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- colormap usage differences between 5.1* and 5.2
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- The following was compiled after investigation concerning colormap usage
- differences between 5.1.x and 5.2. Apparently, 5.2 eats up a few more
- entries than previous releases.
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- This is how you can fix your X colormap problems when
- you run out of colormap entries using IRIX 5.2:
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- 1. Change the login configuration to not use the IndigoMagic desktop:
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- % chkconfig desktop off
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- 2. SGI X server (Xsgi) must have a default colormap
- that allocates the fewest entries. This can be done
- by changing the "/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers" file to:
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- -pseudomap pseudo
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- NOTE: original value may be "4sight" instead of "pseudo"
- so check man page on Xsgi for more info.
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- 3. Turn off all X schemes used during X session by adding
- following line to user-defined "~/.Xresources" file:
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- *useSchemes:off
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- 4. Change colors for 4Dwm window manager by copying the
- default from "/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/4DWm"
- to home directory and changing:
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- 4DWm*client*background:gray
- 4DWm*client*foreground:black
- *background:white
- *foreground:gray
- *activeBackground:gray
- *activeForeground:black
- *useSchemes:off
- *sgiMode:False
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- 5. Change colors for Toolchest menus by copying the
- default from "/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Toolchest"
- to home directory and changing:
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- *background:gray
- *decalForeground:gray
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- 6. For more information on color allocation:
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- man makemap
- man preallocColors
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- NOTE: These are ordered according to most colormap
- entries are freed by using the first item. In most
- cases (excluding the Indy) the first three items
- will be sufficient to free 233 colors from the
- default PseudoColor 8-bit visual.
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