can't open d.mon window using 5beta_linux

[Patrick Barabe]

Glen,

I had the same problem with RH 6.0 & Gnome.  I fixed it by switching my
console from bash to C before starting X.  It also seems to work by launching
GRASS from a C shell in a terminal window.

Hope that works for you too.
Patrick Barabe
Center for Applied Spatial Analysis
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
http://www.casa.arizona.edu

Glen Gunsalus wrote:

> I'm new to grass, but experienced in UNIX/Linux.   Any pointers for solving
> this problem?
>
> RH 6.1, gnome, grass install from  grass5beta5_linuxbin_tar.gz on a 233MHz
> IBM thinkpad, 64Mb RAM
>
> Installed without error, grass starts up ok (using spearfish data),
> tcltkgrass starts ok
> but I can't get a monitor window to open - either from tcltkgrass or
> command line in grass.
>
> >From command line:
>
> 'd.mon start=x'  yields: "can not allocate any read/write color cells"
> subsequent '^C' yields: "Problem selecting x0. Will try once more"
> one more '^C' exits to grass prompt.
>
> from tcltkgrass toolbar:
>
> an attempt to start monitor yields a d.mon window containing
> the message "can not allocate any read/write color cells" and prevents any
> other
> action from the tcltkgrass toolbar until the d.mon window is dismissed.
>
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