Subject: Re: Starting X in color
To: Michael R Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/09/1997 17:31:45
Michael R Zucca wrote:
>
> I've loaded up a color test kernel and it seems to respond OK to some test
> programs (a few bugs here and there) but I'd also like to run color X
> for some more thorough testing before I release anything.
>
> Anyway, I've got a color X server that I put into the X distribution on
> ftp.macbsd.com. But when I try to run it I get an error stating that
> it can't find the color database. So I copied an rgb.txt from my linux box
> to my lib/X11 directory but X still can't seem to locate the color database
> (strangely, showrgb will show the contents of the rgb.txt file).
>
> What do I need to do to fire up X in color.
I'm pretty sure you need the actual db files, not the text file that's
used to generate them. Try getting a copy of rgb.dir and rgb.pag instead.
I hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6 Intel Corporation
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