Thank you for the information Vlad. I upgraded from
gtk+-1.2.5-2 (standard with Rhat 6.1)
to
gtk+-1.2.6-1 (update to Rhat 6.1)
It has not completely fixed the colormap problem, but has made it easier on
the
eyes. Every time I start abiword, it comes up with a random color scheme, but
none
of them are 'electric' colors anymore. So, I can now word process without
sunglasses. Thanks again for the information.
Kevin Mills
Vlad Harchev wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Kevin Mills wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I also run RH6.0. Just tried to use AW on 8bpp display. I don't see any
> 'electric colors' as on your screen shot, independant of the window manager
> (I tried KWM too) and order of starting netscape and AW I use. Everything
> is OK for for such bpp. But I have more fresh version of gtk (1.2.3) compared
> to the one shipped with RH6.0 (and pre-0.7.12 version of AW, though it seems
> there were any changes in the area of colormap handling).
>
> So most probably it's old gtk issue. Please try upgrading it and reporting
> results. Also you can try 0.7.12 AW (get it from
> www.abisource.com/dev/binaries/).
>
> >
> > I have my system running 8 bit color (Redhat 6.0). I have to have
> > this configuration so that specific
> > applications that I display remotely from my work (on Solaris) display
> > properly. This has a side affect
> > with abiword though in that the display comes up with 'electric'
> > colors. I scanned the FAQ section and
> > could not see any reference to this color. Then again, I may the only
> > person using LINUX with 256
> > colors. Anyway, is there a way to configure AbiWord so that the screen
> > is in grescale, or uses 'best color'.
> > If I start Netscape first, the screen backgroun is better than if no
> > other application is running. If I don't
> > start netscape first, the background of AbiWord is 'hot purple'. Any
> > help would be appreciated because
> > it does function fine and does everything I need (version 0.7.11) Here
> > is a screen capture showing how
> > it looks AFTER netscape is running.
> >
> > Kevin
>
> Best regards,
> -Vlad
