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From: jbk@visual.UUCP
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Subject: Access error freeing allocated color cells on static visuals
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Date: 19 Dec 90 20:51:58 GMT
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> When the visual is a static one (StaticGray, StaticColor, TrueColor),
> any attempt to FreeColors gets an Access error.

> Is this a common mistake in X server implementations?

Yes.  Actually, it was a bug in the generic X11.3 server release from MIT.
It has been fixed in Visual's newest release, 3.0, which provides a
complete implementation of X11.4.

Please contact us if you have any questions or if we can be of any help.

Thanks,
   Jeff

Jeff Krampf
Visual Technology
jbk@visual.uu.net

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