Re: FVWM: http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.bellcore.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 08:34:37 -0500

astaroth_at_winternet.com writes:
> I keep getting an error 'cannot allocate color table' or something of that na
> ture ...
> Is there anyway I could fix this? I notice it seems to come up
> ONLY when that EXACT color IS in use. say, netscape has 111 <BLUE> loaded
> and I load up XV <XVIEW> .. The border doesn't load up in color, instead
> it loads up in b&w .. even thought it has 111 <BLUE> as it color..
>
> Any help would be appreciated, for i ask on efnet in #linux, and I've been
> working on it for 3 days STRAIGHT <seriously like 13 hrs a day> =]

Sounds like you're using 8-bit color, which only allows you to use a
maximum of 256 colors at a time, and you've run out.

Start netscape with the "-install" flag and see if that helps.

> Aaron
>
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