On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Norman Charnley wrote: > I have been using XFree86 v3.3.6 under Redhat Linux 6.2 on a couple of PCs > to connect to a remote HP-UX 10.20 CDE system quite successfully, using > the command 'X -query remotehost :2 -bpp 8'.
> After upgrading one PC to Redhat 7.3, running XFree86 4.2.1, I had to > change the 'bpp' option to use '-depth 8'. And now I get strange colours > on my screen, e.g. menus appearing with white text on white backgrounds, > and messages such as 'xsetroot: unable to allocate color for "gray30"', > multiple instances of 'Warning: cannot allocate colormap entry for > 'LightBlue"' (or other colours), and 'AllocColor' errors when attempting > to run image display programs. > I've still got a PC running the older system (RH6.2, XFree 3.3.6), which > still works fine. XFree86 runs locally under Redhat 7.3 just as well as it > did under 6.2, with no problems. > So what's changed, and how do I get back to where I was? Where do I start > looking for the cause? > Any help would be appreciated... Either disable the RENDER extension (I'm not sure that's possible) or upgradde to 4.3. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
