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Re: Netscape =?UNKNOWN-8BIT?Q?won=EFt?= start
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Vrana)
Mon Sep 30 12:57:48 1996
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:01:48 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Tom Vrana <tom@sorry.vse.cz>
To: Guenther Angerbauer <ganger@techcom.co.at>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <A3CD4F3281F3D0E3@techcom.co.at>
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Guenther Angerbauer wrote:
>
> Hello Linux Activists
>
> When I try to start Netscape I get the following error message
>
> Warning:
> Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background
>
> Warning:
> Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background
>
> Bus error
> .. and netscape exits.
>
> Has anybody solved this problem yet. I*ve other Linux-PCs with the
> same configuration and no netscape startup errors.
>
> My netscape is: netscape-v30-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar
> (2.336.469 bytes)
> My kernel is: 2.0.12
> My board is a Intel 430FX with PCI bus.
>
> Thank s for your help.
>
I think your problem is that you do not have enough colors, netscape
doesn't run in 16 color mode (4-bit)... needs at least 256 colors(8bit)
Check your Xwin configuration.....
> Ing. Guenther Angerbauer
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