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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!mozz.unh.edu!toto.plymouth.edu!oz.plymouth.edu!not-for-mail From: ted@oz.plymouth.edu (Ted Wisniewski) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: xpaint Date: 28 Nov 1995 21:58:46 -0500 Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <49gi96$e4e@oz.plymouth.edu> References: <49e5s7$mdl@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: oz.plymouth.edu In article <49e5s7$mdl@news.bu.edu> Mikhail Teterin <mi@ALDAN.star89.galstar.com> writes: >aldan: {49} xpaint >X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) > Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry) > Resource id in failed request: 0x0 > Serial number of failed request: 1950 > Current serial number in output stream: 1950 > >)-: Any ideas? Fresh build... > -mi > It has something to do with not enough free colors in the colormap. Close down your graphical applications and try again. If there were a way to force xpaint to use a private colormap I do not think it would behave that way.