cyberbuzz- A Server for the Students >http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/ >