Thanks for the advice - it worked - Will be up grading soon Dominic > >Try to exit all graphic intensive programs like, Netscape and also >all KDE programs - everything that uses a lot of colors and the restart >Lyx. Sounds like you are running X in 8bit mode. > >Also try using a newer version - 0,12 is pretty outdated by now. > > >Roland > > >On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Dominic Barraclough wrote: > >> I finally able to install lyx v 0.12.0.beta last night after some >> fighting with the xforms. However, when I tried to use lyx I found that >> if I place the mouse cursor over the lyx window my text area would go >> black and I could no longer see any text. By contrast if the cursor is >> over the back ground every thing seems to be fine and I can read the >> tutorial and the like. Incidentally, I receive the message >> "failed to share colors. Using private colormap" whenever I start lyx. >> >> Advice to a linux/lyx novice please- >> >> Dominic >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> -- >> +++ the lyx project user mailing list +++ >> To unsubscribe from this list send mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the **Subject** unsubscribe. >> > >-- > +++ the lyx project user mailing list +++ > To unsubscribe from this list send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the **Subject** unsubscribe. > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- +++ the lyx project user mailing list +++ To unsubscribe from this list send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the **Subject** unsubscribe.
