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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: netscape and KDE
From:       Lars Hoss <lars.hoss () computer-schaefer ! de>
Date:       1997-11-30 14:56:34
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Evan McNabb wrote:
> 
> I am new on this list so this might have been mentioned before. When I
> try to start up netscape in KDE it gives me errors such as:
> 
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#B2B2B2"
> Warning:
>     Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background
> 
> and then pops up a netscape error window saying that it was only able to
> allocate 2 cells for the color cube and that image quality may be poor.
> It suggests quiting other color intensive applications and restarting
> netscape. It also says that running netscape with the "-install"
> command-line option causes it to run a private colormap but causes so
> problems when moving focus to other windows.
> 
> Could anyone out there explain what is happening and how to possibly fix
> the problem? Thanks.
> 

Perhaps you are running a 256 color X-Server ( 8bpp ) ?
Try to run the X-Server with more than 256 colors.
You can modify the XF86Config file and add the entry
DefaultColorDepth <colordepth>
"DefaultColorDepth 16" for example runs the X-Server
with a colordepth of 16 = 65536 colors :)

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Lars Hoss
email: lh@pbm.de
URL: http://www.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~hoss

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