[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
As it was described in bug #304567 , the missing file rgb.txt show a medium bug importance. It is not a simple whishlist ! As shown in bug #331375 , it affects several application that are not obsolete like netpbm, xcolors and more. Would it be possible to pass the bug as medium importance and really think about adding the rgb.txt on the next jaunty release ? -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
Missing rgb.txt also affects xcolors (Bug #304567) and netpbm -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
This doesn't seem fixed, I'm still missing rgb.txt as of the latest Jaunty alpha 6. http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/i386/x11-common/filelist doesn't show the rgb.txt (1:7.4~5ubuntu15). rgb.txt is such an annoying file, I've had problem with it in just about every distro, its such a simple but fairly pointless file that can cause major problems such as xterms refusing to start because they don't know what black is or problems with VNC servers. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
To clarify, the above statement is true when running a VNC server started with vnc4viewer, the fluxbox window manager, then trying to start Emacs. But, Emacs does start in a normal Gnome session (not using VNC). -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
On Intrepid (8.10) I've been using vnc4server and asked for a gnome- session in the xstartup file. Gnome didn't start. I then tried startfluxbox (a different window manager) and that one worked, but I couldn't start emacs due to rgb.txt missing. I now added rgb.txt as described above and gnome-session seems to start OK. So, I second adding rgb.txt to /etc/X11 even in Intrepid. Timo, you mentioned Use a better vnc server, vnc4server is obsolete in itself since no one maintains it and it doesn't build anymore., which begs the question: Which vncserver should we be using? Thanks for any answer you can provide. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I couldn't reproduce the link between adding rgb.txt to /etc/X11/ and gnome-session starting when it didn't start before on a second machine (see above post). I did confirm that emacs doesn't start unless rgb.txt is present in /etc/X11/. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I fixed this easily enough by copying the file, but since I administer something like 20 machines, it's a pain to have to make sure all my machines have an rgb.txt. I just have one additional question (please don't read this as being a negative tone): I don't understand why this can't simply be included back in x11-common on Intrepid and a new x11-common package be put in intrepid-updates. Adding a simple file back in that WAS in Hardy seems to take a couple of minutes and doesn't require any testing. Seriously, I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass. I really would like to know why the package maintainers have decided that because xserver 1.5 no longer uses rgb.txt, that it needs to be taken out of the package completely. I am also using a program (not vnc4server) that requires rgb.txt to run. Simply saying that rgb.txt is no longer used by xserver 1.5 is NOT a reasonable answer, as any OS upgrade needs to be able to handle legacy code. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
This bug was fixed in the package xorg - 1:7.4~5ubuntu11 --- xorg (1:7.4~5ubuntu11) jaunty; urgency=low [ Bryce Harrington ] * apport/source_xorg.py: - Adding system environment items recommended at http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html - Add lshal - Add debug test code - Drop use of intel_reg_dumper since it requires root (LP: #311560) * scripts/vars.sparc: Drop sunbw2. It's dead jim. (LP: #314539) [ Timo Aaltonen ] * Merge with Debian experimental. * debian/control: xserver-xorg doesn't need to depend on mdetect anymore. * x11-common.links: Don't install the symlink to rgb.txt (LP: #300935) -- Bryce Harrington br...@ubuntu.com Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:42:37 -0800 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I don't understand... how does this fix the bug? * x11-common.links: Don't install the symlink to rgb.txt (LP: #300935) If applications such as VNC are depending on rgb.txt being present in the system, simply removing the broken symlink does not fix the problem. Right? -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
this could be two different bugs, but the bug that rgb.txt does not exist is still a bug. There are applications that don't work without an rgb.txt. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Confirmed -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
That file has no meaning with xserver 1.5, it's obsolete. Use a better vnc server, vnc4server is obsolete in itself since no one maintains it and it doesn't build anymore. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I'm not going to get into a fixed / unfixed launchpad war, but this doesn't just affect vncserver - many legacy programs use this file for translating colors. For example the stage program (universe package stage) uses the /etc/X11/rgb.txt. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I agree. The one that affects me is NX Free Edition from NoMachine. It still uses rgb.txt (although they've told me that this was going to change with 4.0. I'm not sure if FreeNX uses it. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I still see this on intrepid. siria...@graves:~$ ll /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2008-11-03 20:03 /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt - /etc/X11/rgb.txt siria...@graves:~$ ll /etc/X11/rgb.txt ls: cannot access /etc/X11/rgb.txt: No such file or directory siria...@graves:~$ This is breaking vnc4server. When I try to start an xterm from a vnc session, I now get this error: $ xterm -bg black -fg white Warning: Color name black is not defined Warning: Color name white is not defined $ xcolors /etc/X11/rgb.txt: No such file or directory Is there a workaround for this? Where should vnc be getting the colors from? -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
You can get a copy of the file from: http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/*checkout*/xc/programs/rgb/rgb.txt?rev=HEAD content-type=text/plain Just put that in /etc/X11. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
Fixed in jaunty. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
sorry, was too quick. The symlink should be removed though. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Confirmed -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
Thank you. I think I need to take some holliday, because I haven't seen the link yesterday ! If the missing file causes severe bugs, you can download a version of rgb.txt file here : http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/rgb/rgb.txt the direct link to the latest version is this one : http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/*checkout*/xc/programs/rgb/rgb.txt?rev=HEADcontent-type=text/plain But beware : there is no waranty with these file !! -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
Thank you for confirming the bug. After a new search on the web, I could find two other bug-reports, on the ubuntu launchpad, with the same description : BUG #20161 : very old : version of Xorg have been changed since. BUG #298312 : same description and on Interpid to. Research in the Ubuntu Package Database shows the file was present on both Hardy i386 and Hardy x86_64 in the package x11-common : See here for Hardy i386 : http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i386/x11-common/filelist and here for Hardy x86_64 : http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/amd64/x11-common/filelist But the file is not present in both Interpid version. PS : maybe one of the bugs between this one and #298312 should be marked as duplicate, but I don't know how to do it !! -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
Jaunty doesn't have the file, too: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contentskeywords=rgb.txtmode=exactfilenamesuite=jauntyarch=any To marks a bug as duplicate just click on the Mark as duplicate link on top of the page. I marked BUG #298312 as a duplicate of this one as we have some more information here. I'm not sure about BUG #20161 -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I can reproduce this bug on Ubuntu 8.10 x86_32. According to 'apt-file search rgb.txt' no package provides /etc/X11/rgb.txt. There are a few other files named rgb.txt but none seems to be the one we need here. I'm going to mark the bug as confirmed and let the developers handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! :-) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
I have looked at the package and it contains the file in /usr/share/X11/. Maybe try this command? sudo apt-get install --reinstall x11-common -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 300935] Re: non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it
First, thank you for your answer ! As you say, I try to reinstall the package. But as expected, only the link is replaced and no regular file is created. You can see below the ls command view of the /usr/share/X11 directory : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/X11$ ll total 72 drwxr-xr-x 60 root root 4096 2008-10-30 00:54 locale lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root16 2008-11-22 12:52 rgb.txt - /etc/X11/rgb.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38887 2008-10-08 16:58 XErrorDB drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2008-10-30 00:51 xkb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8450 2008-10-08 16:58 XKeysymDB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8305 2008-08-28 02:47 xman.help The file /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt is not a regular file, permission is lrwxrwxrwx. It is a link to /etc/X11/rgb.txt that is missing, and it seems that no package avaible in the standard Xubuntu 8.10 release could install it. -- non-existent rgb.txt file and broken link to it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
