GRASS graphics driver can't set color

[Jaro Hofierka]

At 19:48 21.5.1999 -0700, you wrote:
>It sounds as if you might be starting X windows as Root.  Log in as another
>user (not a root user) and then go into X windows and start the monitor.
>For some reason X windows will not support 8bit color when logged on as
>Root.  I am assuming that you have already setup the monitors using via
>monitorcap file and set mknod/chmod to the fifo devices.  If not it is
>really easy to do and if you like I will give you detailed instructions on
>how to set them up.
>
>James Harper
>

James,

You are right! Thank you and also all who replied to my request.
Regards,

Jaro

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	grass at pandora.cecer.army.mil [mailto:grass at pandora.cecer.army.mil] On
>Behalf Of Jaro Hofierka
>Sent:	Friday, May 21, 1999 11:45 AM
>To:	grass-list at cecer.army.mil
>Subject:	GRASS graphics driver can't set color
>
>Hello,
>
>We have problems installing GRASS4.2,4.1 on Red Hat Linux with
>XFree3.3.3. Starting x0 monitor within 8 bit X windows
>and using d.mon start=x0 we've got the following errors:
>
>Graphics driver [x0] started
>Color: can't set color 0
>Color: can't set color 0
>
>Using X windows with 16 bit or 32 bit colour depths we've got:
>
>X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>  Major opcode of failed request:  78 (X_CreateColormap)
>  Serial number of failed request:  270
>  Current serial number in output stream:  271
>
>Do any of you have ideas how to fix it?
>
>We appreciate any help.
>
>With best regards,
>
>Jaro Hofierka
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