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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!news.psc.edu!hoopoe.psc.edu!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4khlh2$g3q@hoopoe.psc.edu> References: <316B9D7A.654F@softaid.net> <316B8D7A.614332CE@prado.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hoopoe.psc.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3112 comp.os.linux.development.apps:14369 comp.os.linux.development.system:21121 comp.os.linux.x:29099 comp.os.linux.hardware:36060 comp.os.linux.setup:50021 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:532 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2894 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17101 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