> While running KDE or X I notice that several applications cannot "Allocate
> sufficient color maps". For example if I load GIMP on a gray background it
> work, but if I load GIMP when I have a picture in the background I get a
> "Cannot Allocate Sufficient Color Maps" error message and the program does
> not load. While running Xterm it's also not uncommon to receive the message
> "Cannot allocate color map entry for XXX" where XXX is a color name.
I think that you are running your X server in 8 bits color depth
Try
startx -- -bpp 16
...which launch the server in 16 bits color depth
Jerome
