hi, I had the same problem with xterm. Thru 'xwininfo -root' I found out that the default for my display was 8 bits/pixel (check for Depth: field). Using Xconfigurator, I changed it to 16 bits/pixel and everything is workng fine. So I suggest increasing your bits/pixel. HTH, Raju On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 11:44:10AM +0800, Hugo Bouckaert [hugo cs uwa edu au] wrote: > Hi All > > I have a problem with missing colors when I try to open ghostview which > comes with the RedHat 6.1 CD. > > >>gv > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray71" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite3" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite2" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite4" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray65" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray90" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray78" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#D3B5B5" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for > "gray58" > > The version of ghostview is gv-3.5.8-7, and the accompanying ghostscript > is ghostscript-5.10-10. > > I have tried to close all other applications (such as netscape etc) that > use colors, but the above error still comes up. There seems to be > nothing in the documentation referring to the inability to allocate the > colormap. Apparently it is a real problem as some of the users here tell > me that their color images in postscript files do not render properly > anymore. > > Anyone has seen this problem before? Any help would be most appreciated. > > Thanks > > Hugo > > -- > Dr Hugo Bouckaert - Systems Administrator, Computer Science UWA > Tel: +(61 8) 9380 2878 / Fax: +(61 8) 9380 1089 > Email: hugo cs uwa edu au / Web: http://www.cs.uwa.edu.au/~hugo > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request redhat com with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. >
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