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From: peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu (Peter Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: trying to configure X
Date: 10 Apr 1996 20:59:14 -0400
Organization: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
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In article <316B8D7A.614332CE@prado.com>,
thomas smith  <trsmith@prado.com> wrote:
>Jay Watkins wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to configure X windows (X11r6) on a pentium running
>> bsdi 2.4.  I keep getting errors in the .xinit.log saying that
>> colors can't be allocated and when I do a startx, all of the pop up
>> memus are in black, making them unreadable.  I've checked all of
>> the .Xresources files but nothing seems to be amiss.   Any ideas?
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> watkins@softaid.net
>
>  ANSWER FROM THE LINUX FORUM .....................
>
>      DUMP THE BSDi AND INSTALL LINUX .. THEN ASK AGAIN
>      HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT. WE CAN'T
>      DEAL WITH OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM PROBLEMS HERE BUDDY.

Wow, you (the rude Linux asshole) incredibly ignorant.

To the person having difficulty:  It sounds to me like you have installed 
the  server at a lower bit-per-pixel resolution than you wanted.  Is 
this the XFree86 or the Xinside server?  Did you run Xsetup?


-- 
Pete Berger
Coordinator, Regional Information Infrastructure
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center