Paul Provost wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> I'm currently using fvwm2 2.0.46 under Irix 6.2. I'm having some
> color map problems and some resources problems. Once in a while,
> programs will complain about not being able to allocate colors. Now,
> i'm a novice as far as color map management goes. What could be wrong
> here?
>
> I'm having some problems with individual apps as well. xpaint,
> for example,will not start and complains in the following manner:
>
> X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
> Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
> Resource id in failed request: 0x0
> Serial number of failed request: 626
> Current serial number in output stream: 626
>
> Whassup? I _love_ the configurability in fvwm2, and I can always pop
> back to 4Dwm, but I'd like to find out what's happening...
>
> Confused...
>
> Paul Provost
> otoo_at_usa.net
> --
I had similar problems but then applied the colorLimit patch which
worked very well - I have it set to a limit of 17 which leaves just
enough as long as I start up some applications in a certain order so
they don't grab all my remaining colours!!
Nick
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Received on Fri Sep 26 1997 - 06:28:07 BST