Re: rxvt won't start
On Sunday 07 May 2006 12:02 pm, Russ Cook wrote: > Russ Cook wrote: > > Gnu-Raiz wrote: > >> On Friday 28 April 2006 15:48, Russ Cook wrote: > >>> Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and > > get this message: > > rxvt: can't load color "Black" > > rxvt: can't load color "Black" > > rxvt: aborting > > > > Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I > > should check? > > You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . Try > reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg > --force-confmiss: > > dpkg -i --force-confmiss > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb > >>> > >>> Aaron, > >>> Thank you for the reply. I did as you suggested, but the error > >>> remains the same. > >>> Thanks though! > >> > >> Is their any special reason your using rxvt? You can make the changes > >> to x-term to make it look exactly like rxvt! > >> Example code: > >> > >> xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & > >> > >> I do agree that if rxvt does not work right maybe you should file a > >> bug report. If I remember correctly rxvt is a subset to xterm, and > >> might not have implemented everything yet. > >> > >> Gnu_Raiz > > > > Gnu_Raiz, > > Thank you for your reply. Below is what the system tells me when I > > executed the command > > string you suggested, from within a Konsole window. It appears I have > > a configuration problem of some sort. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & > > [1] 7723 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Warning: Color name "white" is not defined > > Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct > > Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font > > Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font > > Warning: Color name "black" is not defined > > xterm: Cannot allocate color green > > xterm: Cannot allocate color red > > > > [1]+ Donexterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg > > white > > After a recent 'apt-get upgrade' with no change to my sources.list file, > rxvt now works. I have no idea what has changed, but I'm now a 'happy > camper'. Sorry for the late response, but I've been out of town & have gotten way behind on this list. IIRC I had similar problem on an I386 system a month or two ago which turned out to have a simple answer. The file /etc/X11/rgb.txt had gone missing. Reinstalling x11-common did not solve the problem, but copying the file over from another system did. Cheers! cmr -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rxvt won't start
Russ Cook wrote: Gnu-Raiz wrote: On Friday 28 April 2006 15:48, Russ Cook wrote: Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and get this message: rxvt: can't load color "Black" rxvt: can't load color "Black" rxvt: aborting Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I should check? You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . Try reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg --force-confmiss: dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb Aaron, Thank you for the reply. I did as you suggested, but the error remains the same. Thanks though! Is their any special reason your using rxvt? You can make the changes to x-term to make it look exactly like rxvt! Example code: xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & I do agree that if rxvt does not work right maybe you should file a bug report. If I remember correctly rxvt is a subset to xterm, and might not have implemented everything yet. Gnu_Raiz Gnu_Raiz, Thank you for your reply. Below is what the system tells me when I executed the command string you suggested, from within a Konsole window. It appears I have a configuration problem of some sort. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & [1] 7723 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Warning: Color name "white" is not defined Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Color name "black" is not defined xterm: Cannot allocate color green xterm: Cannot allocate color red [1]+ Donexterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white After a recent 'apt-get upgrade' with no change to my sources.list file, rxvt now works. I have no idea what has changed, but I'm now a 'happy camper'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rxvt won't start
Gnu-Raiz wrote: On Friday 28 April 2006 15:48, Russ Cook wrote: Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and get this message: rxvt: can't load color "Black" rxvt: can't load color "Black" rxvt: aborting Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I should check? You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . Try reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg --force-confmiss: dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb Aaron, Thank you for the reply. I did as you suggested, but the error remains the same. Thanks though! Is their any special reason your using rxvt? You can make the changes to x-term to make it look exactly like rxvt! Example code: xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & I do agree that if rxvt does not work right maybe you should file a bug report. If I remember correctly rxvt is a subset to xterm, and might not have implemented everything yet. Gnu_Raiz Gnu_Raiz, Thank you for your reply. Below is what the system tells me when I executed the command string you suggested, from within a Konsole window. It appears I have a configuration problem of some sort. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & [1] 7723 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Warning: Color name "white" is not defined Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Color name "black" is not defined xterm: Cannot allocate color green xterm: Cannot allocate color red [1]+ Donexterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rxvt won't start
On Friday 28 April 2006 15:48, Russ Cook wrote: > Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > > Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and > >> get this message: > >> rxvt: can't load color "Black" > >> rxvt: can't load color "Black" > >> rxvt: aborting > >> > >> Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I > >> should check? > > > > You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . > > Try reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg > > --force-confmiss: > > > > dpkg -i --force-confmiss > > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb > > Aaron, > Thank you for the reply. I did as you suggested, but the error > remains the same. > Thanks though! Is their any special reason your using rxvt? You can make the changes to x-term to make it look exactly like rxvt! Example code: xterm -sb -sl 200 -leftbar -fg black -bg white & I do agree that if rxvt does not work right maybe you should file a bug report. If I remember correctly rxvt is a subset to xterm, and might not have implemented everything yet. Gnu_Raiz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rxvt won't start
Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and get this message: rxvt: can't load color "Black" rxvt: can't load color "Black" rxvt: aborting Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I should check? You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . Try reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg --force-confmiss: dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb Aaron, Thank you for the reply. I did as you suggested, but the error remains the same. Thanks though! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rxvt won't start
[Resending due to typo in original headers] Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and get > this message: > rxvt: can't load color "Black" > rxvt: can't load color "Black" > rxvt: aborting > > Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I should check? You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . Try reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg --force-confmiss: dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb -- Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org) Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rxvt won't start
Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running gnome. From a xterminal, I try to start rxvt, and get > this message: > rxvt: can't load color "Black" > rxvt: can't load color "Black" > rxvt: aborting > > Has anyone seen this problem, and can you tell me what I should check? You may have managed to hit http://bugs.debian.org/343389 . Try reinstalling the x11-common package with dpkg --force-confmiss: dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_*.deb -- Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org) Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
