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20000818: problem with 8 bit color and ldm error

Rajul,

Did you run the "xdpyinfo" command before trying to make modifications to 
Xservers?

Output from that command would be useful in determining if your machine
normally boots with the default visual as 8 bit pseudocolor. In that case
you don't need to modify the Xservers file. If you do, the command
line arguments to Xsun are in the manpage:

setenv MANPATH /usr/openwin/man:${MANPATH}
man Xsun

If you are in 8 bit pseudocolor, then you will want to ensure that 
the "ntl" program can access the colors it needs. Some Solaris CDE programs
such as the anserbook that come up automatically steal lots of colors
and may have to be shut down before running GEMPAK. 

Please send the xdpyinfo putput if you aren't sure if your default
visual is 8 0r 24 bits.

I'll forward the LDM question to others to answer.

Steve Chiswell

>Hi, 
>
>I have two problems, one with the setting the default color on the PC
>running Solaris, and the other with a strange message from ldmadmin.
>
>First the Color Problem:
>
>I have installed the binary of Gempak and things seem to be installed
>correctly, as much as I can tell, but I can't seem to switch the display to
>8 bit Pseudo color. From looking through the email archives, I think I
>needed to have an /etc/dt/config/Xservers file with a command like:
>
> :0  Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner -dev
>/dev/fb defdepth 8 defclass PseudoColor
>
>Unfortunately, this command, or any that uses the -dev flag causes Xsun to
>bomb and write the following messdage to /var/dt/Xerrors:
>
>Fatal server error:
>InitOutput: Error loading module for /dev/fb
>
>
>Fri Aug 18 08:30:00 2000
>error (pid 261): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly 1
>The loadable module for the display device /dev/fb is not installed.
> 
>
>I tried a couple of other devices, (/dev/vt100, /dev/dtty) just for fun and
>got no better results. 
>
>Anyway, here is the results of uname and a listing of /dev/fb. 
>
>rossby:/# uname -a
>SunOS rossby.wcupa.edu 5.7 Generic_106542-08 i86pc i386 i86pc
>
>
>rossby:/# ls -l /dev/fb  
>lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         30 Apr 17 16:22 /dev/fb ->
>../devices/isa/
>chanmux:chanmux
>
>
>I am completely stumped. Any help would be great.
>
>Rajul Pandya                                           
>Department of Geology and Astronomy            
>West Chester University
>West Chester, PA 19383
>V:610.436.2213   F:610.436.3036
>http://geology.wcupa.edu/~rpandya
>