tk obj error fixed

[David Conti]

In my X system under Linux I was running with 8 bit colors as the 
default. So in
the XF86config I inserted the command "defaultColorDepth=16"  I now have
the colors I expect.

Thanks for your help.

David Conti
Genetic Epidemiology
Case Western Reserve University
address@hidden

  

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Paul Johnson wrote:

> David Conti wrote:
> > 
> > I just installed  RedHat 6.1
> > I used the rpm installation of swarm and all dependent libs
> > 
> > In running my program I got the following error.
> > 
> > *** event raised for warning: ResourceAvailability
> > *** function: tkobjc_setColor(), file:
> > /home/alex/redhat/BUILD/swarm-2.0.1/src/tkobjc/internal.m, line: 639
> > Problem allocating color #000400.  Switching to virtual colormap.
> > *** execution continuing...
> > 
> > The error occurs when I call:
> > [colormap setColor: i ToRed: 0  Green: (double)i / 63.0 Blue: 0];
> > in the ObserverSwarm.
> > 
> > I tried both tcl and tk version (8.0.4-29) and tcl and tk versions
> > (8.0.5-30)
> > 
> > Previously, I was using an X windows program (Exceed) on my Win 98
> > computer to run my Swarm program off a Linux server.  This setup gave no
> > error
> > -- the Linux server is running RedHat 6.0
> > 
> > Any ideas or comments would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > David Conti
> 
> Last I heard, you cannot allocate more than 256 colors with Swarm. If
> your colormap makes more requests than that, you will see that warning
> you get. On my system, that warning is harmless, the program runs, but
> some colors are not right.
> 
> I wonder if it is really true the same program runs in the way you
> describe on Windows using the Xserver and not on RH6.1.  Let's find out.
> 
> What if you try to run off the RH6.0 server using your X server
> available with the RH6.1 setup. All you have to do is 
>       xhost +server.dns.name
> in an xterm on your RH6.1 machine. then telnet to the RH6.0 machine, log
> in,  tell it to export the display
> 
>         export DISPLAY=ip.number.of.RH61box:0
> When you run the program in that xterm, its GUI should show on the RH6.1
> machine. 
> 
> Does it work? 
> 
> Come to think of it, I bet you were getting those same warnings under
> your other setup as well, but you did not see them because of Exceed. 
> That is a danger with that sort of X server in my experience.
> 
> 
> 
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