On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:33:20 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 14:07:50 -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:44:13 -0400
> > cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 04:35:14PM EDT, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > > > I'm running debian etch/testing
> > > >
> > > > From a shell, when opening any postscript file, I get this error
> > > > message in a pop-up window;
> > > >
> > > > Warning: color name "white" is not defined
> > > > Warning: color name "black" is not defined
> > > >
> > > > and in the shell I have these error messages;
> > > >
> > > > gv test.ps
> > > > Warning: Color name "gray71" is not defined
>
> [ snip: the same message for several other colors ]
>
> > > > Any idea(s) as to how to fix them?
> > > >
> > > usually defined in
> > >
> > > /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> > >
> > > looks like gv cannot find it .. or its contents have been changed ..
> > > corrupted..?
> > >
> > > IIRC, this would affect other GUI apps as well .. gtk?
>
> [...]
>
> > I think it's affecting WindowMaker, and other apps.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] ls -la /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17371 2006-06-17 09:50 /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> >
> > It's been affecting my computer since etch went to XORG.
> >
> > I have black, and the rest of the colors defined.
> >
> > this is my /etc/X11/rgb.txt file;
> >
> > ! $Xorg: rgb.txt,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:00 cpqbld Exp $
>
> [ snip: rest of rgb.txt (identical to the file on my system) ]
>
> Check what your RGBpath really is; the default has changed for Xorg:
>
> $ grep -i rgbpath /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
>
> You can either specify /etc/X11/rgb as the RGBpath in your xorg.conf
> (note: do not include the ".txt", it is appended automatically) or you
> can create a symlink in /usr/share/X11/ which points to the other file.
> This is how it is set up on my box:
>
> $ file /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
> /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt: symbolic link to `/etc/X11/rgb.txt'
>
> I don't remember if I did this myself or if it happened automatically
> during the upgrade. In any case, it seems to work.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Florian
grep -i rgbpath /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb.txt"
file /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt: symbolic link to `/etc/X11/rgb.txt'
same as what you have
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