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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Changing default colormap
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Date: 13 Jul 90 21:14:27 GMT
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    I have pinpointed the problem to the function 
    XGetStandardColormap() which always returns a 0 (failure).

You have to run some client that creates a standard colormap.
In R4, try "xstdcmap -best".