[Xastir-dev] Re: [Xastir] Menu Change, Solaris 8

[Dick Reichenbach]

Sorry.  I got distracted by something else.

The date on my Shape libraries is August 1st.  It was close to that.
Another thing I just noticed that may be related.  I was using Xastir and
starting it from a window menu.  Recently I've been starting from a Xterm, so
I can see the error messages again, and the "couldn't allocate color black"
error is back, after having gone away around late January.

Yes, the background color of the menus, popup boxes, and the map screen is
gray (well, I have the map screen set to this), like it should be.

Curt: I can see why you are pulled in so many directions.  Bug fixing must
take 98% of the time that you work on Xastir.

Chris Bell wrote:

> > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Dick Reichenbach wrote:
> >
> > > A while back the menu items changed from being black to white.
> >
> > What's "A while back" mean?  Weeks?  Months?
> >
>
> At least months for me.  I didn't think much of it...
>
> >
> > > The text in the pop up boxes is still black.
>
> Yes... Solaris 7 also.
>
> It seems to be a display/xserver related issue.  If I display from my
> linux/intel laptop to my sparc/solaris screen the text is white, but
> locally on the laptop it is black.  Very odd.  I tried playing with
> the slew of Xresources I have set, and it doesn't make any
> difference.  I don't have a head on my linux/sparc system, but running
> from there shows the same symptoms.  Running on solaris, and
> displaying on the laptop works as intended.
>
> I will look into this further, but is it a real problem, or just a
> strange quirk?  What is your background color, is it grey like it
> should be?
>
> Hmm... just tried the install-colormap option (-i) and it is really
> different... the text foreground is the same grey as the
> background... oops.  Popup windows (like config->station) are fine,
> black text on grey background.  I will look into it, definate bug,
> looks like something is not initialized right.
> (so Curt: it changed sometime after my patches for private
> colormaps... hi hi)
>
> Chris.