Re: FVWM: problem with colorview on fvwm 2.2

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:09:59 +0200

On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 11:01:32AM +0200, srosa_at_neu.sgi.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got a few programs that were running on the default WM
> for Irix (4DWm), but are crashing under Fvwm2. One example
> is colorview, which shows colors from rgb.txt. I get the
> following error :
>
> [afterburner] ~ (609) % colorview
> X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
> Major opcode of failed request: 89 (X_StoreColors)
> Serial number of failed request: 176
> Current serial number in output stream: 183
>
> Sounds like Fvwm2 locks colormap differently than 4Dwm. I am
> running 24 bit TrueColor, which makes colormaps readonly anyway,
> but I don't know what X_StoreColors is supposed to do.
>
> Is there some freeware that does the same thing ? i.e. browsing
> rgb.txt by color name or number and display the color ?

Try xcolors (graphical) or showrgb (text).

Bye

Dominik ^_^

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Received on Tue Jul 13 1999 - 17:43:06 BST

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