On 17-Jun-00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am running xfmail as an email app. It's not really a problem, but I would
>like
> to know why I get this message (in the terminal) when I run it:
>XFMail 1.1 p0 - Xwindows e-mail client for Linux
>(C) 1995,1996,1997 Gennady B. Sorokopud
>Compiled at Thu Jun 12 22:57:28 EDT 1997 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Failed to share colors. Using private colormap
>
>I get the weirdest interface, all psychedelic colors,icons undecipherable,
>etc,
>but when I give the xfmail window 'hard' mouse focus (i,e. when I move it) I
>get
> a normal spiffy interface and all the other items on the desktop go color
>crazy
>...
>weird. It happens with another program, but I can't remember which (a window-
>manager, I think). I don't think it's a problem with permissions: runing as
>root
> gives the same effect (something to do with my symlinks?). Any suggestions?
>
>thanks,
>dns.
>
oh, sorry, I'm running RH6.0, SiS6326, XFree86.3.6....
dns.
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