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From: chet@cwns5.INS.CWRU.Edu (Chet Ramey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: QVSS (VR260) windows wedged in Black on Black in xterm
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Date: 14 Jun 89 21:49:54 GMT
References: <12128@grebyn.COM> <666@physiol.su.oz>
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In article <666@physiol.su.oz> johnd@physiol.su.oz (John Dodson) writes:
>In article <12128@grebyn.COM>, karl@grebyn.COM (Karl Nyberg) writes: 

>> Trying to run an xterm from the shell within emacs gives me the following
>> error messages:
>> 
>> 	X Toolkit Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "White"
>> 	X Toolkit Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "Black"

>No, it is not hardware.

That much is true.

>But, rebuilding your entire X-core to reinstall /usr/bin/X11 & /usr/lib/X11
>will fix the problem.

This is overkill.

This problem is caused by a corrupted rgb database (found by default in
/usr/lib/X11/rgb{.pag,.dir,.txt}).  The fix is to reinstall the database
from your sources (just do a `make install' in the rgb source directory).


Chet Ramey     Network Services Group, CWRU    chet@{cwjcc,pirate}.INS.CWRU.Edu

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