hi,
I had the same problem with xterm. Thru 'xwininfo -root' I found out
that the default for my display was 8 bits/pixel (check for Depth:
field). Using Xconfigurator, I changed it to 16 bits/pixel and
everything is workng fine. So I suggest increasing your bits/pixel.
HTH,
Raju
On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 11:44:10AM +0800, Hugo Bouckaert [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have a problem with missing colors when I try to open ghostview which
> comes with the RedHat 6.1 CD.
>
> >>gv
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray71"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite3"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite2"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite4"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray65"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray90"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray78"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#D3B5B5"
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for
> "gray58"
>
> The version of ghostview is gv-3.5.8-7, and the accompanying ghostscript
> is ghostscript-5.10-10.
>
> I have tried to close all other applications (such as netscape etc) that
> use colors, but the above error still comes up. There seems to be
> nothing in the documentation referring to the inability to allocate the
> colormap. Apparently it is a real problem as some of the users here tell
> me that their color images in postscript files do not render properly
> anymore.
>
> Anyone has seen this problem before? Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Hugo
>
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