> Anyhow I can now get the program (texsan is a molecular modelling
> program) displaying on the Linux Sparc but running on the SGI but I get
> "Cannot allocate color map entry for default background".
> This is a real prob as the bonding lines between atoms don't show on the
> screen. Where the background is a grey on the SGI its a deep blue on the
> Sparc.
Looks like colour depth (i.e. the number of distinct colours available) is the
problem. Did you really say you can only get 16 colours on the Sparc?
I know Bog All about Sparc hardware; is it not possible to increase the screen
colour depth to >= 255 colours? Even the old, rusting, 4/110 in the loft could
do 255 colours - surely something more modern could do at least 16bit colours?
Something fibbles at the edge of my mind about boot prom command to change
screen resolution and colour depth. Sun persons, help!
> Any ideas on what I can do to get the colours?
I suppose if you get really stuck you could edit every colour entry in rgb.txt
and set all the colours to something possible with just 16 colours. Take
awhile, I'd have thought. And that assumes the programs ask for colours by name.
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