Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 23 Sep 1996 14:02:28 +0000 | From | Morgan Sarges <> | Subject | Netscape Colormap Warning |
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> Subject: Re: Problems with Netscape Installation > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:13:43 +0000 > From: Morgan Sarges <sarges@sdinter.net> > Organization: Only Under Extreme Protest > To: "Martin A. Rubio" <mrubio@castor.javeriana.edu.co> > References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.960921122150.7047B-100000@castor.javeriana.edu.co> > > Martin A. Rubio wrote: > > > > Sorry, I know this is not the place to make this kind of question, but nobody else has been > > able to answer it. > > I am installing Netscape Navigator 3.0 beta 5 on my Linux 2.0.0, annd get > > the following error when I try to run it after installation: > > > > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background. > > > > I would really thank you if any of you could take 10secs of your time to > > help me. Again, sorry for sending something out of the line of discussion. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Martin A. Rubio > Martin, That particular error message is due to the fact that Netscape wants some of the same color cells that another program under X is already using.
The fix:
1-When you run netscape, use the -install command line flag, this will allocate a complete copy of the colormap to netscape, however, your screen will get an annoying "pallette flash" or shift when you move the mouse from the netscape window to somewhere outside or vice versa.
2-Run netscape with the -ncols <N> command line flag, and netscape will start up and only use the number of colors you specify with <N> from the colormap.
3-Run netscape with the -no-install option, and hope you dont hit lots of graphics intensive pages with zillions of colors.
4-Start your x-server in a different mode to support more (or maybe less) colors.
Hope this helps,
Morgan
PS_ Here are all the command line options, in case you ever need em:
-help to show this message. -version to show the version number and build date. -display <dpy> to specify the X server to use. -geometry =WxH+X+Y to position and size the window. -visual <id-or-number> to use a specific server visual. -install to install a private colormap. -no-install to use the default colormap. -ncols <N> when not using -install, set the maximum number of colors to allocate for images. -mono to force 1-bit-deep image display. -iconic to start up iconified. -xrm <resource-spec> to set a specific X resource. -remote <remote-command> to execute a command in an already-running Netscape process. For more info, see http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html
-id <window-id> the id of an X window to which the -remote commands should be sent; if unspecified, the first window found will be used. -raise whether following -remote commands should cause the window to raise itself to the top (this is the default.) -noraise the opposite of -raise: following -remote commands will not auto-raise the window.
Morgan sarges@sdinter.net http://www.sdinter.net/~sarges
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