[GRASS-dev] error on gui startup - solved

MS mseibel at gmail.com
Thu Aug 6 10:57:38 EDT 2009


Hi all:   just a summary and new twist with GRASS GUI error on  
Kubuntu, which was solved thanks to Markus.


>> On my kubuntu 9.04, the rgb.txt file was in another location than the
>> previous solution, but "locate" found it in
>> /usr/share/vim/vim72/rgb.txt      I put that in the /etc/X11  
>> directory and
>> rebooted and all is good.
>> On upgrading a system to 9.04, the file was still in /etc/X11, on a  
>> new install it was not there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org>  
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:47 PM, M S<mseibel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 9.04.  Then installed GRASS and  
>>>> QGIS
>>>> (and
>>>> associated dependencies with apt-get).  When I launch GRASS I get  
>>>> the
>>>> following error(s):
>>>>
>>>> bnowell at mapping:~$ grass -tcltk
>>>> Cleaning up temporary files ...
>>>> Starting GRASS ...
>>>> Error in startup script: unknown color name "black"
>>>
>>> Please check:
>>> [GRASS-user] Tcl/Tk gui and nviz errors
>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2009-July/thread.html#51777
>>>
>>> for a solution.
>>>
>>> Markus
>>
>>


More information about the grass-dev mailing list